Cape Town, 05 February 2018 Partnership enables kids to read Staff from Fish Hoek based, Eiffel Corp joined the Nali’ibali national storytelling network to spark potential through storytelling and reading in Masiphumelele last week. Literacy skills are a strong predictor of future academic success in all subjects and children who regularly read and hear […]
Digital learning and technology critical as students queue for higher education Cape Town, 23 January 2018: In light of the free higher education pronouncement by the President, universities will have to innovate quickly to address the vast numbers that will seek to respond to the opportunity. This is especially poignant in the South African context […]
Five lessons learned – an industrial city university drives change with tech Cape Town, 03 September 2018: With one foot in implementation and one foot in the future, a technology strategy was critical in bringing the Vaal University of Technology into the 21st century. According to Professor Kuzvinetsa Dzvimbo, Vice Chancellor: Academic & Research at […]
Adapt or die – future proofing TVET colleges for a rapidly changing world Cape Town, 22 August 2018: In the face of the 4th industrial revolution and quickly evolving technology, unless South African TVET colleges, develop a technology plan, they will be irrelevant. These challenging words by Myles Thies, Director of Digital Learning Services, Eiffel […]
Teaching in a Digital World A decade or so ago, when technology was first introduced in the classroom, the word e-learning had a magical ring to it. It was regarded as a separate, exotic teaching niche that was the province of ‘outliers’ – those who enjoyed being on the cutting edge. Despite the great leaps […]
How edtech will shape the school of the future Cape Town, 25 July 2018: eLearning, analystics, mobile apps, learning management systems, learning content repositories and tech enabled communications: jargon to many, but essential to shape the school of the future. In South Africa, there is a chasm to cross. In 2011, 49% of grade 9 […]
Partnership aimed to decrease unemployment Cape Town, 17 July 2018: More than one in every three young people in South Africa did not have a job in the first three months of 2018. With unemployment rates close to 40% in youth and young adults between ages 15-34, solutions to aid employment are on the national […]
Accredited course aimed at public to up-skill digital teaching competencies Cape Town, 03 July 2018: Consumers and educators will benefit from the first SETA accredited digital training programme – Digital Teaching and Learning Series Certification (DTLS) in South Africa. In a study run by Via Afrika, less than 35% of South Africa’s teachers had been […]
Developing content for a TV generation Cape Town, 04 June 2018: Carol Dwyer is a live wire, she’s a ‘mature’ lecturer at False Bay College who has embraced technology in order to develop blended learning experiences that are entertaining, appropriate, and relevant to the topic as well as contextualized for the local student. In ten […]
Building the Trifecta of Students Success Cape Town, 17 April 2018: Leading education technology provider, Eiffel Corp, this week announced their ‘Trifecta model for building student success’. “By combining online learning design and content, digital skills for teachers and data driven analytics, we believe the organisation will play a positive role in student success in […]