- Professor Dr Olaf Zawacki-Richter
- Dr Martha Fields Cleveland-Innes
- Professor Asha Singh Kanwar
- Dr Ruth Aluko
- Dr Tony Mays
- Professor Nyna Amin
- Professor Jako Olivier
- Professor Evrim Baran
- Dr Catherine Mkude
- Professor Santosh Panda
- Dr Mary Ooko
- Professor Cosmas Maphosa
- Dr Yulia Platonova
- Professor Mpine Makoe
- Dr Phumza Makgato-Khunou
- Professor Paul Henry Gundani
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Dr Ruth Aluko
Dr Ruth Aluko
Unit for Distance Education
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Dr Ruth Aluko is the researcher within the Unit for Distance Education at the University of Pretoria. She manages the quality of the institution’s Open Distance Learning programs. Ruth facilitates training and workshops, and is involved in the evaluation of ODL programs. Ruth is a co-editor of the books Assuring institutional quality in Open Distance Learning (ODL) in the developing contexts and Exploring dual and mixed mode provision of distance education. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of Africa Education Review, and she is the second-term President of the National Association of Distance Education in Southern Africa (NADEOSA). Her research focus areas include quality management of ODL programmes, mobile learning, access, social justice, program evaluation, student support, and teacher professional development. Ruth is a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher, a peer review system that assesses the standing of South African researchers.