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Assessment, Learning & AI: New Short Course https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10988Assessment, Learning & AI: New Short Course Claudia Swart-Jansen van Vuuren, Charmaine van der Merwe, Hanelie Adendorff, Johara Khan<div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:justify;"><p style="margin-bottom:0px;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;">​<span><strong>​​Assessment, Learning, and AI</strong></span></span><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;"><strong>: New Short Course Now Open for Registration</strong></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;"><span lang="en-GB" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="color:inherit;font-family:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;"><strong></strong></span></span><span lang="en-GB" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="color:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:raleway;">The Centre for Teaching and Learning is excited to introduce <em>Assessment, Learning, and AI</em>, a new short course designed to help Stellenbosch University staff navigate the evolving landscape of teaching, learning, and assessment in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Building on insights from previous short courses on assessment and AI literacy in higher education (HE), this course provides a cohesive platform for reimagining assessment as a central component of the teaching and learning process.</span><span style="color:inherit;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:raleway;"> </span></span></p></div><p></p><p style="color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span lang="en-US" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Guided by the Stellenbosch University <em>Assessment Policy (2021)</em> and the <em>Interim guidelines for allowable AI use (2023)</em>, participants will engage with core principles such as constructive alignment, feedback, and peer/self-assessment. They will also critically explore the impact of generative AI in the context of academic integrity, assessment design, and enhancing student learning.</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> </span></span></p><p style="color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span lang="en-GB" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Through a blend of face-to-face sessions, online collaboration, and asynchronous learning, this <span class="ms-rteForeColor-1">NQF level 8</span> short course equips lecturers with innovative strategies to design resilient and authentic assessments that foster meaningful learning in an AI-enhanced world.</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span lang="en-GB" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">The short course is offered <span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:#8b0000;">free of charge</span> to SU staff and runs in both semesters.</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> </span></span><span lang="en-GB" style="color:inherit;font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">This <span class="ms-rteForeColor-1">six-credit short course</span> will require <span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:#8b0000;">60 notional hours</span> of work.</span><span style="color:inherit;font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"> </span></p><p style="color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"><br></span></span></p><p style="color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span lang="en-GB" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;">Don’t miss this opportunity to future-proof your assessment practices!</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> </span></span></p><p style="color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:0px;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><strong><span lang="en-GB" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">Contact sessions:</span></strong></span></p><ul style="color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><li style="margin:0px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span lang="en-GB" class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">1st Semester: <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">5–7</span></span><span lang="en-GB" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> February and 22 May 2025</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> </span></span></li></ul><ul style="color:#242424;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><li style="margin:0px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1"><span lang="en-GB" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">2nd Semester: <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">28–30</span></span></span><span lang="en-GB" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> May and 29 October 2025</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;"> </span></span></li></ul><p></p><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:justify;"><p style="margin-bottom:0px;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">For more information or to register, contact Charmaine van der Merwe at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">cvandermerwe@sun.ac.za</span></span></p></div><p style="text-align:justify;">​<br></p>
SU Teaching Fellowships 2025https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10944SU Teaching Fellowships 2025Dr Karin Cattell-Holden<p style="text-align:justify;"></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Teaching fellowships were initiated at Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2009 to provide an opportunity for outstanding academics to develop their teaching expertise and to stimulate the growth of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the University. The University has awarded 21 fellowships since then. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"> <br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">SU academics who are currently holding a teaching fellowship are: Prof Debby Blaine (Faculty of Engineering), Prof Nicola Plastow (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), Dr Taryn Bernard (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), Dr Marnel Mouton (Faculty of Science) and Dr Mariette Volschenk (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences):</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <img src="/english/PublishingImages/Lists/dualnews/My%20Items%20View/Teaching%20Fellowships%202025.png" alt="Teaching Fellowships 2025.png" style="margin:5px;width:396px;height:120px;" /><br></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">The University Capacity Development Plan (UCDP) will be funding <strong>three more</strong><strong> teaching fellowships from 1 January 2025</strong>. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">The fellowships offer eminent academics with a track record of involvement with teaching-learning-assessment (TLA) and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning support and opportunities over one to three years to enhance and share their TLA expertise at the departmental, faculty and institutional level. