elearning – eLearning
In November 2017 the first meeting of the Blended Learning SIG established by members of ASAUDIT took place in Stellenbosch. In June 2018 the group plans to come together again to report back and explore further topics of relevance to blended learning and teaching technologies in higher education in South Africa. Read More ›
carpentries – Mentorship
Over the past three years almost 100 researchers and students at South African universities received training as Carpentry instructors. Instructor training covers evidence-based best-practices of teaching and provides opportunities to practice and build teaching skills. Due to various reasons many of our trained instructors have not yet taught or have not yet completed their qualification. We set out to understand the causes for this and to implement some solutions. Read More ›
econversations – eConversation Series
In 2017 the North-West University's eResearch Initiative ran a series of online conversations where students and staff could learn about and discuss trends in academia and research. The sessions were very popular and RCCPII decided to follow up by running one online eConversation per month to discuss topics relevant to support staff, researchers, lecturers and students at South African academic and research institutions. Read More ›
carpentries – Carpentries Instructor Training
From 21 to 23 February 2018 researchers, postgraduate students, IT, and library staff participated in the fourth in-person Software and Data Carpentry Instructor Training workshop in South Africa. Read More ›
carpentries – Carpentries Instructor Training
From 21 to 23 February 2018 researchers, postgraduate students, IT, and library staff will be able to learn how to teach programming at the fourth in-person Software and Data Carpentry Instructor Training workshop in South Africa. Read More ›