talks@stellenboschuni

Marius Swart, from the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University, shares insights on the "creative response" assignment as assessment method he developed, lessons learned from that and how students responded thereto.

On the 12th of November we celebrate Africa Universities’ Day which is hosted by the Association of African Universities (AAU) to create awareness on the importance of higher education , promote dialogue on how to improve higher education and to celebrate the success stories of higher education in Africa. To celebrate and contribute to this years’ theme, ‘AI in African Higher Education’, the Centre for Collaboration in Africa (CCA) at Stellenbosch University International (SUI), sat down with SU’s Dr Jan Petrus Bosman director of the Centre for Learning Technologies (http://www.sun.ac.za/clt) , to discuss the potentials, opportunities and risks of AI in African HE.

Dr. Elmien Sinclair, an educational psychologist and Head of the Unit for Academic Counselling and Development at the Centre for Student Counselling and Development at Stellenbosch University, shares some insights on the student experience of academic needs and challenges, also relating to assessment, and how to support students in navigating these challenges. 

Charmaine van der Merwe, an academic advisor at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Stellenbosch University, shares some ideas, thoughts and research on assessment culture and how it relates to transformative assessment.

Allison Mlitwa, a quality advisor at the Centre for Academic Planning and Quality Assurance at Stellenbosch University, shares her perspectives on the impact of quality evaluation, development and enhancement and how this can impact the

Elzette le Roux used to work as an academic advisor (online learning) at the Centre for Learning Technologies at Stellenbosch University. She shares some perspectives on what "transformative assessment" means and how this approach to assessment could transform student learning.

Delicia Davids, an educator in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University focuses on technology enhanced learning and how to integrate that in student learning. She shares her innovative ideas, thoughts and experiences on transformative assessment and how game-based assessment, like a virtual "escape room", supports students in assessing their learning.

Magriet de Villiers, an advisor at the Centre for Learning Technologies at Stellenbosch University, shares her view on academic integrity and the impact this "AI" has on assessment and artificial intelligence, the other

Prof. Hermann Swart, from the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University, shares his experience on adapting invigilated assessments to uninvigilated online multiple choice questions prior to and during COVID-19 and his lessons learned during this experience.