Saide Current Awareness
12 September 2022

 

Distance Education

• DIDAKTIK FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION IN SECONDARY AND ADULT
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• Office of Distance Education Instructor Spotlight: Dr. Danielle V. Schoon

Education: South Africa 

• 'NO LEARNER WILL BE DISADVANTAGED' SAYS EDU DEPT FOLLOWING LO PAPER COMPLAINTS
• Race on to replace UJ vice-chancellor Tshilidzi Marwala
• Township, rural learners still carry inequality burden
• 4IR dream for Africa will collapse unless teachers are appreciated and better paid
• Nzimande wants science and technology to be at forefront economy, boost innovation
• Data reveals rise in attacks on education across Africa
• Over 50,000 sign petition for increased student allowance
• Oprah lauds UCT vice-chancellor after Africa Education win
• Mabuza concerned about high number of Covid school dropouts
• WITS UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS

Language and Literacy

• International Literacy Day shines spotlight on South Africa’s poor literacy rate
• The ‘old school’ education system will not deliver literacy to this generation. Period.
• What do you think of “phonics first” or “phonics only” in the primary grades?
• Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Support Literacy
• In Support of Independent Reading...Again (One Thing You Might Try...)

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Open Educational Resources Advocacy Toolkit 
• Bioinformatics Education Project Teacher Resources

Post Schooling

• Mounting levels of student debt calls for longer-term solutions 
• BRIEFLYSPEAKING NO. 22 NEW HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONAL TYPES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTICULATION AND DIFFERENTIATION?
• ‘Rebuild the intellectual community on the continent’
• Africa’s economic growth depends on an overhaul in HE – Report
• Post-pandemic: Some ‘forever’ changes to higher education

Skills and Employment 

• Call for SA tech talent to join BRICS skills challenge
• Initiative to train 1m African software devs reaches SA
• Cisco’s Women’s Tech Connection expands to Nigeria
• Huawei launches African digital power talent development programme to drive sector growth

Teaching and Learning

• Learning Critical Thinking Skills with Online Bite-Sized Videos: Can Precision Teaching Help?
• Smart Education Strategies for Teaching and Learning: Critical analytical framework and case studies 
• What might learning design become in the post-COVID university?

Technology Enhanced Learning

• Strategic Digital Engagement for Impact: Building Your Academic Presence Online
• Short and Sweet: The Educational Benefits of Microlectures and Active Learning
• Intel® Digital Readiness Programs
• Intel Educator's Guide to Elearning
• Youth can now learn about internet safety via WhatsApp, thanks to bots Lesedi and Kitso
• DIGITAL EDUCATION FOR CHANGE MAKERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA