South African accountancy students struggle to overcome disadvantages: what lecturers can do differently: Accounting educators must take students' context and backgrounds into account. Kobus Louw In recent decades, student numbers have risen at higher education institutions in many parts of the world. This has opened doors for students who might have been excluded before. These …
Online learning platforms aren’t enough — lecturers need the right technical skills: Universities must do more than just offer online learning: they must make sure lecturers know how to adapt to the technology. Ground Picture/Shutterstock Technology has become the centre of our lives. It has also changed how university students learn and how lecturers teach. …
17 strikes in 23 years: a unionist explains why Nigeria’s university lecturers won’t back down: A protester holds a placard as workers show solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images Lecturers at Nigeria’s public universities have been on strike 16 times since 1999. On 14 February …
COVID was a setback for indigenous languages: South African lecturers on what went wrong: By some estimates only 5% of the world’s languages are likely to survive online. PeopleImages / Getty Images South African indigenous languages are among those at risk of a serious decline due to the increasing use of digital technologies. By some …
Kenya’s university students and lecturers face huge challenges moving online: Many of Kenya's university students won't have access to computers AS photo studio/Shutterstock For over a decade Kenya has made moves towards e-learning for university students. This is all the more important now, as universities have closed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But questions …
ITSI to host first seminar in Africa on Mind-Brain-Education and Technology Internationally acclaimed authors and facilitators to conduct hands-on workshop with teachers and lecturers: 22 November 2017 – PRETORIA – ITSI, the pioneering e-learning provider which enhances and simplifies the teaching and learning experience for both students and educators, will be hosting the first ever …