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Harnessing Digitisation to Unlock Student Success in South Africa

Since the pandemic, digitisation and online learning have become a key focus for South Africa’s higher education sector. Education can now transcend beyond physical and institutional borders, but this, along with emerging technologies, brings a redefinition of roles and a shift in expectations from educators and students.

In this webinar, we’ll cover everything from AI to equipping students to be workforce ready and harnessing technology to fulfil teaching and learning objectives that improve student and educator outcomes.

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Date
Duration

1 Hour

Location
Virtual

Together, we’ll explore:

Using AI to support human-centric learning

Understanding the effective use of AI, risks, ethical implications and biases.

How educators can leverage technology

Supporting educators with creative course design, better assessments and streamlined workflows.

Digital Pedagogy and equipping learners for the workforce

Shifting expectations for students and educators and addressing the skills gap for higher education graduates in South Africa.

Host

Andrew Brunsden
Andrew Brunsden Regional Director, Southern Africa, D2L
Mary-Ann Fife Senior Coordinator and Learning Designer at University of Cape Town

Mary-Ann is a Senior Coordinator and Learning Designer who is leading UCT’s migration to Brightspace. She is also recently exploring Performance plus and will be implementing a roadmap for integrating the tool to maximise student success. She has led the team of learning designers who service the Science, Engineering and Health Science Faculties at UCT. Mary-Ann joined CILT in 2014 as a learning designer on the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Project, and later the UCT Formal Online project. She completed her Master’s in Educational Technology in 2016, and was the Learning Analytics Manager at a local online education provider.

Sue Folley
Sue Folley Academic Developer at University of Huddersfield

Dr Sue Folley is an Academic Developer at the University of Huddersfield, with a remit to support the pedagogic development of staff with the use of digital technologies. Her role involves contributing to the University’s strategic developments in this area and providing training courses, resources and support for academic staff. She has worked in Higher Education for the last 24 years and has a PGCE, a master’s degree in Multimedia and eLearning, and a doctorate in Education focusing on tutors’ experiences of teaching online. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and her research interests include online teaching, digital literacy, and student dashboards.