Distance Education

• NOUN VC Joins IJOU Editorial Board, Hosts Inaugural Lecture.

Education: South Africa

• Involve Deaf People in Deaf Education, Say Protesters.
• Council for Blind welcomes court settlement for blind, partially sighted learners.
• Can schools still afford to have such a regimented view about dress codes?
• Teacher supply tripled in public education system, 01 October 2018 .
• Modernised Funza Lushaka Online Registration System goes live on 05 October 2018.

Higher Education

• Student Body Admits It Has Lost Touch by Bongani Hans. The Star Page 6.
• Sasco denies its facing support decline.

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Kenya Wins Bid to Host Next International Open Data Conference in 2020.
• The Seven Deadly Sins Of Digital Badging In Education.
• MOOCs Find a New Audience With On-Campus Students.

Publishing

• Producing The Economy with the Electric Book workflow: a case study in multi-format book production by Arthur Attwell.

Science and Technology

• Science, Technology and Innovation - Key Catalysts for Growth by Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. The Star Page 5.
• Request for Public Comment on the Draft White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation. By 19th October 2018.
• Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on indigenous knowledge

Technology Enhanced Learning

• NTI Trains Staff On e-Facilitation.