5. Clive Wendy
Gavin Benny
Eunice
WHAT WE DO
Linda Daniela
6. “to spearhead educational transformation in
CPUT and beyond by promoting, enabling,
developing, investigating, evaluating, and
integrating technologies in teaching and
learning that promote transformative teaching
and learning, positive qualitative outcomes
and meaningful learning for student success”
ETU mission
7. • Student-centered learning
• Flexible enough to accommodate different styles of
learning and interests of students
• Offers options, motivates students and provides
connections to students’ lives, jobs, and
communities
• Capitalizes on the lecturers and students alike
experimenting and failing, to improve and to keep at
problems until solutions are crafted
• Necessary support is provided
Transformative teaching and learning
8. An environment, in which
• Learners and staff are empowered to express
themselves
• Encourages intellectual freedom-think-aloud, tryout
new things and reflect on lessons learnt
• Psychological distance between knowledgeable
others (peers and experts) is reduced
• Learners are equal partners in knowledge
production
Positive quality outcomes
9. Meaningful Learning
for Student Success
Surface learning Deep meaningful learning
Student-student interaction
low medium high
Student-content interaction
low medium high
Student-teacher interaction
low medium high
10. Meaningful Learning for
Student Success
Surface learning Deep meaningful learning
Student-student interaction
low medium high
Student-teacher interaction
low medium high
Student-content interaction
low medium high
11. 1) Provide systematic training and capacity
development programmes for staff
2) Develop a culture of research-based practice
that focuses on the use and impact of
educational technologies
3) Develop, integrate and support educational
technology tools that support teaching, learning,
and research
4) Maintain and establish collaborative linkages
and partnerships with cognate entities within
CPUT and beyond
The Units goals towards integration of
Technology in T&L at CPUT
12. 1. Guidance on appropriate use of technologies in
teaching and learning
2. Research and evaluation of technology use in
education
3. Supply audio visual equipment
4. Graphic design
5. Videography and photography
6. Design of digital teaching materials
Services
13. One-on-one support
Workshops; seminars; projects;
CHEC Emerging technologies short course
Contact
Dr Eunice Ivala, ivalae@cput.ac.za
Daniela Gachago, gachagod@cput.ac.za
Visit our blog: www.cput.ac.za/blogs/edutech
Guidance on the appropriate use of
technology
14. • Social media guidelines
• Digital storytelling across the disciplines
• Podcasting
• Multilingual glossaries
• Flipped classroom / Khan academy
• Mobile clicker project
• NRF Emerging ICTs in Higher Education project
Research on emerging technologies
15. CPUT social media guidelines
• Collaboration between
Fundani, Center for e-
Learning, library, MIS, MCD,
Student Affairs, academics
• Development of social media
guidelines for use of social
media in teaching, learning,
marketing and research
16. Blogging as a course
information / content
management tool
24. Multilingual glossaries
• Collaboration
between ETU,
language UNIT and
lecturers
• Subjects range
from Economics,
Law of Contract,
Science and Dental
Technology
• Main focus: at risk
subjects
26. Mobile clickers
• Collaboration with
Stellenbosch University
• Integration of
TurningTechnologies clickers
with Moodle site
• Teaching Development
Grant: Mazur
method/flipped classroom
27. Emerging ICTs in Higher Education
NRF project, 2011-2013
• 8 SA HEIs : SU,
UWC, UCT, CPUT,
UP, Rhodes,
Wits, Fort Hare)
• 1 NGO (Open
Courseware
Consortium)
More information at http://emergingicts.blogspot.com/
28. active and collaborative learning,
student-student & students-staff interaction,
enriching education experiences
learning beyond the classroom
student reflection on the subject matter
First results…technologies enhance:
29. • OERs
• Tablets
• Mobile storytelling
• Flipped classroom
• Lecture capturing
Research focus 2013 and beyond:
30. EQUIPMENT
• Laptops and data projectors
• Digital recorders
• Digital still and web cameras
• Clickers
Gavin Kallis , 021 595 6671 kallisg@cput.ac.za
Clive Galant, 021 460 3784 galantc@cput.ac.za
Supply of audio visual equipment
32. Linda Mkhize at 021 460 3783
mkhizel@cput.ac.za MENT
Design of digital learning materials
33. Clive Galant at
021 460 3784
galantc@cput.ac.za
CLIVE GALANT at 021 460 3784
Photography
34. • Use of videos in Teaching
and Learning
• Development of
educational videos
• Assistance in research
projects involving
videography
• Support of student
projects, requested by
lecturers
Benny Karlie at 021 460 3784, Karlieb@cput.ac.za
Videography
Parry, W., “School orders students to remove blogs”. USA Today, 26/10/2005. Downloaded from: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-10-26-school-bans-blogs_x.htm
