United Kingdom, 2022– MEA Markets magazine has announced the winners of the 2021 MEA Business Awards We are honoured to share the news that Eiffel Corp has been recognised as the eLearning Innovators of the Year – Africa (for 2021). Running consecutively in its fifth year, the MEA Business Awards programme acknowledges and celebrates diversely […]
The educational landscape is constantly changing at an accelerated speed. The pandemic has opened the gate to a mindset and thinking beyond the traditional learning and teaching methods. Teachers have had to adapt to new technologies as digital transformation becomes more convenient and necessary than ever before. Long before the advent of the Internet, the […]
The continued effects of the Covid-19 pandemic play a strong part in how the trends in digital education have developed over the last 12 months. Entering into the new year, we should see consolidation around these with many of the same aspects from 2020, some of which were around before education was plunged headfirst into […]
The year 2020 has been one of the most globally disruptive periods in living memory. Apart from a significant loss of life through the virus itself, Covid-19 has brought about tectonic shifts in the way that people live, work and learn. In this discussion, we heard from diverse voices, both near and far, about the […]
In June 2018 the University of Johannesburg announced a handful of fully online courses as additional offerings to their existing contact courses. This formed part of their commitment to remain leaders in technology-enhanced learning opportunities, aligned with the 4th Industrial revolution. With the sudden lockdown of the country in March 2020, several universities had to […]
Magriet de Villiers is an Advisor in Learning Technologies at Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Learning Technologies. She has a keen interest in political philosophy and public theology and she is currently doing research on the work of Hannah Arendt’s understanding of critical thinking and judgement through this lens. Magriet has a passion for and interest […]
In the fourth instalment of our “Why Academia” webinar series, we discussed the cost efficiency of this sophisticated student information system. Join Hanlie Spangenberg as she demonstrates how Academia-SIS fits into the time-money-quality equation. “Cost efficiency is the ability to use fewer resources (cost) to achiever greater output.” Learn how you can achieve this with […]
Market trends for software selection have moved from full Student Information Systems to Best of Breed Systems. Specifically, ones that place emphasis on seamless integration of other systems, to streamline business processes in the universities. If the integration is not effective, it can lead to data duplication and frustration. In practice, it would actually mean […]
Why Academia SIS: Enhanced User Experience Academia SIS is a robust, feature-rich, analytics-equipped and user-friendly Student Information System (SIS). This System is built on cutting-edge and flexible architecture. Besides the obvious advantages of an information system that is built on the latest technology architecture, it also boasts highlights that are integral to a best-of-breed system. […]
In this episode of The Blue Couch, we are joined our Instructional Designer, Chanel Long. She explains the purpose of Multimedia in Education, why this is paramount to enhancing your course and creating an interactive course for your student. We also discuss various tools available to us to begin this journey. If you are in […]