Dept of EI

Pretoria’s famous Jacaranda trees

In full bloom during October (SA’s spring)

The Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College (TUC) was forerunner of the University of Pretoria. It commenced its activities in 1908 with a staff of four professors and three lecturers. Thirty-two students enrolled for courses at the first campus in Pretoria. The University of Pretoria, became a fully fledged university in 1930. The nick name Tuks, for the University of Pretoria, derives from the acronym for the College, namely TUC.

The University of Pretoria (UP) is the largest residential university in Southern Africa with more than 41000 full-time on-campus students. Apart from that we have more than 16000 off-campus part-time and distance learning students. There are 9 faculties comprising of 140 academic departments and 2100 academic staff members. There are 65 research centres and institutes. The total staff compliment of UP is 4300. UP offers more than 2000 academic programmes.

http://www.up.ac.za/

About UP

University of Pretoria

What is the core business of the University?

• Teaching and learning

• Research

• Professional practice / service learning / community outreach

Vision of Dept for EI:

Vision of Dept for EI:To establish education excellence at UP

Mission

• EI leads, facilitates and supports education initiatives in partnership with lecturers to establish appropriate teaching and learning practice.

• The needs and specific contexts of staff and students are approached holistically to establish effective learning environments.

Attributes of excellent university teachers

Reflectivepractice

Skills

Interpersonalrelationships

Subjectknowledge

Personality

Research / teaching

Kane et al., 2004

•depth• formal/informal•obe

•passion•enthusiasm•motivation•empathy

•pedagogical•clarity•communication•preparation•real world

•motivating•empathy•rapport

•negotiate•flexible• integration

•growth• improvement•development•professionalism

An integrated virtual campus

Services offered by EI

EducationInnovation

ElectronicEducation

Strategic Focus Areas

EducationalTechnology *

(* Equipment in the classroom)

Education innovation

• Education consultancy• Education induction courses

– all lectures / professors– teaching assistants– tutors

• Assessment training• Education innovation faculty plans• Education innovation committees • Education innovation awards • R & D on educational practice

Education technology

• Audio-visual services and procurement• Audio-visual loans• One-stop repair service• Video conferencing• UP service points for distance students• R & D on education technology

E-Education

• Web-supported teaching and learning (WebCT)• Multimedia design and development (CD-Rom)• E-testing (Computer Based Testing)• E-Campus (virtual campus)

– Lecturers online (LOL)– Student Online Services (SOS)

• Graphic design• Video and sound production and editing• Photographic services

• Project Office• Total of 256 projects since 1998• Project managers in EI • Project leaders in academic departments• Project teams (multidisciplinary)• Timeline and scheduling• Project plans with 3 year budgets• Project approvals and funding • Instructional design (ADDIE model)• Quality Management System (QMS)

Project and Quality Management

E-learning projects

WebCT 2 500 courses 30 000 students

Multimedia CDs 42 products

Electronic assessment

Video

Video conferencing

2001 2002 2003 2004

43 196 64 000 124 851 125 768

17 21 16 11

31 30 24 19

2005

149 843

6

56

Statistics: Academic Staff Training

2002 2003 2004 2005

Training in WebCT & E-learning

122 147 239 283

Education induction (newly appointed lecturers)

117 110 100 84

Education induction for junior/assistant lecturers

58 62 25 74

Assessment training 64 291 35 40

Educational training of tutors 84 212 183 95

Other educational training 248 291 126 124

Total: 693 1113 708 700

Drivers of education innovation:

• Continuous developments in ICT• The new knowledge economy• Commercialisation and globalisation of

education• Market forces and market needs (flexibility

and choice)• Changing educational paradigms• Integration of contact and distance education• Funding issues (source, cost-effectiveness)• And more

Education Innovation

Student needs - flexibility:

• Where, when and how to study• Full-time vs part-time• Learn while you earn, on-the-go • Individually vs group• Dependent vs independent• Custom-made• Just-in-time

Education Innovation

Contact f2feducation

Distanceeducation

Integration

(independent learning)(more student control)

(dependent learning)(more lecturer control)

Education Innovation

Integration between face-to-face and distance learning modes

Terminology:• flexible learning• blended learning• dual mode learning• mixed mode learning• multimodal learning• integrated learning• distributed learning and others …

Education Innovation

The driving forces:

• Technology in the teaching and learning environment: low / high technology

• Learner needs: dependent / independent group / individual

Education Model at UP

Lecturer controlLecturer control

Student controlStudent control

Low TechLow Tech

High TechHigh Tech

Face-to-faceFace-to-face

CorrespondenceCorrespondence

E-educationE-education

Video conferencing /Specialised Practicals

Video conferencing /Specialised Practicals

Flexible Learning Model

Mix of media

PaperPaper

Contact: classroom environment

Contact: classroom environment

Web-supported environment

Web-supported environment

CD-RomCD-Rom OtherOther

Integrated, blended, flexible learning environment, with a mix of delivery media.

The technology adoption lifecycle (Moore, 1991)

Education Innovation

Multimedia Products (on CD)

Emerging technologies

“Many demands are currently placed on online learning in higher education. While we may not realize it, we have entered the perfect electric storm, where technology, the art of teaching, and the needs of learners are converging. ….[there are] dozens of emerging learning technologies that are generating waves of new opportunities in online learning environments.”

Curtis J. Bonk“The Perfect E-Storm”

Observatory Report, June 2004

Summary of key issues:

• Education innovation is a process• Education innovation is for ALL of us• Change management is crucial• Academic and non-academic functions• Top-down and bottom-up strategies• Support and incentives• Quality assurance• EI leads, facilitates and supports

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