Category Archives: good practice

Using clickers to collect data for my D.Ed.

Posted on March 1, 2012 by D Gachago

by Joy Alexander, communications lecturer, Engineering, CPUT Context: D. Ed. data collection Rationale: The opportunity to collect data from a representative sample of final year teacher education students at the end of their B.Ed. program is always challenging. Their main … Continue reading →

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First ever Teaching and Learning with Technology day a great success

Posted on November 7, 2011 by D Gachago

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Captive audience at first CPUT Teaching and Learning with Technology day

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CPUT Teaching and Learning with Technology day

Posted on August 24, 2011 by D Gachago

Dear colleagues! The Educational Technology Unit, Fundani, is inviting CPUT staff to the first CPUT Teaching and Learning with Technology Day! Date: 2nd of November 2011, 9.00-16.00 Location: IT Center, Bellville Campus Lecturers, in collaborations with their students, will present … Continue reading →

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Using clickers as a survey tool

Posted on June 15, 2011 by D Gachago

Context: 4th year Food Technology course Rationale: Maricel Krugel, the lecturer on this course, introduced new methods of teaching and technologies into this course, such as research-based learning in groups and twitter. She used clickers to gather mid-course feedback from students on … Continue reading →

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Using clickers to trace change of attitudes amongst Engineering students

Posted on June 6, 2011 by D Gachago

Context: 60 ECP Engineering students in a Conversation class. Rationale: In her conversation class Marie-Ann Ogle covers a range of controversial topics with the intent of improving students confidence to speak in front of others. Many of these topics deal … Continue reading →

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Graphic Design ECP knock-out: using clickers for practicing concepts

Posted on May 30, 2011 by D Gachago

Context: 30 ECP Graphic Design students. Reason for using clickers After assessing a class test on difficult concepts in Graphic Design, Edwine Simone, the lecturer, decided to use clickers to run a pub quiz on concepts that students struggled with in … Continue reading →

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Using a Facebook group to organise course information and discussion

Posted on September 23, 2010 by D Gachago

Jolanda Morkel and Hermie Voulgarelis from the Department of Architectural Technology have been experimenting with blogs and  Facebook groups in their course “Principles of Architectural Design 3”. In this interview Jolanda talks about their experiences so far. Why did you … Continue reading →

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The Designcog – a blog to connect Graphic Design students

Posted on August 18, 2010 by D Gachago

Bruce Snaddon from Graphics Design Department decided to use a blog – the Designcog – this year to communicate with his BTech students and share interesting examples of design amongst his class. In this interview he explains why he used … Continue reading →

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Bulk SMSing

Posted on April 14, 2010 by D Gachago

Recently I have been approached by two lecturers to discuss the possibility of using Bulk SMS to communicate with students. Bulk SMS portals such as  http://www.bulksmsportal.co.za offer SMS packages at a comparatively cheap rate (e.g. R0.27 for a bundle of … Continue reading →

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