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Make school management more integrated and inclusive
“Every primary school should strive to build a sustainable relationship with parents in order to achieve quality education, especially for developing countries,” said newly capped PhD Wakjira Gorman Mekonnen, Ethiopian MP, at his graduation at Unisa. Read more
Unisa academic develops new theory to teach technology education
CEDU’s Prof Tomé Mapotse’s Technology Education Cascading Theory has been published on the global information systems Springer Technology Education publications domain. Read more
Embracing open distance e-learning and multiple discourses
Prof Narend Baijnath, CHE CEO, spoke at CEDU’s seventh annual Teacher Education at a Distance Conference about the challenges faced by ODeL institutions when managing the task of educating teachers in an ever-changing, digitising world. Read more
Restoring the balance
CEDU’s Prof Phillip Higgs told the fifth World Congress on Education Research in Russia that it was necessary to reassert the significance of indigenous African knowledge in the face of hegemonic Western forms of knowledge. Read more
Unisa to establish UNESCO Chair on ODL
CEDU’s Prof Moeketsi Letseka says this initiative will go a long way to support sustainable development goals through distance learning. Read more
Tribute to a life spent researching education ‘at the margins’
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has conferred an honorary fellowship on Unisa’s Professor Veronica McKay, Executive Dean of the College of Education. Read more
Practical knowledge to lead ODeL
Seven more Unisa staff members have been awarded their University of Maryland University College Certificates in Technology in Distance Learning and e-Learning. Read more
Unveiling the future of Grade R
The official launch of the Unisa and Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance Early Childhood Development Project took place at the end of March. Read more
College of Education connects with aspirant educators
Unisa’s College of Education is establishing 34 ICT access centres at DBE teacher centres in various provinces, nine of which have now gone live in GP, MP, and KZN. Read more
