Roelien Brink

Roelien Brink is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Applied Information Systems, at the University of Johannesburg. She holds a PhD (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), focussing on information management in the work-integrated learning process. She is also a Champion for Work-Integrated Learning at the College of Business and Economics. Member of the Southern African Society for Cooperative Education (SASCE) team and is active member of SASCE as follows: Chair of the Research Committee, Co-Editor of the African Journal for Work-Based Learning, and Exco and Board member of SASCE. She is also the Vice Chair: Africa on the International Research group for World Association for Cooperative Education (WACE), research for work-integrated learning. She was part of the Advisory Board for the World Association for Cooperative Education (WACE) Second International Research Symposium in 2016 and currently part of the International Review Team for the WACE. Her research interests focus on work-integrated learning, e-assessment, information systems, information communication and technology for development.

Publications

Information and Communication Technology Management for Sustainable Youth Employability in Underserved Society: Technology Use for Skills Development of Youths
Abiodun Alao, Roelien Brink. © 2023. 19 pages.
The provision of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure is not eminent in many societies due to a lack of digital access and poverty. Therefore, there...
COVID-19 Digital Technology Response in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Abiodun Alao, Roelien Brink. © 2022. 32 pages.
This chapter investigated the use of digital technologies as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan African countries. The study explored possible ways towards...
Adaptation to Pandemic Through Universal Access to Innovative Technologies: ICT Access for Future Pandemics
Abiodun Alao, Roelien Brink. © 2022. 19 pages.
The implementation of information technology into the healthcare sector is inevitable to prevent future pandemics, as COVID-19 had a huge impact on healthcare services and...
Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries
Patrick Ndayizigamiye, Glenda Barlow-Jones, Roelien Brink, Stella Bvuma, Rehana Minty, Siyabonga Mhlongo. © 2021. 507 pages.
Technology has been hailed as one of the catalysts toward economic and human development. In the current economic era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, information...
Use of ICTs for Women Psychological Empowerment in South Africa: Telecentres and Empowerment of Women
Abiodun Alao, Roelien Brink, Kenneth Ohei. © 2021. 37 pages.
The term ‘empowerment' has been defined in many ways in different professional fields. Empowerment means to develop a person's full potential to achieve a range of human...
Impact of ICTs for Sustainable Development of Youth Employability
Abiodun Alao, Roelien Brink. © 2020. 33 pages.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (41R) era requires industries to adopt the use of technology and specialised study accomplished with digital knowledge. This has contributed to...