2020 HELTASA Conference, Hosted by Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein Campus
30 November – 03 December 2020
“Creating enabling learning spaces for all”
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PROGRAMME
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Monday, 30 November 2020
Main Conference Room
[John Dube Room 1]
END OF PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
DAY 1
Tuesday, 01 December 2020
Programme Director: Prof Swart
[Main Conference Room: John Dube Room 1]
PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS
John Dube Room 1
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Rethinking traditional examination assessment in higher education in the wake of online teaching and assessment and requisite 21st century skills.
10:30 - 10:55
Dr Jabulani Sibanda,SPU
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Fostering flexible learning spaces: Pedagogical flexibility signposts for university teachers
10:55 - 11:20
Dr Edwin Darrell de Klerk, Dr Emma Priscilla, SPU
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Student experiences and perceptions of remote teaching and learning at a university of technology
11:20 - 11:45
Dr Ignatius Khan Ticha and Dr Uloma Obi, CPUT
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The effects ofmoving from a traditional teaching approach to a virtual teaching approach: the teacher’s perspective
11:45 - 12:10
Miss Lebohang Masoabi, UFS
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
Commerce, COVID-19 Emergency Online Learning (EOL) - A platform for Post-COVID Online Learning in Higher Education
Dr Upasana Singh, Prof Cecile Gerwel Proches, Dr Cristy Leask, Dr Craig Blewett and Dr Simon Taylor, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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Supporting innovation in Universities of Technology - the role of eLearning champions
13:45 - 14:10
Prof Daniela Gachago, CPUT
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Support given to teaching staff, Online Teaching training course
14:10 - 14:35
Prof. Karen Ferreira-Meyers, UNI SWATI
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Online assessments during Covid-19: Expectation versus reality ONLINE
14:35 - 15:00
Mrs Nicole Joannou and Prof Freda van der Walt, CUT
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4IR in the dock: An exploration of the feasibility of online teaching and learning in a South African university
15:00 - 15:25
Mr Kudakwashe Mamutse, Embury
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
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Open Educational Resources and Open Software at the service of professional and social networking, teaching and learning
15:45 - 16:10
Dr T Rugube, Prof K Ferreira-Meyers and Dr KE Mthethwa-Kunene, Uni Swati
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Mental Readiness for New Learning Spaces at the Durban University of Technology
16:10 - 16:35
Ms Thembisa Euribel Mjwacu, Ms Ntokozo Ndlela, & Ms Tabisa Qangule,DUT
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Extended programme student experiences of a proactive, online life coaching intervention during COVID 19
16:35 - 17:00
Dr Nomakhaya Mashiyi, Mrs Lauren Olivia Davids, CPUT
Celtics Room 2
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Enriching students’ learning experiences online: using different approaches to support a large class
10:30 - 10:55
Ms Nontombi Velelo and Ms Cebelihle Sokhela, UFS
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Scaffolding learning for large classes online: Applying Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory
10:55 - 11:20
Ms Fazlyn Petersen, UWC
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The impact of peer-peer learning and student-lecturer interaction during the lockdown on the performance of PGCE and BED on a rural campus
11:20 - 11:45
Dr Tafirenyika Mafugu, UFS
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Covid-19 and the crisis of emergency online learning: Student Perspectives from a selected South African University
11:45 - 12:10
Mr Desire Chiwandire, DUT
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
Commerce, COVID-19 Emergency Online Learning (EOL) - A platform for Post-COVID Online Learning in Higher Education
Dr Upasana Singh, Prof Cecile Gerwel Proches, Dr Cristy Leask, Dr Craig Blewett and Dr Simon Taylor, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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Saving the academic year in the Covid 19 pandemic: The case of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
13:45 - 14:10
Ms. Berlinda Addison-Ansah and Dr Christmal Christmals, NWU
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Reconceptualising a Constructively Aligned Course to Online Design Processes: Applying a Critical Approach
14:10 - 14:35
Ms Myrtle Adams-Gardner, Wits
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Readiness of students to use multi-modal remote learning approaches: evidence from a South African Higher Education Institution
14:35 - 15:00
Dr Obert Matarirano, Mr Abor Yeboah, Mr Onke Qqokonqana, WSU
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Students’ perspectives of how multilingualism helps or hinders epistemic access in journalism education
15:00 - 15:25
Ms Sisanda Nkoala, CPUT
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
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The Quality of Clinical Nursing Competency Assessment in a sub-Saharan African country: a qualitative study
15:45 - 16:10
Dr Christmal Dela Christmal, Dr Sue J Armstrong, Mrs Oboshie Anim-Boamah, Wits
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Plagiarism: Educating Students in a Historically Disadvantaged Institution
16:10 - 16:35
Prof Roxanne Piderit, UFH
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Decolonising the Philosophy of Education: Confronting the epistemicide in a higher education curriculum
Dr Mlamuli Nkosingphile Hlatshway, UKZN
Cheetahs Room 3