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">The core of a fellowship is a research project which could focus on any aspect of TLA, including macro-aspects such as programme or curriculum renewal, or more micro-aspects such as redesigning the assessment of a module or investigating innovative classroom interventions.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"> <br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Prospective applicants need to bear in mind that the aim of a teaching fellowship is not to introduce academics to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. In-depth knowledge and application of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning are essential to undertake a research project on the level of a teaching fellowship. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">The closing date for applications for the 2025 teaching fellowships is <strong>18 November 2024</strong>. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <br></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">For more information, including the stipulations of the fellowships and the application form, please contact Dr Karin Cattell-Holden at </span><a href="mailto:kcattell@sun.ac.za" style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">kcattell@sun.ac.za</span></a><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;text-decoration:underline;">.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><br></p><p><br></p>
DLTE TLA Seminar: 24 October 2024https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10913DLTE TLA Seminar: 24 October 2024Dr Karin Cattell-Holden<p><br></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;cursor:text;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:#ffffff;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;cursor:text;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:#ffffff;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" 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data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Prof. </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#0d0d0d;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;">Mbulungeni</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> Madiba</span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#333333;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;">(</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#0d0d0d;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">D</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">ean, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Faculty of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Education</span></span><span 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style="margin-bottom:10.6667px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#8b0000;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Topic:</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#0d0d0d;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.5042px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Using t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">ranslanguaging pedagogy in the multilingual classroom </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW178620132 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.5042px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;color:#0d0d0d;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;cursor:text;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:#ffffff;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW178620132 BCX0" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW178620132 BCX0" 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class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">South African universities are faced with many dilemmas in implementing multilingualism in their teaching and learning programmes (SAHRC Report, 2014). These dilemmas are of theoretical/ideological, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">methodological</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> and practical nature. The aim of this presentation is to discuss these dilemmas and show innovative strategies that have</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> been </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">/ can be used to address them in South African universities. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">I will propose t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">ranslanguaging as an innovative pedagogic strategy to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">overcome</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">language policy implementation challenges </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">identified</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> in this presentation. I</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">will argue that translanguaging </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">not only </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">enables multilingual students to use their full linguistic repertoires in learning</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> but </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">also bridges the gap between university language policies and pedagogical practices.</span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW35416122 BCX0" style="margin-bottom:auto;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;"><span class="EOP SCXW35416122 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"469777462":[851],"469777927":[0],"469777928":[1]}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.5042px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><p>​<span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW75492513 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#8b0000;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Biography of speaker</span><span class="EOP SCXW75492513 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;color:#8b0000;"> </span><br></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;cursor:text;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:#ffffff;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:10.6667px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#0d0d0d;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.5042px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Prof</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;">Mbulungeni</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> Madiba </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">has been</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> Dean of the Faculty of Education at SU since September 2019. He has served as the director of the Multilingual Education Project (MEP) in the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) at UCT. He has been deputy dean and acting dean of the CHED </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">several</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> times, chaired UCT's Senate Language Committee and served on the UCT Council. Prof</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> Madiba has 30 </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">years</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> of teaching experience and a wealth of experience in leadership and management.  