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Contact Us
Contact Information Acting Research Director of SDL: Prof Dorothy Laubscher Email: dorothy.laubsher@nwu.ac.za Tel: +27 18 299 4585 Building B11, Potchefstroom Personal Assistant to the Research Director: Ms Lynette Liebenberg Email: lynette.liebenberg@nwu.ac.za Tel: +27 18 299 4773…http://education.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-self-directed-learning/sub-areas
Sub-areas
[accordion collapsed] Assessment to support Self-Directed Learning Subarea leader: Prof Anitia Lubbe Email: Anitia.Lubbe@nwu.ac.za Assessment is a key driver in the learning process. Assessment that supports the development of SDL skills is deliberately designed to capitalise on the impact of assessment…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-projects
Projects
[accordion collapsed] SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE CHAIR - Collaboratively develop a map of the landscape of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Multimodal Learning initiatives in South Africa, and indicate how this corresponds to international initiatives; - Promote a national OER Network in collaboration with local organisations and…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-OER
Open Educational Resources (OER)
A key aspect promoted and researched by the Chair is Open Educational Resources (OER). OER was defined by UNESCO (2019) at the General Conference meeting in Paris in November 2019 as "learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-news-events
News & Events
UPCOMING EVENTS The second in-person meeting and training of the Ted-SOEP project will be held in October 2025 in Potchefstroom. RECENT EVENTS Key conferences and workshops hosted by the Chair Collaborative Corner workshop titled Reimagining Course Design with AI: Practical Strategies for Global Learning by Prof. Thomas Mackey, Empire…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-team
Team
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Rodnie Mafa NWU Collaborator for Open Educational Resources Mr Rassie Louw, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) External Collaborators Prof. Tel Amiel, University of Brasília, Brazil Prof. Fawzi Baroud, Notre Dame University, Lebanon Dr Sandhya Gunness, University of Mauritius Vandanah…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-multimodal-learning
Multimodal learning
Within the UNESCO Chair we conceptualise multimodal learning, while drawing on theories of multimodality, distance education and blended learning, as a phenomenon that is realised at the following levels: Individual multimodality > Mode of cognition Interactional multimodality…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-networking
Networking
One of the main aims of UNESCO’s UNITWIN programme is to promote international cooperation and networking between universities and different UNESCO Chairs. In this regard, the NWU's UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER has established links with the following individuals, institutions and UNESCO Chairs worldwide. South African…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-OER-Fellows
NWU Open Educational Resources Fellowship
The NWU Open Educational Resources (OERs) Fellowship is an opportunity for staff who are interested to include new openly licensed online resources to their classes or adapt their resources to their students' specific contexts to receive support and funding for creating or adapting open learning content as well as researching the process. OERs…
(i) Language Teaching and Learning
(ii) Literature Teaching and Learning
(iii)Reading Literacy and Assessment
(iv)Multilingual Pedagogies
(v) Language Policy and planning in Education
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