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Using online discussion forums to build a community of learning for engineering students
10:30 - 10:55
Dr Pragashni Padayachee and Mrs Anita Campbell, Wits
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Foregrounding professional value attribute in urban planning education by learning from expert collaborative practitioners
10:55 - 11:20
Mrs Belinda Verster, CPUT
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Reflective practises for ensuring future-ready Team-based learning to foster interprofessional peer learning
11:20 - 11:45
Mrs Salomien Boshoff, Akademia
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Sustainable assessment in Teacher education contexts: challenges of fostering self-regulated learning
11:45 - 12:10
Dr Mapula Matimolane and Dr Kershree Padayachee, Wits
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
Commerce, COVID-19 Emergency Online Learning (EOL) - A platform for Post-COVID Online Learning in Higher Education
Dr Upasana Singh, Prof Cecile Gerwel Proches, Dr Cristy Leask, Dr Craig Blewett and Dr Simon Taylor, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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The Slow supervisor: Reimagining possibilities for postgraduate scholarly flourishing in a time of chaos, complexity and contestation
13:45 - 14:10
Dr Carolien van den Berg, Dr Karen Collett and Mrs Belinda Verster, UWC
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Perceptions of students towards the postgraduate Biology practical demonstrators at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa
14:10 - 14:35
Dr Liziwe Mugivhisa, SMU
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Writing centres as flexible learning spaces in the context of Covid-19
14:35 - 15:00
Dr Nereshnee Govender, Dr Mogiveny Rajkoomar, DUT
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Academic Development during Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning: Changing Practices for a Changing Landscape
15:00 - 15:25
Dr Kershree Padayachee, Ms Marike Kluyts, Dr Ashwini Jodhav, Dr Irene Kamara, Wits
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
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Exploring lecturers’ engagement with the institutional programmes at a university of technology
15:45 - 16:10
Dr Najwa Norodien-Fataar, CPUT
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Structural equation modelling applications for online project management students’ success during uncertainty times
16:10 - 16:35
Dr Bernard Moeketsi Hlalele, CUT
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Actioning autonomy: Women leaders supporting teachers in transforming learning spaces
16:35 - 17:00
Dr June Palmer, CUT
Naval Hill Room 4
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Using a synchronous and asynchronous approach within a learning management system to support first-year Financial Accounting students
10:30 - 10:55
Mr Ronald Arendse, UWC
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Towards the online implementation of a South African university readiness model for Further Education andTraining learners enrolled in business related subjects in public high schools
10:55 - 11:20
Ms Antoinette Venter, Prof Venicia McGhie, Dr Karen Dos Reis, UWC
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Rapid-prototyping an instructional design intervention for online course development
11:20 - 11:45
Ms Leanri van Heerden, CUT
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Designing multimodal learning and teaching in Higher Education for Gen Z students
11:45 - 12:10
Dr Rosaline Govender , Dr Mogiveny Rajkoomar, DUT
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
Commerce, COVID-19 Emergency Online Learning (EOL) - A platform for Post-COVID Online Learning in Higher Education
Dr Upasana Singh, Prof Cecile Gerwel Proches, Dr Cristy Leask, Dr Craig Blewett and Dr Simon Taylor, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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Changing the face of social work education in the covid-19 era and beyond: the case of Zimbabwe
13:45 - 14:10
Dr Vincent Mabvurira, NWU
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Moving to Remote Learning during the Covid-19 Disruption: Enabling Support Considerations
14:10 - 14:35
Dr Greig Krull, Wits
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Waiting to exhale in a safe and authentic learning space
14:35 - 15:00
Mrs Rieta Ganas, Dr Grieg Krull, Dr Nicola Pallit, Mr Neil Kramm, Mrs Alanna Riley, Wits, Rhodes and Fort Hare
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Curriculum responsiveness and transformation through an academic development lens
15:00 - 15:25
Dr Mariette Fourie, NWU
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
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The Students’ Access to and Use of Learning Materials (SAULM) survey: Implications for a more flexible teaching and learning environment
Prof Francois Strydom and Dr Sonja Loots, UFS
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Re-imagining Assessment in the ECP Biomedical Sciences programme during the COVID-19 pandemic
16:10 - 16:35
Dr Nomakhaya Mashiyi, Mrs Lauren Davids and Dr Lisa Graham, CPUT
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Ongoing efforts to decolonize academic curricula: Auto-ethnographic accounts of two academics working in South Africa
16:35 - 17:00
Dr Roxana Chiappa and Ms Anthea Adams, RU
END OF DAY 1
DAY 2
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Programme Director: Mr M Motsoenyane
[Main Conference Room: John Dube Room 1]
PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS
John Dube Room 1
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Generational Online Classrooms: Welcoming all ages to the virtual classroom
10:30 - 10:55
Mrs Mareli van der Merwe, Akademia
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Exploring the feasibility of the 4IR integration in teacher training: Are we getting slower as we pick up more speed?
