Category Archives: research

WS17: Becoming a digital scholar

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Daniela Gachago

Facilitators: Daniela Gachago, Centre for Innovative Educational Technology (CIET) Date and venue 28th of September 2017, 13.30-15.30, lab 303, IT centre, Bellville Description of workshop: Connecting and engaging with fellow academics online using social media has become an important part of … Continue reading →

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WS 9 Designing professional conference presentations using Canva

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Daniela Gachago

Facilitators: Linda Manashe, CIET Date and location:  18thof May 2017, 13.30-15.30, lab 303, IT centre, Bellville 15th of June 2017, 13.30-15.30, Centre for eLearning, Cape Town Workshop description The conference season is starting and colleagues have to prepare conference presentations. This workshop … Continue reading →

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Achieving visibility and better rankings on Google Scholar (hands-on)

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Daniela Gachago

Facilitator: Melius Weideman, Faculty of Informatics and Design Date and venue: 17th of March 2016, 13.30-15.30, Centre for e-Learning (CPT campus) Workshop description: High rankings on search engines are not negotiable for many websites, but especially  those of e-commerce ventures. … Continue reading →

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Becoming a digital scholar – workshop

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Daniela Gachago

Facilitators: Daniela Gachago and Izak van Zyl, Center for e-Learning/ETU Dates and venue 3rd of March 2016, 13.30-15.30, Lab 303, IT center Bellville 10th of March 2016, 13.30-15.30, e-Learning building, Cape Town (repeat) Description of workshop: Connecting and engaging with … Continue reading →

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October seminars: tablets and academic visibility

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Daniela Gachago

Workshop 1: Experimenting with  Tablets in Higher Education Facilitator: Ryna Cilliers and Veronica Barnes, FID and Gerhard Griesel, Applied Sciences Date and time: Thursday, 16th of October 2014, 14.00-16.00 Location: Mowbray Campus Seminar description: CPUT has recently acquired a set … Continue reading →

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Developing capabilities of the heart and mind: digital stortytelling as a tools for social justice education

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Daniela Gachago

Our presentation at the International Conference “Digital storytelling in Crisis”, 8-10 of May 2014, Athens. Developing capabilities of the heart and the mind: digital storytelling and a tool for social justice education from Daniela Gachago Abstract: As societies become more … Continue reading →

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Using Mendeley to organise your research

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Daniela Gachago

Facilitators: Daniela Gachago, Fundani and Lara Skelly, Library Date: 20th of March and 27th of March 2014, 14.00-16.00 Location: eLearning lab, Cape Town Campus and lab 311, IT center, Bellville Description: In the quest to move to a paperless office, … Continue reading →

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Podcasting at a large UoT – old hat or socially inclusive technology?

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Daniela Gachago

This was our contribution at this year’s Heltasa conference at UNISA in Pretoria: Link to presentation on slideshare In this presentation we argue that although podcasting might not be a new technology, and much has been written about it, for … Continue reading →

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CPUT hosted the ICEL2013 successfully!

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Daniela Gachago

CPUT Fundani hosted the 8th International Conference on e-Learning at the beautiful Granger Bay campus from the 27th-28th of June 2013. We also presented our research: Ivala, E. 2013. Online-Offline System of Evaluating Teaching and Courses for Professional Development. In Proceedings of … Continue reading →

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CPUT’s contribution to the 5th International Digital Storytelling conference in Ankara, Turkey

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Daniela Gachago

The 5th International Digital Storytelling Conference took place in Ankara, Turkey from the 8th – 10th of May 2013. CPUT presented 2 papers at this conference: [slideshare id=21176075&doc=nontradstudentspresv0-3-130514141635-phpapp02] [slideshare id=21175668&doc=dstfinalv0-4-130514135605-phpapp01]

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