Saide Current Awareness
07 November 2022

 

Distance Education

• A Case Study on How Distance Education May Inform Post-Pandemic University Teaching
• Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Education: An International Review of Practices and Potentials of Open Education at a Distance

 

Education: South Africa 

• Service delivery protests are biggest threat to matric exams, say education officials
• Provision needs to be made to allow equitable access to schooling for learners with disabilities
• Diversity intervention suspended at Fish Hoek High after parents complain about traumatised learners
• Electric buses for University of Johannesburg as solar power initiative grows
• Maimane’s Build One SA plans to protest with jobless teachers outside Motshekga’s offices to put their demands
• Here’s the five outstanding people who will receive honorary doctorates from Stellenbosch University
• ‘Let the numbers count’ – Mpumalanga Education Department happy with increased maths learners
• Teenage mothers must be supported, not ostracised
• Western Cape ‘experimental’ schools plan challenged
• LOOK: Pupils ‘torch’ school over matric dance cancellation
• Worries over compulsory school changes for South Africa
• Treasury is pushing SA’s poorest and youngest over the edge in a cruel trade-off
• State investment in early childhood development sector can empower women and combat gender-based violence

 

Language and Literacy

• Having a conversation with an article through natural language processing
• Inclusive, quality language learning and teaching through digital innovation 
• TRANSLANGUAGING

 

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Conversations With Open Textbook Authors: The Factors That Help and Hinder Accessibility
• Learning for a Sustainable Future
• OER and the Future of Digital Textbooks
• Principles of Finance textbook
• A pedagogy of abundance
• UCT Press has made 67 of its books available for free download

Post Schooling

• UP's digital lab to develop future-fit, employable students
• ‘Africa needs digitised open universities and dual education’
• Subject rankings: Advances in the health sciences noted
• UCT crisis: Black academics and staff want Minister Blade Nzimande to intervene
• University staffers turn to rights body with abuse claims
• The politics of visual redress at Stellenbosch University
• Low climate literacy among women, youth hampers resilience
• From art faculties to law schools — demand for blockchain education has exploded
• How fast is too fast?The University of Maryland's online campus turned to outsourcing for speed. That came at a cost.
• Activating Social Capital among young people in South Africa

 

Skills and Employment 

• Huawei ICT Academy Job Fair shows growing success in connecting students with employers
• Cisco to Provide Digital Skills Training for 25m Learners
• Transport Education Training Authority announces ground-breaking programmes valued at R84m
• Inventing a Job-Skills Machine

 

Teaching and Learning- Local and Global

• Here are 3 ways teachers can help pupils study using social media
• Understanding the climate crisis – YouTube channels, podcasts and free online resources
• Transforming teaching methodology for success in African classrooms
• A comparative analysis of the impact of online, blended, and face-to-face learning on medical students’ clinical competency in the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains
• RISKY TO PLAY GAMES? RESEARCH ON YOUTH’S COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
• SMART LEARNING DESIGN: How Brain Science Can Impact Learning Design
• The Research Behind PBL, Genius Hour, and Choice In The Classroom

 

Technology Enhanced Learning

• Highly cited educational technology journal articles: a descriptive and critical analysis
• Oodlu: Empowering teachers to use games to support learning
• Google Slides As a #Jamboard Background
• What Web3 Means for the Future of Education
• How Metaphors Shape Edtech
• Can Video Games Help Early Learners Grow?
• Microsoft - Hololens Mixed Reality Education
• Create a #wordle style puzzle for your class.