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CIET Webinars for Term 1 / 2021

We hope you are well and looking forward to the 2021 academic year. To support you in preparing your courses, CIET will offer a range of webinars. Please find the descriptions below. You can register for these webinars using our online booking form: https://forms.gle/8kp5YN7qdsPJX9mt6 Blackboard assignment … Continue reading

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Register for the 2020 Teaching and Learning with Technology Day

You can now register for the 2020 Teaching and Learning with Technology Day Date: Thursday, 26th of November 2020, 9.00-15.30Location: online Theme: Staff and student experiences of Remote Teaching and Learning during times of disruption – lessons learnt for an … Continue reading

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Call for contributions in co-edited book on ‘Co-teaching/researching in an Unequal World: Using Virtual Classrooms to Connect Africa, and Africa and the World’

Edited by Zifikile Phindile Shangase, Daniela Gachago and Eunice Ivala Introduction Traditionally, co-teaching or team-teaching is discussed in the context of K12 education, in particular, in relation to specific subjects or issues, such as teaching English as a Second Language … Continue reading

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WS9: Managing your Digital Academic Identity with ePortfolios

Facilitators: Daniela Gachago and Sonwabo Jongile, Centre for Innovative Educational Technology and Candice Livingston, Faculty of Education Date and Venue:  10th of October 2019, 13.00-15,00, Centre for eLearning, D6 campus 17th of October 2019, 13.00-15,0, lab 3.07, IT centre, Bellville … Continue reading

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WS8 Creating multilingual content for and with students

Facilitator: Linda Manashe, Centre for Innovative Educational Technology Date and Venue: 15th of August 2019, 13.30-15,30, lab 3.07, IT centre, Bellville Seminar description: The CPUT online multilingual glossaries project (MLG) is a collaboration between CIET and the Language Unit in Fundani CHED,  … Continue reading

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WS3: Online Assessment

Facilitators: Ass. Prof. Eunice Ivala, Sonwabo Jongile, CIET, and Bronwyn Swart, DISE, CPUT Date and location:  11th of April 2019, 13.00-15.30, Bellville campus Workshop description Description of Seminar Recently there has been a significant increase of interest in online assessment at … Continue reading

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Important Blackboard Maintenance and News

Attention ALL Lecturing Staff You may have experienced that the look and feel have changed, it’s still the same LMS as you know it, but with the anticipated Blackboard Ultra theme. We’re reaching the end of the year and we … Continue reading

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e-Portfolio development for teacher promotion, teaching philosophy and students assessment

Facilitors:  Sonwabo Jongile, Centre for Innovative Educational Technology (CIET) Dates and venue: 16th of August  2018, 13.30-15.30, lab 303 IT Centre (BV) Workshop description: Electronic Portfolios (e-Portfolios) are increasingly being considered in higher education (in particular professional degrees such as … Continue reading

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WS18: Self and Peer Assessment- promoting student engagement and active learning

Facilitator: Sonwabo Jongile, Centre for Innovative Educational Technology (CIET) Date and venue 24th of May 2018, 13.30-15.30, lab 303 IT Centre, Bellville campus Description of workshop During this workshop we will focus on the Peer Assessment tool in Blackboard. According to the … Continue reading

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WS15: Facilitating online seminars using Blackboard Collaborate

Facilitators: Antoinette Van Deventer and Jody Boltney, Centre for Innovative Educational Technology Date and time: 31st of August 2017, 13.30-15.30 Location: Online or Centre for eLearning, training venue, Cape Town campus Seminar description Tired of travelling between campuses for meetings? … Continue reading

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