Tag: university of cape town
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Resource: Low Tech Remote Teaching Principles
Keep it simple and low tech. Accessibility is core, not optional. Provide structure. Use what is available. Keep learning active. Scaffold learning by chunking content. Have a clear course outline. Be visible and contactable. Help keep students on track. Be kind to yourself and empathic to your students. This collection of Low-tech remote teaching principles…
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ALS ice bucket challenge at UWC Physiotherapy
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…
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T&L seminar with UCT Law Faculty
Earlier this year I was invited by Alan Rycroft at the UCT Law Faculty to give a presentation at a seminar on T&L. The seminar took place yesterday and I presented some research that I did in 2012 where we used Google Drive as an implementation platform for authentic learning. I’ve written about authentic learning before,…
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Digital University Symposium at 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…
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CHEC course: teaching and learning (day 3)
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…