Saide Current Awareness
31 October 2022

 

Distance Education

• Ten Lessons We Have Learned From Writing Online Courses

 

Education: South Africa 

• Big changes coming for schools in South Africa
• Decolonised education is still a radical idea
• Sadtu warns state of education in Eastern Cape is shocking
• SA education experts weigh in on emulating Finland’s teacher training strategies
• ‘Crumbling’ education landscape prompts ‘Basic Education Rights Handbook’ update
• The Covid crisis taught us vital lessons about education – don’t let this crisis go to waste
• Experts call for bigger early childhood development budget ahead of Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement
• The everyday superwomen of early childhood development and their pivotal role in communities
• Implement these 10 principles and we can reform and fix our education system

 

Language and Literacy

• Lockdown babies behind on communication milestones: to help toddlers’ language skills, just talk and listen
• Culturally diverse storytelling offers children many benefits
• When Reading Level and Maturity Level Don’t Align: How We Think About Our Young, Advanced Readers
• Machines Can Craft Essays. How Should Writing Be Taught Now?

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• The OER E-Book: Free Oers for Busy Teachers
• ICDE Open Innovation Framework: Understanding Vectors for Innovation in Open Education
• Volume 1, No. 1 Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education
• How and Why to Evaluate Open Educational Resources (OERs)
• OER DIGEST – OCTOBER 27, 2022

 

Post Schooling

• New sustainability rankings list 16 universities from Africa
• Reflections on the race inquiry at Stellenbosch University
• Private sector support for TVET students still limited
• Second Announcement: CHE Higher Education Conference 01 to 03 March 2023 PROMOTING ACCESS TO, AND SUCCESS IN POSTGRADUATE STUDIES Call for abstracts/Registration Open
• CHE HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE 1 TO 3 MARCH 2023 PROMOTING ACCESS TO, AND SUCCESS IN POSTGRADUATE STUDIES CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/ REGISTRATION OPEN
• Surveillance and Datafication in Higher Education: Documentation of the Human
• Department Makes Progress Releasing TVET College Certificates
• When to Outsource Online Learning, and When Not To
• Recognizing micro-credentials: some whys, hows and challenges for higher education institutions
• How Successful, and Micro, are Micro-credential Programs?

 

Skills and Employment 

• Chance for township tech SMEs to up their skills
• Have no fear, AI is here — white-collar workers can dispel employment angst, study suggests
• Samsung and Tshimologong Precinct celebrate latest graduates of App Factory software skills development programme

 

Teaching and Learning- Local and Global

• Critical Conversations on Knowledge, Curriculum and Epistemic Justice: Engaging with the legacy of Suellen Shay
• Bruner’s Spiral Curriculum – The 3 Key Principles
• Critical Reflections on Professional Learning During Covid-19: Context, Practice and Change
• Learning Design Voices
• Want to raise happy children? Take a leaf out of the Dutch book
• Design Thinking Workbook
• How to identify effective educational research to improve your classroom teaching success.
• High-Impact Practices in Online and Hybrid Courses
• Let’s Disrupt the Calls for ‘Disruptive Innovation’
• Why successful online assessments are all in the blend
• Why I Stopped Giving Zeros

 

Technology Enhanced Learning

• NWU Self-Directed Learning Series Vol 8: Blended learning environments to foster Self-Directed Learning
• NWU Self-Directed Learning Series Vol 9:Self-Directed Learning in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Research on the affordances of online virtual excursions
• What Are The Best Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Verbs For Digital Learning?
• 18 Creative Options for Students to Demonstrate Learning (Other Than Google Slides)
• How online assessment affects students
• How Videos Can Support Learning
• Microlearning in the Digital Age: The Design and Delivery of Learning in Snippets