A full professor in Economics Education and an NRF C2-rated researcher at the College of Education, University of South Africa (UNISA). He is a qualified professional teacher and esteemed researcher, has published articles in highly impacted journals, supervised doctoral and master’s degree students, read conference papers, was a keynote speaker, published conference proceedings, edited academic books and awarded external grants.
He is a flipped learning expert in ODeL research. 2013, the Chancellor Award for Excellence in Research (UNISA) was awarded for his novel contributions to economics education and teacher education.
Furthermore, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2018) was awarded for his groundbreaking research on the e-portfolio as an alternative assessment approach in teacher education.
One of his articles entitled, Students’ Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom Pedagogy in an Open Distance e-Learning University (2020), was published in Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal (SCOPUS) and voted as the best scholarly publication by the journal vetting panel.
Prof van Wyk received the International Award for Excellence for Research (2020) from the Common Ground Research Network, University of Chicago, USA.
He was awarded the UNISA Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research (2023) for the second time.
Serving on international journal editorial boards and vetting panels. The Medal of Honor in Education (2023) was awarded for his contribution to teacher education by the Education Association of South Africa.
Currently an Associate Editor for Heliyon: Education. (Scopus, Quintile 2 journal).
His research interests are digital technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital game-based learning, flipped pedagogy, e-Portfolios, authentic assessment and Economics Education.