The University of Pretoria was established in 1908 as the Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College. It is now the largest residential university in South Africa with over 41,000 full-time students on campus. The Department of Education Innovation leads initiatives to establish excellent teaching and learning practices through services like education consultancy, training programs, and support for educational technology and e-learning projects.

1. Dept of EI

2. Pretoria’s famous Jacaranda trees
In full bloom during
October (SA’s spring)

3. The Pretoria branch of the Transvaal University College (TUC) was
forerunner of the University of Pretoria. It commenced its activities in 1908
with a staff of four professors and three lecturers. Thirty-two students
enrolled for courses at the first campus in Pretoria. The University of
Pretoria, became a fully fledged university in 1930. The nick name Tuks, for
the University of Pretoria, derives from the acronym for the College, namely
TUC.
The University of Pretoria (UP) is the largest residential university in
Southern Africa with more than 41000 full-time on-campus students. Apart
from that we have more than 16000 off-campus part-time and distance
learning students. There are 9 faculties comprising of 140 academic
departments and 2100 academic staff members. There are 65 research
centres and institutes. The total staff compliment of UP is 4300. UP offers
more than 2000 academic programmes.
http://www.up.ac.za/
About UP

5. University of Pretoria

6. What is the core business of the University?
• Teaching and learning
• Research
• Professional practice / service
learning / community outreach
Vision of Dept for EI:
To establish education excellence at UP

7. Mission
• EI leads, facilitates and supports
education initiatives in partnership
with lecturers to establish
appropriate teaching and learning
practice.
• The needs and specific contexts of
staff and students are approached
holistically to establish effective
learning environments.

8. Attributes of excellent university teachers
Reflective
practice
Skills
Interpersonal
relationships
Subject
knowledge
Personality
Research /
teaching
Kane et al., 2004
• depth
• formal/informal
• obe
• passion
• enthusiasm
• motivation
• empathy
• pedagogical
• clarity
• communication
• preparation
• real world
• motivating
• empathy
• rapport
• negotiate
• flexible
• integration
• growth
• improvement
• development
• professionalism

9. An integrated virtual campus

10. Services offered by EI
Education
Innovation
Electronic
Education
Strategic Focus Areas
Educational
Technology *
(* Equipment in the classroom)

11. Education innovation
• Education consultancy
• Education induction courses
– all lectures / professors
– teaching assistants
– tutors
• Assessment training
• Education innovation faculty plans
• Education innovation committees
• Education innovation awards
• R & D on educational practice

12. Education technology
• Audio-visual services and procurement
• Audio-visual loans
• One-stop repair service
• Video conferencing
• UP service points for distance students
• R & D on education technology

13. E-Education
• Web-supported teaching and learning (WebCT)
• Multimedia design and development (CD-Rom)
• E-testing (Computer Based Testing)
• E-Campus (virtual campus)
– Lecturers online (LOL)
– Student Online Services (SOS)
• Graphic design
• Video and sound production and editing
• Photographic services

14. • Project Office
• Total of 256 projects since 1998
• Project managers in EI
• Project leaders in academic departments
• Project teams (multidisciplinary)
• Timeline and scheduling
• Project plans with 3 year budgets
• Project approvals and funding
• Instructional design (ADDIE model)
• Quality Management System (QMS)
Project and Quality Management

15. E-learning projects
WebCT 2 500 courses 30 000 students
Multimedia CDs 42 products
Electronic
assessment
Video
Video
conferencing
2001 2002 2003 2004
43 196 64 000 124 851 125 768
17 21 16 11
31 30 24 19
2005
149 843
6
56

16. Statistics: Academic Staff Training
2002 2003 2004 2005
Training in WebCT & E-
learning
122 147 239 283
Education induction (newly
appointed lecturers)
117 110 100 84
Education induction for
junior/assistant lecturers
58 62 25 74
Assessment training 64 291 35 40
Educational training of tutors 84 212 183 95
Other educational training 248 291 126 124
Total: 693 1113 708 700

17. Drivers of education innovation:
• Continuous developments in ICT
• The new knowledge economy
• Commercialisation and globalisation of education
• Market forces and market needs (flexibility and
choice)
• Changing educational paradigms
• Integration of contact and distance education
• Funding issues (source, cost-effectiveness)
• And more
Education Innovation

18. Student needs - flexibility:
• Where, when and how to study
• Full-time vs part-time
• Learn while you earn, on-the-go
• Individually vs group
• Dependent vs independent
• Custom-made
• Just-in-time
Education Innovation

19. Contact f2f
education
Distance
education
Integration
(independent learning)
(more student control)
(dependent learning)
(more lecturer control)
Education Innovation
Integration between face-to-face and
distance learning modes

20. Terminology:
• flexible learning
• blended learning
• dual mode learning
• mixed mode learning
• multimodal learning
• integrated learning
• distributed learning
and others …
Education Innovation

21. The driving forces:
• Technology in the teaching and learning
environment:
 low / high technology
• Learner needs:
 dependent / independent
 group / individual
Education Model at UP

22. Lecturer control
Student control
Low Tech High
Tech
Face-to-face
Correspondenc
e
E-education
Video conferencing /
Specialised
Practicals
Flexible Learning Model

23. Mix of media
Paper
Contact:
classroom
environment
Web-
supported
environment
CD-Rom Other
Integrated,
blended,
flexible
learning
environment,
with a mix of
delivery
media.

24. The technology adoption lifecycle (Moore, 1991)
Education Innovation

27. Multimedia Products (on CD)

28. Emerging technologies
“Many demands are currently placed on online
learning in higher education. While we may not
realize it, we have entered the perfect electric storm,
where technology, the art of teaching, and the needs
of learners are converging. ….[there are] dozens of
emerging learning technologies that are generating
waves of new opportunities in online learning
environments.”
Curtis J. Bonk
“The Perfect E-Storm”
Observatory Report, June 2004

29. Summary of key issues:
• Education innovation is a process
• Education innovation is for ALL of us
• Change management is crucial
• Academic and non-academic functions
• Top-down and bottom-up strategies
• Support and incentives
• Quality assurance
• EI leads, facilitates and supports
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