10:55 - 11:20
Mr Kudakwashe Mamutse, Embury
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Co-creating in Higher Education: A diffractive approach to knowledge-making practices
11:20 - 11:45
Dr Xena Cupido and Prof Daniela Gachago, CPUT
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Using technology to promote students’ engagement in learning: An examination of college students’ views
11:45 - 12:10
Mr Manyarela Mohau Ben, CUT
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
What is your ASSET© value?
Dr Upsana G Singh, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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Challenges of Student-Centred Learning at South African Rural-based Universities
13:45 - 14:10
Ms Nkululeko Dlamini, UNI ZULU
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Integration of Language across the curriculum (LAC) and Disciplinary Literacy (DL) at a Faculty of Education: a needs analysis.
14:10 - 14:35
Dr Candice Livingston, Prof Johan Anker, Dr Hanlie Dippenaar and Mrs Elma Fleischmann, CPUT
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Pivotal pedagogy: Innovative ways to create enabling learning spaces for all
14:35 - 15:00
Dr Mariette Fourie & Dr Kristen Betts, NWU, Drexel University in Philadelphia, US
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Towards an inclusive matrix spaces for transformative community engagement
15:00 - 15:25
Dr Hermie Delport, Dr K Wolff (STADIO) , Dr B van Aswegen (STADIO), Dr C John (AFDA) and Dr Jane Usher (Millpark)
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
Celtics Room 2
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Prospective Service-learning course for Engineering students at the Central University of Technology Free State
10:30 - 10:55
Dr Elisha Markus, CUT
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Team-based learning to foster interprofessional peer learning
10:55 - 11:20
Dr Yolande Heymans, NWU
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Teaching during turbulent times: Including the Covid-19 pandemic into project-based learning
11:20 - 11:45
Dr Fazlyn Petersen, UWC
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Gradients of blended learning – lessons from the lockdown
11:45 - 12:10
Ms Kate Chmela-Jones, VUT
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
What is your ASSET© value?
Dr Upsana G Singh, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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Digital readiness amongst the low-income students during Covid-19 lockdown
13:45 - 14:10
Dr Joyce Mdiniso, UNI ZULU
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Times of uncertainty: Students’ experiences using educational technologies to become writers for their disciplines
14:10 - 14:35
Dr Katie Bryant and Ms Lethu Khumalo, MUT
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Technology integration impact on 21st century skills amid Covid-19. A case study of the STEM University in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe.
14:35 - 15:00
Mrs Doris Chasokela, CUT
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The impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on students’ lived realities: How could students be assisted and empowered to successfully participate in online learning and teaching spaces?
15:00 - 15:25
Prof Venicia McGhie, Ms L Ndesi, and Ms P Paleker, UWC
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
Cheetahs Room 3
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Inclusive learning spaces: Visual redress at Stellenbosch University
10:30 - 10:55
Prof Elmarie Costandius, SU
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We all need somebody to lean on: a focus on the value of peer support to first-year engineering students
10:55 - 11:20
Mrs Felicity Harris, Ms Monica Oghenekome, Ms Masedi Mmudi, Ms Elizabeth Nteka, CPUT
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Incorporating Ubuntu principles in the tutor training programme to promote academic success and wellbeing
11:20 - 11:45
Mr Sipho Hlabane Dr Ashwini Jadhav, Wits
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Exploring the potentialities of the displacement curriculum in Higher Education amidst a global crisis
11:45 - 12:10
Dr Krystle Ontong, UCT
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
What is your ASSET© value?
Dr Upsana G Singh, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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Curriculum and teaching strategies to develop critical thinking competencies in first-year students within the fourth Industrial Revolution
13:45 - 14:10
Dr Heather Goode, UNISA
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The university curriculum: Working towards social justice for diverse student population
14:10 - 14:35
Dr Larey Desireé Pearl , UFS
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Roles of the school governing body in managing the schools finances: a case of two schools in the Motheo district, Bloemfontein
14:35 - 15:00
Miss Nombulelo Jonas , CUT
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Employability in the time of Industry 4.0
15:00 - 15:25
Prof Christine Winberg and Dr Simon Winberg, CPUT
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
Naval Hill Room 4
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A CHAT analysis of the implementation of teaching practice in a South African University: Was the cart put before the horse?
