Creating innovative learning spaces using emerging technologies was the theme that carried through at CPUT’S recent Teaching and Learning with Technology Day.
Held on the Bellville Campus, the event was organised by the Educational Technology Unit, Fundani, and the Centre for e-Learning and proved to be a great success.
Understanding the changing technological times that educators are currently faced with, many of the speakers noted the options available to lecturers and also discussed the responsibility that comes with using these new and innovative options.
Lectures and workshops highlighted various factors in using rising technologies. Examples of these include Facebook, YouTube as well as the option of making podcasts available on Blackboard. The options are endless and exciting and are set to transform classrooms and engage students in a way that was not comprehendible a few years ago.
According to Fundani: “More and more lecturers internationally, nationally, and CPUT are using emerging technologies that are gaining momentum in Higher Education and are not yet fully understood and fully researched, to create exciting learning spaces for their students.”
Keynote speaker, Dean of Informatics and Design, Professor Johannes Cronjè, noted that educators need to look at innovative ways of teaching, making a special mention of Apps that are easily available on most devices and how it can assist the student and lecturer and essentially change the classroom.
The event served as an exciting space and platform to share, showcase, train and engage the various options available and those being used at CPUT and left those who attended excited and inspired.
By: Nurahn Ryklief
Written by CPUT News
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