Invitation to College of Education Webinar Series

Date: 
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 10:00 to Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 12:30
Venue: 
Virtual (Zoom)

The College of Education is hosting a webinar series on the theme: The use of student data in uncertain times: implications for higher education institutions in the Global South. 

The webinar series will be opened by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (ASA) on the first day, Wednesday 23rd September, 2020 at 10.00 a.m.

Sessions of the webinar will be held as follows:

  • Wednesday 23rd September 
  •  Thursday 1st October 
  • Wednesday 7th October and  
  • Wednesday 14th October, 2020 

 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (GMT) each day

Day 1:  Wednesday, 23rd September 2020
Topic: Big Data and Higher Education in the Global South: Challenges, Opportunities and Risks
-        Roundtable Discussion

Day 2 -Thursday 1st October 2020
Topic: Using Students' data to transform Teaching and Learning

-   Presenter: Prof. Bart Rienties, Professor of Learning Analytics, Institute of Educational Technology, Open University UK 

     Discussant: Prof. Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor in Open Distance Learning (ODL), Department of Business Management, University of South Africa] 


Day 3 -Wednesday, 7th October, 2020
Topic: Growing infrastructure and institutional capacity for a more optimum and appropriate collection, analysis and use of student data in the Global South
-        Presenter: Mr. Lucas Yikimpa Chigabatia, Chief Information Technology Officer, University of Ghana & Coordinator, Ghanaian Academic and Research Network 

-        Discussant: Prof. Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor in Open Distance Learning (ODL), Department of Business Management, University of South Africa

Day 4 –Wednesday 14th October, 2020
Topic: Ethical issues in the use of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics
-        Presenter: Dr. Duncan Banks, Director of Work-Based Learning for Health Sciences, Faculty of Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics, Institute of Educational Technology, Open University UK,;
-        Discussant: Prof. Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor in Open Distance Learning (ODL), Department of Business Management, University of South Africa


Registration details are as follows:

Registration: bit.ly/COEUGWebinar1

Meeting Link: https://wacren.zoom.us/j/65904570175

Meeting ID: 659 0457 0175