5 Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2012

Article written by DA Barber In 2012, higher education institutions will look to improve the learning experience through analytics and personalized learning environments, while reducing costs with digital resources and cloud technologies. Washington, DC-based Gilfus Education Group has released its annual list of the top five trends in education innovation for 2012, which included three [...]

Paperless Exams

This November I ran my second set of paperless exams. Well, not quite paperless, as each student still received a printout of the questions to make it easier for them. They wrote the exam on a computer. All the files necessary to take the exam were posted on Moodle so that they could download the [...]

Teachers, principals enthusiastic about improving the quality of basic education

Teachers, principals, and academics from the basic education sector responded enthusiastically to a call to participate in a national discussion on basic education that will be held in Durban from 2 – 4 April 2012. Ms Mary Metcalfe, chairperson of this event, says she is very excited and encouraged by this response, which reflects the [...]

Who should appoint principals?

Statement by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga following the Council Of Education Ministers’ Meeting (CEM), 18 November 2011, Pretoria Appointment of Principals and the Role of School Governing Bodies (SGBs) The appointment procedure for school-based educators is the same regardless of the post level at which the educator is appointed. Any appointment to an educator [...]

Putting a CAPS on the CAPS

It has been noted that there are some provincial departments of education which are going beyond their brief and authority in adding to the CAPS and in making things mandatory which are not.  This is contrary to the spirit of the CAPS and the instruction of the Minister of Basic Education to allow for flexibility. [...]

A pressing issue

In recent times, there have been calls to halt the publication of Matric results in the press.  It is argued that the results are private, not public, information; and that candidates who learn that they have failed by this means (rather than from their schools, where there are people on hand to counsel) often react [...]

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