This Easter, we had a lovely visit to the Midlands. We normally avoid travelling on a long weekend, but Mike, Kelly, and the gals were in South Africa for a wedding. So we left home at sparrows (4:30 a.m.) to beat the long weekend traffic, arrived on the meander at a very respectable hour and …
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DH 2023
Please note that I first published this piece about the Digital Humanities conference on Substack in December 2023. Meant to post it to my blog, but I didn’t. I have also made a few Grammarly corrections. Introduction My first in-person conference since 2020. Yes, it was so good to be back with people (not screens). …
Re-imagining Africa’s Knowledge Futures
On Tuesday and Wednesday (25-26 March 2025), I had the pleasure of attending a key event for those who are interested in Digital Humanities. Entitled “Re-imagining Africa’s Knowledge Futures in the Digital Humanities”. The summit was organized by Dr Denzil Chetty (and the team), who lead the Advancing African Digital Humanities Ideation Hub (AADHIH) at …
Mentorship – Part 2
A mentor is “someone who can hold a mirror up to us” (Abbott and Been). Someone with experience, knowledge, wisdom. The mentorship relationship allows for shared learning. A place for non judgmental observations about goals and performance, between mentor and mentee. A generative learning partnership that has the potential to shape the craft and culture …
Open to Mentorship
Today’s blog post is dedicated to the people who have gone beyond the call of duty and changed the way that I (and hope quite a few other people) think, act and be. People who have been responsive to concerns, aspirations. Who’ve helped me anchor myself and find a purpose. If there was a stage, …
Copyright and the Public Interest
Recently (3 Feb 2025), I attended a very interesting seminar at the Tin Temple (Wits University). The Title: Copyright and the Public Interest, Africa and the Global South. Thanks to Denise from Scholarly Horizons for the invitation. First, my apologies to her. I should have passed the invite onto my Mobile Literacy and Wikipedian friends. No matter, Matete …
Openness and Intellectual Property Policy
Note to readers: I have been going through my blog and finding old blog posts that I had not published. This post was written in 2015 (I need to find the exact date), when I was working at Wits, but I have only published it now (August 2024). It’s easy to talk about sharing …
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Educational Futures (F1)
George, on his blog, asked “What are your reactions, thoughts, and feelings” to this educational futures scenario. Tried to post my reply in his blog comments, but got a technical error. So here is my blogged reply. Future 1: The year is 2033. In the decade following the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education has increasingly become …
MOOC’s to EdX to 2U to..
On the 25th Of July 2024, 2U announced that it was poised for growth, while it also declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to the Wall Street Journal, 2U inc had “….taken private in a deal that will wipe out more than half of its $945 million debt”. 2U’s share price crashed and then the share …
Get Smarter
(Please note, this interview took place on the 06 March 2014. Details may have changed since the interview) For the past six years, the online educational company Get Smarter has partnered with the UCT Faculty of Commerce to offer a range of online short courses. UCT’s website lists the following short courses offered in 2014. …