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HELTASA conference – Day 3

Nov 30, 2012

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Does doctoral education matter? Identity change through research journeys across disciplines (Prof. Eli Bitzer) Batchelor and Di Napoli, 2006: when you reach your destination you are different. There are changes in who you are as well as what you know. Changes are around epistemological, ontological and researcher autonomy Kroger, 2007, 11: “a turning point”, moving…
HELTASA conference – Day 2

Nov 29, 2012

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Something odd happened when I synchronised my (offline) notes from the iOS WordPress app and what was on the server, and I lost everything from today’s sessions. It seems that the draft on the server overwrites the local draft on my iPad, regardless of which is the more recent copy. When I synchronised my offline…
HELTASA conference – Day 1

Nov 28, 2012

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Analysing the professional development of teaching and learning at UWC form a political ethics of care perspective (Bozalek) 5 elements of ethics of care: Attentiveness: Identifying that there is a need that should be met, understanding the needs of others. “Transmission-type” teaching means not being attentive to, nor caring about, students learning needs Responsibility: Acting…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-05

Dec 5, 2011

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delia marshall, emerging technology, Google, google plus, heltasa, heltasa11, heltasa2011, keynote presentation, nrf, pencilchat, port elizabeth, research, teaching and learning, uwc

@dgachago17 it was a wonderful week, i learned so much from everyone I spoke to, must chat about collab project # @LenSteenkamp Staying at the Beach Hotel, SAA paying for everything, so thats not too bad. Was just a disappointing end # Flight home canceled, spending another night in PE. A bit pissed off with…
HELTASA conference, 2011 – day 3

Dec 2, 2011

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academic literacy, action research, courage, critical friendship, difficult dialogues, digital stories, digital storytelling, generosity, heltasa, heltasa11, heltasa2011, higher education learning and teaching association of south africa, jack whitehead, learner-centred, lec-torials, lived experiences, nelson mandela metropolitan university, port elizabeth, reflection, self-study, trust

Today was the last day of the HELTASA 2011 conference. It was a challenging and stimulating exchange of ideas that I really enjoyed. Thank you to everyone who was there and who I learned from. Crossing (some) traditional borders Prof Delia Marshall There needs to be wider social, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of…
HELTASA conference, 2011 – day 2

Dec 1, 2011

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Cape Peninsula University of Technology, case-based learning, cbl, collaborative groupwork, community of inquiry, conceptual threshold crossing, conflict management, control, conversational framework, cput, discourse, disruption, disruptive technology, emotional resilience, epistemology, garrison, gilly salmon, groupwork, hard technology, heltasa, heltasa11, heltasa2011, higher education learning and teaching association of south africa, interpretive boundaries, laurillard, learning events, learning management system, liberalism, lms, nelson mandela metropolitan university, online learning, online presence, Ontology, pbl, piet naude, port elizabeth, postgraduate supervision, power, problem based learning, public good, scientism, small group learning, social presence, soft technology, student wellbeing, teaching presence, transformative change, troublesome encounters, utilitarianism

Explaining, naming and crossing border in Southern African higher education Prof Piet Naude This was one of the most challenging presentations I’ve ever listened to. I didn’t agree with a lot of what Prof Naude said, but he made me question my own beliefs and biases. Ontology: language is the house of reality (language…
HELTASA conference – day 1

Nov 30, 2011

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Today was the first day of the HELTASA 2011 conference at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.Before I post my notes, here are 2 suggestions for the organisers that I think are important: Internet access is essential, not a “nice-to-have”. I know you have a wireless network that we can all connect to,…
Research plan for 2011

Jan 7, 2011

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AMEE, Congress South African Association, Delphi, ece, goals, heltasa, Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association, International Association, phd, ple, research, saahe, south africa

I’ve just been asked by one of my supervisors for my research goals for 2011. This will include my own work, as well as planning how our undergraduate and Masters students’ work might feed into some of the bigger projects. The first goal I have for 2011 is to submit 2 articles based on my first…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-06

Dec 6, 2010

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20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web http://bit.ly/i5BNhn. Simple guide to showcase HTML5, from Google # RT @theobnoxiousowl: Social networking is word of mouth on steroids. Can you control word of mouth? It’s almost impossible # @jpbosman Hi JP. What’s the new direction? We should hook up & chat since I missed HELTASA.…
Misunderstanding the conversation around teaching with technology

Mar 17, 2010

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I’ve been going through the collection of abstracts from last year’s HELTASA conference, looking for a citation for a poster presentation that I’d like to use for an assignment. This gave me an overview of the event that I didn’t pick up on while I was there, as I tend to focus on individual presentations…
Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa conference

Nov 28, 2009

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africa, education, Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa, heltasa, higher education teaching and learning association of south africa, johannesburg, printing facilities, speaker, The campus, university of johannesburg, wireless access

I just got home from the HELTASA conference (my first) at the University of Johannesburg. I’ve enjoyed the last 4 days, and think the conference organisers did a great job of making the programme interesting and engaging. The keynote speakers were all very different, and each brought an interesting dimension to the event. Here’s a…