Tag: uct

ALS ice bucket challenge at UWC Physiotherapy

Aug 28, 2014

in Physiotherapy, Students

ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ice bucket challenge, stellenbosch, uct, university of cape town, uwc

Earlier today the second year physiotherapy students at UWC completed the ALS ice bucket challenge as a way to raise awareness and a small charitable donation for ALS research. As part of the process, they challenged the students from UCT and Stellenbosch to take up their buckets as well. Well done guys, we’re proud of…
Digital University Symposium at UWC

Oct 30, 2013

in Curriculum, Technology

Cape Peninsula University of Technology, cput, digital university, institutional repository, open access, open scholarship, uct, university of cape town, University of Stellenbosch, university of the western cape, us, uwc

Earlier today I was lucky enough to be able to attend a symposium on “the digital university” as part of a celebration of 20 years of the Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC). The event was hosted by the University of the Western Cape and included presentations from representatives at all four member institutions. Unfortunately I…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-19

Sep 19, 2011

in Digest

annotum, eportfolios, game of thrones, learning spaces, ojs, open education practices, open journal systems, portfolios, reading, uct, wordpress

@edtechdev never thought about using WP, might be interesting to explore. Thanks for that # Looking for open source journal management software with “social” components. Any1 have any experience with any of these http://ow.ly/6xBD0 # @mpaskevi looking for journal management tools, want faculty journal to go open access. Any experience with any of these http://ow.ly/6xBAU…
CHEC course: teaching and learning (day 3)

Aug 18, 2011

in Education, Ethics, Learning, Students, Workshop

advantage, cape higher education consortium, chec, disadvantage, diversity, gender, jeff jawitz, learning, race, racism, south africa, teaching, teaching and learning, uct, university of cape town

Yesterday’s CHEC session was presented by Jeff Jawitz from UCT, who looked at tools for addressing diversity in the South African university classroom. I’ve seen Jeff present before at conferences and he’s got a really relaxed way of introducing and working with often highly controversial topics, like race and gender. I was especially excited to…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-08

Aug 8, 2011

in Digest

articles, artificial heart, collaboration, disrupt education, groupwork, helicopter crash, michael wesch, network analysis, online learning community, papers, peer review, research, research space, reviewing, sharing, social norms, uct, vision of students today

Designing for Social Norms (or How Not to Create Angry Mobs) http://ow.ly/1vmJzH # @alisa_williams Do u think it’s because no1 has shown them the value of collaboration? The system expects and rewards individual performance # Anatomy of an incident: Helicopter crash at UCT http://ow.ly/1vmlK3. Interesting analysis of how the info spread # Tell me again…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-11

Jul 11, 2011

in Digest

apture, blogging, coi, community of inquiry, creative commons, google plus, hospital apps, lecturing, oer, social presence, uct, wordpress, zen mode

Is More Zen, Less Plus The Way to Go? http://ow.ly/1uqHOf. “Zen mode” in WordPress helps you to focus on writing # Google Plus Feature Request: Automatic Circles http://ow.ly/1uqH4n # Learning with ‘e’s: Seven reasons teachers should blog http://bit.ly/pVV9A8 # Reasons teachers don’t blog http://t.co/VKLcLIS # OER@UCT | Excellent video explaining Creative Commons http://bit.ly/qzgJFI # Sage…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-07

Mar 7, 2011

in Digest

abstract, africa, angry birds, Bill Gates, books, China, Connect Teachers & Students Worldwide, Docs, education, emerging countries, gina tripani, Google, Google Docs, identity, Looking forward, mendeley, Naive teacher, online lectures, open content, poster design, Professor, research, RT, social media, TED, tedxcapetown, The Chronicle of Higher Education, twitter, uct, Wired Campus

Focus on the technology or not? http://ow.ly/1s78vm. Focusing on tech can highlight their relative strengths # Do you prefer printed books? http://ow.ly/1s78th. How we use books can impact format and device preferences # Making a Concrete Abstract http://bit.ly/gQzjN9. The most important part of your paper, the abstract determines whether your work is read # The…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-30

Aug 30, 2010

in Digest

feedback, human rights, nrf funding, oer, students, The Sci-Fi Guide, twitter, uct, uwc physio, workshop, writing, youtube

Students’ Messages to Teachers. It’s important to connect with students on a personal level http://bit.ly/9Cv46i # Feedback: Negative, Positive or Both? http://bit.ly/cPFOwk # How Do You Measure the Effectiveness of Professional Development? First wait for the cycle to complete http://bit.ly/a1saPO # OER at UCT: From Project to Portfolio http://bit.ly/b54hQ3 # The Sci-Fi Guide to Dissertation…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-21

Jun 21, 2010

in Digest

american internet, Animation, author, backchannel, blooms digital taxonomy, BP, cars writing model, cent, Co-operative, collaborative learning, e-learning, facebook, Fast Company, FIFA, gilly salmon, Google, Google Docs, Google Earth, google search story, Harvard, http, Internet stars, journals, learning management system, lms, meego, mendeley, michael wesch, new media, oer, online world, open educational resources, otter trail, peer review, personal learning environment, player, ple, plearn, presentation, privacy, publication, reading, research, RT, Running stable, sajp, Salford, slideshare, social learning roles, social media, south africa, stephen downes, steve wheeler, swot analysis, tagxedo, twitter, uct, vygotsky poster, wordpress 3.0, world cup, world cup 2010, youtube

RT @dreamingspires: RT @stevesilberman: First time I’ve seen the phrase “the American Internet.” http://bit.ly/anZeIc # RT @barrykayton: Reading Blooms Digital Taxonomy v2.12 on Scribd http://scr.bi/cBGHrj #readcast # From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments, by Michael Wesch http://bit.ly/daChh2 # Gilly Salmon’s 5 stage model of e-learning http://bit.ly/c1MKHB # Social Media Explained Visually «…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-01

Mar 1, 2010

in Digest

authority, chatroulette, content, credibility, diigo, e-readers, formal learning, higher education, informal learning, medical students, mont fleur, open content, open science, open source, peer review, uct, writing retreat, youtube

Revisiting the Purpose of Higher Education and Courses. Why teaching content isn’t enough http://tinyurl.com/yg7ttj8 # First two weeks of OpenContent at UCT http://tinyurl.com/ygtm9wx # The Open Source Way: Creating and Nurturing Communities of Contributors http://bit.ly/bTDcGp # Why technology is not disrupting the university sector http://tinyurl.com/yhk3boy # @weblearning I like it, thanks for the heads up…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22

Feb 22, 2010

in Digest

cet, chromium, clinical wisdom, cognician, curriculum alignment, diigo, educause review, ethics, facebook, filesharing, Google, Google Docs, isp1, journals, kde, kjots, kubuntu, lessig, lucid, medical education, michael wesch, mobile, ocw, oer, open education, p2pu, pedagogy, peer to peer learning, physiopedia, ple, race, research, saahe 2010, safri, siemens, social networks, teaching, technology enhanced teaching, uct, web apps, wikipedia, xkcd, youtube

Google and Wikipedia — Separated at Birth? http://tinyurl.com/yzxj3az # @patrickkayton I liked the cartoon look 🙂 # YouTube – Students Helping Students. A video by Michael Wesch http://bit.ly/cE7aDL # I know it’s ridiculously early, but I’m already looking forward to SAAHE ’10 at Wits in July this year http://bit.ly/9CGOA6 # @Sallykenyon12 Not on it at…