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SAAHE conference, 2010

Jul 19, 2010

in Conference, PhD, Research

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I’m leaving on Wednesday to attend the 3rd SAAHE conference at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (link to programme). I’ll be presenting the results of a pilot study within our department to try and establish students’ access to computers and the internet, their experience with online tools and services, the learning strategies they employ…
Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa conference

Nov 28, 2009

in Conference, Education

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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…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Iain Thomas

Nov 18, 2009

in Conference

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The first session at TEDx Johannesburg began with Iain Thomas, the author of ambiguous micro stories at I wrote this for you. Here’s the site tagline, which is great: “I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get…
TEDx Johannesburg is over, so what now?

Nov 17, 2009

in Conference

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OK, so TEDx Johannesburg is over, now what? On the flight home I found myself thinking: “OK, that was great and I feel inspired. So what? What do I need to do to make the whole thing worthwhile? Because if I went and saw ordinary people doing extraordinary things and I do nothing as a…
TEDx Johannesburg

Oct 25, 2009

in Conference

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I’ve been a longtime fan of the TED conferences and found out last night about the TEDx conference being held in Johannesburg in a few weeks time. The theme is “Uplifting communities“, which ties in nicely with the project proposal I submitted to FAIMER last month (see previous post). So I decided to apply as…

Tag: johannesburg

SAAHE conference, 2010

Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa conference

TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Iain Thomas

TEDx Johannesburg is over, so what now?

TEDx Johannesburg