Higher education online and production specialist. Inclusive course curriculum design. access to HE through provision of automated studios for co-creating media

Cape Town, South Africa
Joined May 2016
Part of our role in the Learning Design team is to advise our module teams on how they can design learning that's truly inclusive. focused. We use three essential principles to guide us.
#GiftOfTheGivers responds to #UniversityofCapeTown Fuller House (students residence) Fire 🔥 Our teams have responded by preparing meals for 4000 students for this evening. UCT has requested #GiftoftheGivers to manage the feeding and other essentials for the next week.
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Our libraries are closed until further notice: Dear students and staff, due to the fire disaster, UCT Libraries will be closed until further notice.
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#uct fire devastated by the loss but grateful to all the #firefighters and emergency services in Cape Town for saving students and buildings
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New to Vula or need a refresher as you plan your teaching @UCT_news ? Join this webinar covering the basics of setting up a course Vula site and intro to commonly used tools. Tuesday 9 Feb, 10am Sign up- bit.ly/VulaSiteBasics
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WEBINAR: Help your students build academic literacies through collaborative annotation with @hypothes_is. Students engage with written texts, developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills collaboratively - Tues 9 Feb 3pm Sign up bit.ly/HypothesisTool
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"It was interesting how much I and my peers could achieve without the physical presence of a teacher": some @UCT_news students reflect on Emergency Remote Teaching in 2020 and what UCT could be in the future youtube.com/watch?v=PHTz6axg…
UCT staff share valuable insights about ERT experience that we captured @CILT_UCT led by @stephenmarquard @sukainaw - our brilliant 'directors'
Replying to @CILT_UCT
"It allows much more collaboration between students and lecturers": we asked some @UCT_news staff to reflect on Emergency Remote Teaching, online learning and how they imagine UCT in the future youtube.com/watch?v=9mkhdc2B… @michaelis_art @ched_uct @UCTHealthSci @Commerce_UCT @UctLaw
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"It's no longer a debate": @NeilMorrisLeeds from @universityleeds talks about how universities are increasing investment in digital education to increase access and create better learning experiences for students #CILT #conversations youtube.com/watch?v=aDloickM…
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Who owns the narrative around educational technology? @sbayne from @UoE_EFI talks about digital transformation at @EdinburghUni, the Manifesto for Teaching Online, engaging campus communities and building trust in digital strategies #CILT #conversations youtube.com/watch?v=zWLvzWZA…
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Dr Riashna Sithaldeen talks about using data to support UCT's transition to Emergency Remote Teaching in 2020, and how UCT's Data Analytics for Student Success and Siyaphumelela projects are supporting students @siyaphumelela5 @ched_uct @sithaldeen youtu.be/mI8MiCJ9p3s
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Michael Feldstein @mfeldstein67 talks about digital residential education: "my ambition is no less than to rewire the DNA of academic culture" #CILT #conversations youtu.be/oqkIcbT1r5I
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What does the future hold for blended and online learning in residential universities? Last year we wove some perspectives into our #unleash video youtube.com/watch?v=q3gEpt-H… on the UCT of the future, and now we're now pleased to publish some longer interviews from contributors.
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What a year 2020 has been. Thank you to our community at UCT for supporting @CILT_UCT and may all our colleagues at @UCT_news have a restful festive break.
We wish all our colleagues and friends at @UCT_news and beyond a safe, healthy and joyful festive break. We look forward to working with you in 2021.
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Thanks to @UCT_news staff & students who spoke about their experiences and dreams; @mfeldstein67 @sbayne & @NeilMorrisLeeds who provided international perspectives, and our Digital Media Unit led by @StorytellerCT with @stephenmarquard & @sukainaw for producing and directing 2/2
Proud of the video made by my team and @sukainaw @stephenmarquard on a digitally enabled residential #UCT of the future
#Covid19 has prompted us to think about the future of #highered - we made this video to inspire and #unleash a vision of teaching and learning at @uct_news -youtu.be/q3gEpt-H7J0 1/2
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