A full professor of Multilingual Education, Prof Madiba holds a DLitt et Phil (Linguistics) degree from the University of South Africa (Unisa). He has received research fellowships and study awards from </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">several</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> higher education institutions abroad, including the universities of Cologne, London (Oppenheimer fellow), Birmingham and Harvard (Mandela fellow). As an established researcher with a C-rating from the National Research Foundation, his main research interests are language planning and policy, with a special focus on multilingual education.​</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW203756609 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":240}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.5042px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;color:#0d0d0d;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW203756609 BCX0" style="margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:10.6667px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;"><span class="EOP SCXW203756609 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":240}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.5042px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;color:#0d0d0d;"><br></span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;cursor:text;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:calibri, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:#ffffff;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#8b0000;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">References</span><span class="EOP SCXW232181413 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559738":0,"335559739":150,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:19px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;color:#8b0000;"> </span></p></div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#000000;font-family:calibri, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:#ffffff;"><ul><li><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun Highlight SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:transparent solid 1px;line-height:18px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Garcia, O. and Kleyn, T. 2016. </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun Highlight SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:transparent solid 1px;font-style:italic;line-height:18px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Translanguaging with multilingual students: Learning from Classroom moments</span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun Highlight SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:transparent solid 1px;line-height:18px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">. New York: Routledge</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232181413 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559740":240}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></li><li><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun Highlight SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="color:windowtext;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:transparent solid 1px;line-height:18px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">​Madiba, M. 2018. The Multilingual University. In A. Creese and A. Blackledge (eds.), </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun Highlight SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="color:windowtext;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:transparent solid 1px;font-style:italic;line-height:18px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">The Routledge Handbook of Language and Superdiversity. </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-ZA" class="TextRun Highlight SCXW232181413 BCX0" style="color:windowtext;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:transparent solid 1px;line-height:18px;font-family:calibri, calibri_embeddedfont, calibri_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232181413 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">London: Routledge (pp.504-517)</span><span class="NormalTextRun 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Auxin: Socially responsive curricula in medical education: A student perspectivehttps://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10861Auxin: Socially responsive curricula in medical education: A student perspectiveSimbongile Ntwasa<p style="text-align:center;"><strong style="color:#000000;font-family:"trebuchet ms", helvetica;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:#ffffff;">​You are invited to attend the next lunch time Auxin session offered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color:#000000;font-family:"trebuchet ms", helvetica;font-size:18.6667px;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff;"></strong>​<span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><strong>Speaker:</strong> <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">Dr </span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="line-height:150%;font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">Anthea Hansen </span></span></p><p><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><strong>Topic:</strong> <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Socially responsive curricula in medical education: A student perspective</span></span></p><p><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><span><strong>​​Date:</strong> <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">01 October 2024</span></span><br></span></p><p><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><strong>Time:</strong> <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">13:00-14:00</span> </span></p><p><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">​</span><strong>Venue:</strong> <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">MS Teams: </span> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" class="me-email-headline" title="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_mmyyzdc1mdktnzvlys00mgrllwiwzwitmdhmywy0mdmzyjcy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22tid%22%3a%22a6fa3b03-0a3c-4258-8433-a120dffcd348%22%2c%22oid%22%3a%22e5bb7e33-5499-4a9a-8937-00bc87e0a72d%22%7d" href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MmYyZDc1MDktNzVlYS00MGRlLWIwZWItMDhmYWY0MDMzYjcy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22:%22a6fa3b03-0a3c-4258-8433-a120dffcd348%22%2c%22Oid%22:%22e5bb7e33-5499-4a9a-8937-00bc87e0a72d%22%7d" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:"segoe ui", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-weight:600;text-decoration-line:underline;color:#5b5fc7;">Join the meeting now</a></span></p><p>​<br></p><p><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">Summary of the Auxin:</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">There is an urgency for health professionals to be better prepared to tackle health inequities. The literature argues that transitioning to responsive and contextually relevant curricula is an important strategy to equip students to be both clinically competent and critically conscious of the contexts in which they provide healthcare. However, little is known about how students understand social responsiveness and the implications for their involvement in reframing health professions curricula to be more responsive. </span><br style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">This presentation will focus on a qualitative study that explored the experiences of undergraduate final-year medical students regarding social responsiveness. