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Digital technology and COVID-19 have transformed the ways universities are delivering courses. But some are taking a minimalist low-cost approach, while others are aiming higher.
What’s taught in South African schools is at odds with the skills pupils need for the post-school world.
A learner’s digital education experience can be very different from the seamless user-friendly world of the social internet. Replicating the old classes online isn’t good enough. A rethink is needed.
While providing access to digital technology is important, it won’t even the digital playing field. If teachers can embrace all students’ digital interests as opportunities for learning, it would help.
COVID-19 has shown that technology is no longer a luxury but an important component of the education process. In presenting solutions, a wide range of factors must be considered.
AI-powered text generators are becoming increasingly easy to access. Rather than banning their use by students, educators should think about incorporating such tools into their curriculums.
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Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Information Systems, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Western Cape
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Innovation (Acting), University of New England
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Dean of Education and the Arts, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer in anatomy and physiology, and researcher in invertebrate reproductive biology, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor. ADVCA, Academic, Federation University Australia
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Sociologist and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
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NRF/FrF Professor of Mathematics, University of the Western Cape
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Adjunct Research Fellow Victoria University of Wellington; Head of the Quality Assurance Institute and Senior Lecturer, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
