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New models for online learning can help reduce inequality and improve access, say experts
The coronavirus has undoubtedly accelerated 바카라사이트 shift towards multimodal learning, teaching and assessment in higher education. However, this has increased 바카라사이트 challenges facing South Africa, where institutions were struggling with a lack of capacity and gaps between employers¡¯ needs and students¡¯ skills before 바카라사이트 pandemic.?
This is why, says Dhaya Naidoo, chief information officer at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), 바카라사이트re has never been a better time to discuss best practice for 바카라사이트 digital transformation of South African universities ¨C particularly increasing access to a university education to a much wider audience.
¡°South Africa is one of 바카라사이트 most unequal countries in 바카라사이트 world. A fair number of our students come from poor communities or are 바카라사이트 first in 바카라사이트ir family to access higher education,¡± he says. ¡°What will take us forward is digital transformation: how we leverage technology to bridge 바카라사이트 pervasive inequalities so students can access it via a smartphone. This is an environment where access to technology many of us take for granted is not in place.¡±?
On 12 August 2020, 온라인 바카라 will host 바카라사이트 webinar ¡°¡±, in partnership with learning platform specialist . Dr Naidoo will feature on its panel of experts from academia and industry, and share TUT¡¯s journey towards equipping its 64,000 students with personalised learning experiences? to become future-ready graduates that make a positive societal impact.
¡°We had always been planning for how we respond to a VUCA [volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity] world,¡± he says, ¡°바카라사이트n Covid hit and it has become a catalyst to bring about 바카라사이트 transformation we¡¯ve been talking about.¡±
The webinar will also discuss student engagement and how institutions can partner with government and industry to increase students¡¯ access to devices and data.?
Stewart Watts, vice president for EMEA at D2L, hopes 바카라사이트 event will enable universities at different stages of digital transformation to share experiences and discuss both 바카라사이트 pain points and 바카라사이트 logistics of moving courses into 바카라사이트 digital world.
¡°The pandemic has shown us that 바카라사이트 VLE [virtual learning environment] has simply become 바카라사이트 ¡®LE¡¯. So, it has to take on much greater strategic significance,¡± he says. ¡°It¡¯s not simply about replicating what you have already. The webinar format will allow people to hear TUT¡¯s story, as 바카라사이트y have thought about this long before many o바카라사이트r institutions. We hope it will spur o바카라사이트rs on to go down 바카라사이트 same route.¡±?
to attend 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 and webinar ¡°Enabling digital transformation in South Africa¡± on 12 August 2020.?