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Drawing on socially just pedagogies to offer insights into the student perspectives, the students expressed that the curriculum provided opportunities to engage with concepts related to social justice and equity. However, these opportunities were less frequent and were considered less valued when compared to biomedical knowledge. Furthermore, the cultures and traditions of medicine create conditions that position students as consumers of the curriculum. Nevertheless, students expressed a desire to be co-creators in the process of the transformation of the curriculum.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">As health professions education shifts towards advancing social justice, it is essential that the curricula grant students access to the type of knowledge and skills that will empower them to tackle injustice and become responsive to health inequities. This necessitates reframing what constitutes as powerful knowledge in medical education to include social justice. Additionally, students should be considered co-constructors of their learning and key role players in transforming curricula to be socially responsive and contextually relevant.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">Biography of the speaker:</strong><br></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="font-size:14px;">​</span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="font-size:14px;">Anthea Hansen is a lecturer in the Department of Health Professions Education. She holds a PhD in Health Professions Education from Stellenbosch University, a MPhil in Disability Studies and BSc Audiology from the University of Cape Town. Her interests are in the areas of social justice through education, socially just pedagogies, transformative learning, decoloniality, interprofessional education and collaborative practice, child health and disability studies. Her PhD research topic focused on the undergraduate medical students' experiences of social responsiveness in the curriculum.​</span><br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="font-size:14px;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" style="font-size:14px;">For more information contact Mr Simbongile Ntwasa at sim@sun.ac.za</span></span></p>
SU Lecturers Selected for National Teaching Fellowshipshttps://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10563SU Lecturers Selected for National Teaching FellowshipsDr Karin Cattell-Holden<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><strong>The Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) Fellowships Programme </strong>seeks to build a cadre of teaching fellows in a wide range of disciplines over a 19-month programme, involving block week contact sessions, individual projects in own teaching and learning settings, collaborative projects and reflective reports. Participants are drawn from all South African universities.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Two SU lecturers have been selected for the 2024-2025 TAU Programme. </strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><strong>Prof. Elize Archer</strong> is an Associate Professor in Health Professions Education (HPE) at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Her roles in the Centre for Health Professions Education are overseeing the teaching-learning-assessment that takes place in the Simulation and Clinical Skills Unit, lecturing and supervising students in the Masters in HPE programme, and professional learning for lecturers in the FMHS. She has also supervised PhD students in HPE. Prof. Archer is currently the President of the Southern African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE).  </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Some of Prof. Archer's current research projects are focused on assessment and the teaching and learning of empathy and communication skills. For the TAU fellowship she will be working on developing interactive and hybrid courses for lecturers' professional learning. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Shantal Windvogel</strong> is a senior lecturer in the Division of Medical Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she lectures medical physiology to medicine and health sciences students. She is a research supervisor to Honours, Masters and doctoral students and module convenor for undergraduate physiology modules. Her research focus areas include the effects of nicotine exposure, indigenous plants, antioxidants, lung development, and the investigation of cardiovascular disease risk factors. In addition, she is involved in driving active citizenship of staff and students and transformative learning, through social impact initiatives such as Open Doors to Future Possibilities.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">For more information about the TAU Fellowships Programme please contact Dr Karin Cattell-Holden at <a href="mailto:kcattell@sun.ac.za">kcattell@sun.ac.za</a> .<br></span></p><p> <br></p><p><br></p>
SU Teaching Fellowships 2024https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10535SU Teaching Fellowships 2024Karin Cattell-Holden<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">​<span style="color:#000000;">The SU Teaching Fellowships offer eminent academics with a track record of involvement with teaching-learning-assessment (TLA) and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning support and opportunities over one to three years to enhance and share their TLA expertise at the departmental, faculty and institutional level. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;">The University has awarded 22 fellowships since the inception of the project in 2009. In 2024 another new Fellow, Dr Mariette Volschenk, has joined the current cohort of Prof. Deborah Blaine (Faculty of Engineering), Dr Taryn Bernard (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), Dr Marnel Mouton (Faculty of Science) and Prof. Nicola Plastow (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences). </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><strong style="">Dr Mariette Volschenk </strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;">Dr Volschenk is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Health Professions Education (CHPE) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. She was appointed programme leader of the MPhil in HPE (MHPE) in 2023. Her doctoral studies indicated that many students may be unprepared for the challenges posed by master’s-level studies in HPE. The design of the SU MHPE as a hybrid learning interprofessional coursework programme deepens these challenges. Dr Volschenk realised the necessity for a more profound understanding of mastersness within the MHPE programme context, including strategies for professional socialization, innovative pedagogical and supervisory approaches, and virtual student support structures aimed at advancing the mastersness trajectories of MHPE candidates (Volschenk, 2021). </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;">The overarching aim of Dr Volschenk’s teaching fellowship is to investigate and advance the cultivation of mastersness in the MHPE at SU. The primary focus is to facilitate wider access, enhance readiness for the transition to master’s-level studies, foster academic success among master's candidates, and catalyze their subsequent career trajectories as educational scholars and leaders in HPE. