I find myself, once again, in the midst of yet another inconvenient ed-tech storm. Currently, a tempestuous AI cloud, has cast a dark shadow. Its “bluster” has exacerbated existing ICTE challenges and blindsided many schools and universities. Prior to AI, the tempest rolled right through my windows. It saturated my families home screens. Unexpected campus …
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The blended learning field guide
I’ve been working with the Department of Education Innovation at Pretoria University to design a “Field Guide to Blended Learning, intended to complement the Blended Learning Self-Evaluation app. The app uses eight dimensions (assessment, teaching and learning strategies, learning activities, content, communication, administration, design and support) as a structure for self evaluation. Academics open the …
#DigitalInclusion & #FeesMustFall
Internet access does not guarantee Digital Inclusion E-learning has been repeatedly invoked by certain friends, colleagues and practitioners as a “solution” to the #feesmustfall campus shut down. The logic, to them, is clear. If students can’t attend lectures on campus, then let’s capture the content with a video recorder or webcam and then post them onto …
Out of position and misplaced calls
When #feesmustfall began in 2015, I blogged about digital capabilities and how protesters had used social networks to spread their message. I commented that the events exposed the digital vulnerabilities of various constituents on and off campus. I also made the suggestion that this was a unique moment to rethink the use of ICT. I …