10:30 - 10:55
Mr Kudakwashe Mamutse, Embury
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Experiences of lecturers from different disciplines, during the implementation of online learning & teaching, amidst the Covid-19 crisis - a narrative study
10:55 - 11:20
Ms Nuraan Davids-Latief, Ms Zainoenisa Allie, Dr Fathima Peerbhay, UWC
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Academic staff development (ASD) practice in the context of new staff induction: reflection from NATHEP (Cascading Academic Staff Development Practice)
11:20 - 11:45
Mr Siya Sabata, CPUT
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The academic journey of entrepreneurship students in Higher Education Institutions – the systems theory approach
11:45 - 12:10
Mr Lucky Sibanda, Prof. Iwu Gervase Chux , CPUT
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Interactive poster session (Breakaway Room 1)
12:10 - 13:00
What is your ASSET© value?
Dr Upsana G Singh, UKZN
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Lunch (45min)
13:00 - 13:45
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Responsive Business Event Tourism (BET) Curriculum: South African Industry viewpoints on the impact of COVID-19
13:45 - 14:10
Ms Esti Venske, CPUT
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Third Places: Cultivating Mobile Communities of Practice in the Age of COVID-19
14:10 - 14:35
Prof Daniela Gachago, CPUT
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Beyond emergency remote teaching:Towards flexible teaching and learning approaches
14:35 - 15:00
Ms Anneri Meintjes, UFS
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Strengthening the development of third-year students’ competencies through on-line learning at a traditional university
15:00 - 15:25
Ms Desiree Hamman-Fisher and Prof Venicia McGhie, UWC
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Break
15:25 - 15:45
Return to the Main Conference Room
[John Dube Room 1]
16:10 – END OF DAY 2
DAY 3
Thursday, 03 December 2020
Programme Director: Prof Friedrich-Nel Hesta
[Main Conference Room: John Dube Room 1]
PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS
John Dube Room 1
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The impact of students’ immoral behaviour on teaching and learning
09:30 - 09:55
Dr Jaysveree Louw, CUT
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Towards transforming academic orientation at a University of Technology
09:55 - 10:20
Dr Masebala Tjabane and Ms Sibongile Hlubi, VUT
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A Proactive Approach to a Crisis
10:20 - 10:45
Prof Penelope Engel-Hills, CPUT
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Students’ engagement in an anonymous peer review: Applying self-determination theory
10:45 - 11:30
Dr Fazlyn Petersen, UWC
Celtics Room 2
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International Virtual Exchange Enriching Students Learning Experiences
09:30 - 09:55
Dr Anisa Vahed, DUT
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COVID-19: Psychological effects on lecturers
09:55 - 10:20
Dr Thulebona Gugulini and Dr Jacqueline Shawe, UFS
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Preservice teacher preparation in the context of social distancing and limited 4IRaffordances at a rural university
10:20 - 10:45
Dr Maria Tsakeni, UFS
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Engineering student experiences of a remotely accessed, online learning environment
10:45 - 11:30
Dr Teresa Hattingh, Dr Willem van Niekerk, Dr Henri Marais, Mrs Yolani Geldenhuys, NWU
Cheetahs Room 3
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Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT 2) Lesson learnt from piloting the #datafree Moya Messenger Application
09:30 - 09:55
Dr Fazlyn Petersen, UWC
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Inclusive spatial practices for professional education: exploring the architectural design studio
09:55 - 10:20
Dr Hermie Delport (STADIO Higher Education), Ms J Morkel (CPUT), Dr L Osborne (QUT), and Ms M Gorman (Pratt)
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The Lecturer at the Heart of the Virtual Teaching Environment
10:20 - 10:45
Miss Fiona MacAlister, Wits
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Human Resource Management part time students’ experiences with On-line Learning during Covid 19 at the Durban University of Technology
10:45 - 11:30
Dr Melanie Lourens and Mrs Karin Young, DUT
Naval Hill Room 4
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Managing diversity and inclusion of adult part- time students in mixed age classrooms in TVET colleges: an andragogical perspective
09:30 - 09:55
Dr Blandina Manditereza, Motheo TVET College
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Covid-19 and the crisis of emergency online learning: Student Perspectives from a selected South African University
09:55 - 10:20
Ms Ruth T Nyamadzawo, DUT
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Doctoral supervision pedagogy: Candidates challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic
10:20 - 10:45
Dr Charles S Masoabi, CUT
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the first-year biology students’ access to academic and social support from peer-networks and the impact on their sense of belonging
10:45 - 11:30
Dr Shalini Dukhan, Wits
Return to the Main Conference Room
[John Dube Room 1]