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;">The study intends to enhance SU’s responsiveness to national throughput and retention rates for postgraduate taught students. It should provide the university with a nuanced understanding of the dimensions of mastersness and the requisite skills for achieving academic success at this postgraduate level within HE. It is envisaged that some of the findings and ensuing interventions may potentially be transferable to other coursework master’s programmes offered in hybrid learning mode at SU as well as comparable MHPE programmes globally. Furthermore, this teaching fellowship will explore avenues for acquiring, strengthening, and sustaining the competencies of academic staff to facilitate the cultivation of mastersness in MHPE candidates. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#000000;">We wish Dr Volschenk every success with her fellowship.</span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"></span><font color="#000000" face="times new roman" size="3"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">For more information about the Teaching Fellowships, please contact Dr Karin Cattell-Holden at kcattell@sun.ac.za.</span><br></font><br></p>
Announcement: Finlo project proposals 2024 https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10538Announcement: Finlo project proposals 2024 Anthea H M Jacobs<p>​​<br><br></p><div style="text-align:justify;"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><strong>Fund for Innovation and Research in Learning and Teaching (Finlo) will not be accepting project proposals for the year 2024</strong><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Since its inception in 2005, the Fund for Innovation and Research in Learning and Teaching (Finlo) has played a pivotal role in advancing teaching, learning and assessment (TLA) for lecturers and students at SU through funding small-scale TLA projects focused on either innovation or research.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"> <br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">In line with Stellenbosch University’s commitment to good governance, transparency, and accountability, we believe it is important to assess the impact and effectiveness of Finlo. This is all the more important in the context of institutional financial constraints. With this in mind, the decision was made not to accept Finlo project proposals during 2024. Instead, an evaluation of the impact of the fund in relation to its own objectives and SU’s game changers in the teaching and learning core function will be undertaken.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Recipients of Finlo funding over the years will receive email communication requesting their assistance with submitting information for all projects as a first phase of the evaluation study. <br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"><br style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"></p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:40px;"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">We value all stakeholders’ understanding and ongoing support as we work together to enhance TLA across our institution.</span><br></p></span></div><p><br><br></p>
"Champions" in SU Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Recognised at TLA Celebrationhttps://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10509"Champions" in SU Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Recognised at TLA CelebrationAnthea HM Jacobs<p>​</p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">A diverse cohort of academics from Stellenbosch University (SU) took center stage at the Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Celebration, held at STIAS on March 5th, 2024. <br></span></p><p style="color:#000000;"></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">Addressing the attendees, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Learning and Teaching, Prof. Deresh Ramjugernath, extended his congratulations to SU's TLA "champions" and lauded their unwavering dedication to TLA. Prof. Ramjugernath underscored the significance of excellence in TLA for SU to realise its ambition of becoming Africa's premier research-intensive university. He emphasised that exemplary TLA practices are not only fundamental for academic achievement but also lay a solid groundwork for impactful research endeavors.</span></p><p style="color:#000000;"></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">Furthermore, Prof. Ramjugernath highlighted SU's consistently high overall undergraduate academic success rates, positioning SU graduates as highly sought-after professionals in the global job market. He reiterated SU's commitment to sustaining this reputation by prioritising student success through continued support and enhancement of TLA experiences.</span></p><p style="color:#000000;"></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">The TLA Celebration aimed to honour the invaluable contributions of academics who demonstrate leadership in TLA within their respective faculties and throughout the institution, thus advancing the scholarly discourse on TLA at SU. Recognising and rewarding academic excellence in TLA is envisioned to cultivate better pedagogical practices, ultimately fostering responsible critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and creativity among students.</span></p><p style="color:#000000;"></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">Additionally, the TLA Celebration provided an opportunity to commend the professional development achievements of staff members who participated in various TLA-related opportunities offered by the Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement, including:</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;"><br></span></p><p style="color:#000000;"></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· SU Teaching Awards winners 2023</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· SU Teaching Fellows 2023/2024</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· SU TAU (Teaching Advancement at University) Fellows 2023</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – SoTL Conference 2023 prize winners</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· Fund for Innovation and Research in Learning and Teaching - Finlo grant recipients 2023</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· Scholarship of Educational Leadership – SoEL short course participants 2023</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – SoTL short course participants 2023</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· Assessment short course participants 2023<br></span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· PREDAC short course participants 2023</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· Blended Learning short course participants of 2023</span></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">· AI in TLA short course participants</span></p><p style="color:#000000;"></p><p style="color:#000000;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:18px;">The event proved to be an inspiring occasion, marked by genuine moments of pride and celebration.​<br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">​<br></p>
