The purpose of the blog serves to educate, update our teachers on new advancements and projects within the eLearning sphere. We seek to build a trusting relationship with our teachers, learners, partners and other stakeholders by sharing expertise and discussing up-to-date, thought provoking, engaging, transformational and educational topics. The blog will also have YOUR voice. So, look out for opportunities to contribute to the BLOG.
Meet the Imagineers
The Imagineer blog project aims to empower influential eLearning champions who have had notable successes in the WCED eLearning sphere. These resident writers are crowned ‘Imagineers’.
Nikki Potgieter |
Renate van der Westhuizen |
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Inspiration & Leadership
Written by Clinton Patrick Walker
The Tsunami of Change
It is often said that one of the things that hugely unavoidable is that the tsunami of change will sweep us in its wake. This could...
Written by Gafieza Ismail
Braving Leadership
The concept of leadership has often left me with an overwhelming sense of accountability. Perhaps...
Written by Nikki Potgieter
My teaching purpose
Teaching is what I am... in essence, I’m in love with learning. Five years ago...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Pursuing the Passion despite the Paper Jam
Teaching is gruelling and arduous. If you are not fighting with the learners, you are fighting...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Transforming Learning: Our Journey on a QUEST (Part 1)
I once read that teachers quit because they lose hope. This made me wonder: Why do they lose hope...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Engage and Inspire: The Quest for Deeper Learning (Part 2)
For those of you who missed it, we embarked on a new initiative this term called QUEST, aiming to...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Engage and Inspire: The Quest for Deeper Learning (Part 3)
For those who missed it, we launched a new initiative last week aimed at enhancing...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Engage and Inspire: The Quest for Deeper Learning (Part 4)
For those who missed it, we launched a new initiative in the beginning of Term 3 aimed at enhancing...
Critical Reflections
Written by Nikki Potgieter
A Voyage of Discovery
Whenever we aim to embark on any new journey, we do not rush headlong into the unknown. Sure, the thrill seekers out there may enjoy...
Written by Haroon Mahomed
Digital education - the exciting possibilities and need for pacing
In education, there are already schools ( or should we call them learning systems), South Africa included, where learners atte...
Written by Samuel Bowers
21st Century Skills Classroom Transformation is Inevitable
Breaking out into the latest TikTok dance craze with your learners to summarize that poem, or belting out that science form...
Written by Nikki Potgieter
Learning to Fail: Part 1
The first prerequisite of being a good teacher is not that you should be good at teaching; the first prerequisite is you must be good at...
Written by Nikki Potgieter
Learning to Fail: Part 2
We need to learn to fail, in order to learn to succeed. As teachers, we are often under the impression that we need to know all, be all...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Finding the carrot in the rabbit Hole
I love teaching literature; focusing on the different figures of speech, the expressive ways in which a poet can describe something ordinary and the meaningful discussions I get to have...
The eLearning Chronicles
Written by Thaabit Ismail
My journey with eLearning
My eLearning journey has proven an insightful, interesting, and quite a learning venture despite how brief it may seem. As a teacher...
Written by Anita Van Vuuren
The unexpected journey of a National Award-winning teacher
Have you ever met a teacher and thought to yourself, ‘I wonder, what inspired their journey? What do they do differently, and wha...
Innovation
Written by Jaco Van Niekerk
AI in Education: False dawn or new hope?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has firmly entrenched itself in the fabric of our daily lives, transforming industries and reshaping how we interact with technology. In the realm of education, AI's presence is...
Written by Anina Lundie
Igniting Creative Arts Education: Innovation and Creativity in the time of COVID
As the Creative Arts Subject Advisory team, we needed to find ways to dramatically change our approach to communicate with our teachers and to pro...
Written by Jaco Van Niekerk
When I hear autonomous learning, I think robots...
We look to technology as the key to transforming education, the potential to unlock independent learning is always...
EduTech
Written by Jaco Van Niekerk
Education through a 5-inch Screen
Smartphones could (and frankly should) be the true game-changer for South Africa to enter the world of digital learning. But...
Written by Elzette Brown
The ePortal: A Catalyst for Change
Keeping in view the diverse needs of learners, the use of eContent has become an essential component of the teaching and learning processes. eContent...
Written by Nikki Potgieter
More than just a hammer
Everyone has seen the thunder god Thor wield his mighty hammer, Mjöllnir, as a symbol of his power, but there is a catch...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Data Driven Education
To improve learner results, we need to stop crossing our fingers and start doing this.
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Taming the Lizard Brain: Part 1
What if doing well at school has little to do with your ability to learn quickly? That is the question Angela Duckworth asked when she started...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Taming the Lizard Brain: Part 2
For years, educators and parents believed that praising children for being smart would increase their self-confidence and help them enjoy learning. We know now this is...
Written by Renate Van der Westhuizen
Taming the Lizard Brain: Part 3
Alice Wellington Rollins said that the test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how...
