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Institutional Strategies to Enhance Online Learning
The integration of online learning into an institution implies much more than offering some course online. It involves a re-thinking of roles, services, infrastructure, funding, faculty development and recognition, and student access and success and implicates administration, staff, faculty and students.
Five Reasons to Celebrate the First 150 Years of The University of South Africa (Unisa)
February 14, 2023Based in Pretoria, Unisa attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, Unisa has app. 370,000 students, including international students from 130 countries worldwide.
Fighting Digital Apartheid and Enabling Social Justice
October 05, 2016
How to Encourage Innovation in Higher Education
October 05, 2016Innovation in education can come from following three core principles: A free flow of ideas, the freedom to fail, and a sense of urgency.
Debunking the Myth about a Creative Destruction of Higher Education with Technology as the Driver
March 10, 2015How convincing is the evidence that technology is leading to the transformation of colleges and universities? Does the rhetoric of “creative destruction” and “transformation” match with our experience of the post-secondary system in the developed world?
How Online Learning Can Help Address the Talent and Skills Challenge for the New Economy
March 11, 2014A knowledge economy demands more skilled and highly qualified people at a time when many of those seeking work do not have the skills employers are looking for. We need to look at innovative approaches to building a highly qualified workforce.
Institutional and Faculty Roles in Strategic Planning
November 19, 2013Whatever your institution’s stage of development with technology integration, a thoughtful, planned approach to teaching and learning in conjunction with your colleagues can pay rich dividends for both you and your students.
Getting Strategic About Online Learning
July 08, 2013Given the growing strategic importance of online learning, how can strategic intent be converted into action? More specifically, what roles can each category of influencer play in a college or university to make online learning truly successful?