DLTE TLA Seminar 14 March 2024https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10473DLTE TLA Seminar 14 March 2024Dr Karin Cattell-Holden<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong></strong><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Speaker</strong><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">:</strong><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"> Prof. Susan van Schalkwyk (Director: Centre for Health Professions Education (CHPE), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) (SU Teaching Fellow)</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Topic:</strong> Models of doctoral supervision in health professions education: process and power </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"> <br></span></p><p><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Summary of seminar</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Doctoral studies are about pushing the boundaries of what is known with the intention of making a knowledge contribution to the field within which such studies are undertaken. Knowledge that is seen to be valued by those who are held in high regard in the field is inherently powerful, directing the science and informing the canon. The pursuit of such knowledge is central to doctoral endeavour characterized by a process of 'being and becoming' as the student transitions into a chosen disciplinary community—a community that is defined by a set of norms and values that have been developed over time and by what constitutes knowledge within it. The notion of border crossing provides a lens through which the transition can be explored. Doctoral writing, for example, represents a specific border that students must negotiate as they seek to inscribe the body of work emerging from their academic endeavours, and ultimately become powerful writers (Van Schalkwyk & Jacobs, 2021). The process of supervision is central to the doctoral journey and seeks to facilitate this negotiation, while still maintaining the integrity of the disciplinary canon. This raises questions about the nature of that supervision, the way it is organised, and how it is practiced. ​<br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><br class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"></p><p><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"><span>​</span><strong>Biography of speaker</strong></span></p><p><strong style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Prof. Van Schalkwyk described insights gleaned from her work on doctoral supervision, which, amongst others, explored the experience of being supervised, or supervising others, during a series of interviews (some online) with 23 doctoral candidates and 10 supervisors across 10 countries. She shared the ever-evolving nature of the supervisory relationship, including drivers for new models and approaches. This work has implications for opening up conversations about doctoral supervision, revisiting the approaches we adopt, and critically engaging with notions of knowledge and power. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Prof. Van Schalkwyk's presentation represented the findings of her Teaching Fellowship research project</span>.<br></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <br></p><p><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">References</strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">McKenna, S; Van Schalkwyk, S. (2023). A scoping review of the changing landscape of doctoral education. </span><em style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">COMPARE. </em><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2023.2168121"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2023.2168121</span></a><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:raleway;">Van Schalkwyk, S; Jacobs, C. (2021). Borders and tensions in Doctoral Writing. In: Badenhorst C; Amell and B & Burford J. (eds). </span><em style="font-family:raleway;">Re-imagining doctoral writing.</em><span style="font-family:raleway;"> WAC Clearing House: Colorado. ​</span><br></span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:14px;">Please refer to the presentation slides for further references or contact Prof. Van Schalkwyk directly.</span><br></p>
PREDAC 2024https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=10453PREDAC 2024Claudia Swart<p>​​</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">This year's </span><a href="/english/learning-teaching/ctl/PREDAC/predac" style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">PREDAC</strong></a><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"> (Professional Educational Development for Academics) programme kicked off on 29 January at Devonvale Hotel and Golf Estate.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">62 participants from 9 faculties and 1 centre enrolled for the programme.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"> <br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">Based on the feedback from the 2023 cohort, the contact sessions were moved to take place before classes start.  This allows participants the flexibility to determine when, during the year, they would like to complete the learning activities and assessments.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">The first contact session took place from 29 – 31 January 2024.  During the three days participants engaged with all the elements of the DeLTA framework.  The DeLTA framework (see image) guides academics through the iterative and cyclical process of designing, facilitating and reflecting on TLA at SU to promote a transformative student learning experience in service of society. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> <br></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">The three-day contact session is designed so that participants can experience various ways to facilitate learning.  Participants reflected on these experiences and chose what to apply in their own TLA contexts. Participants engaged with the T&L Policy during various learning activities to familiarize themselves with how the policy can guide their TLA practices. Participants are guided towards becoming reflective practitioners who think deliberately and critically about their TLA practices and systematically review and document their professional growth.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">PREDAC consist of 5 phases and culminates in a poster presentation at the </span><a href="/english/learning-teaching/ctl/Pages/SoTL-Conference.aspx" style="text-decoration:underline;"><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><strong>Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) conference</strong></span></a><span class="ms-rteForeColor-1" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;"><strong>.</strong></span><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">  During the next phase of PREDAC participants determine their own pace for their learning by completing several milestones.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:raleway;font-size:16px;">The next contact session will take place on 7 June at STIAS.  The focus of the session will be Reflection.​<br></span></p><p>​<br></p>