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Positive initiatives in education

By tessa Posted on May 2, 2012 | Leave a comment

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On teacher development and policy implementation

By tessa Posted on February 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

At the Teachers’ Upfront Programme meeting at Wits School of Education on Tuesday, I shared a platform with Kirti Menon (Registrar of Wits) and Whitfield Green (Director of Teacher Education in the Department of Higher Education and Training).

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Open Educational Resources at Unisa

By tessa Posted on December 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

Some interesting points came up in an OER sensitisation workshop for staff in the Department of Curriculum and Learning Development at Unisa last week, including the views of workshop participants
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On conventional (paper-based) ODL and (Web 2.0) e-Learning

By tessa Posted on November 18, 2011 | 3 Comments

A review of Creating Learning Materials for Open and Distance Learning: A Handbook for Authors and Instructional Designers – Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2005

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A series of curriculum development workshops for Midrand Graduate Institute

By tessa Posted on October 21, 2011 | Leave a comment

I had a great time with the MGI staff this year – talking about curriculum development, struggling through the various levels of outcomes, engaging with the module outlines for the new Honours programmes, and discussing how to improve assessment. Continue reading →

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Early Childhood video website

By tessa Posted on October 3, 2011 | 1 Comment

http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/resources/multimedia/brain_hero/Brain Hero – a 3 minute video on the impact of early childhood experiences on the brain produced by the Harvard Centre on the Developing Child. Interesting for a number of reasons: Continue reading →

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Searching for OER

By tessa Posted on September 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

Be clear about what kinds of OER you want and can use in your course (open textbooks, whole courses, modules or units, images, video, audio, flash animation, quizzes or interactive tools, simulations ….). But at the same time explore websites with an open mind: you may find something ideal. Continue reading →

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