Competence-Based Learning (CBL) is a pedagogical approach that has been gaining traction over the years. However, conceptually, it is not a new phenomenon, but an expansion of existing efforts to get students to take a more active role in their learning. For the fourth episode of the ‘Meeting of Many Minds: Communities of Practice (CoP)’…
“Meeting of Many Minds: Communities of Practice (CoPs)” is the second series of the HERESA Podcast. Over the episodes of this series, we hope to define a Community of Practice (CoP) by speaking to the four chairs of HERESA’s CoPs established in the fields of Entrepreneurship Education, Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), Competence-Based Learning (CBL) and Curriculum…
Over five episodes, the Community of Practice (CoP) series will speak to the four chairs of the CoPs established in the fields of Entrepreneurship Education, Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), Competence-Based Learning (CBL) and Curriculum Development for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). For the second episode of this series, we chatted with Professor Keo Motaung, previously the…
‘Meeting of Many Minds: Communities of Practice (CoPs)’, is the second series of the HERESA Podcast. In this first episode, we spoke to Dr Helen McGuirk, Head of the Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence at the Munster Technological University (MTU), who provided us with a definition of a CoP. She outlined how it facilitates research…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the “digital divide” became a major talking point in the higher education sector. Challenges regarding access to data and internet connectivity became a rallying call for students and academics looking to ensure no one would be left behind in the virtual classroom. For this final episode of the ‘Young Academics’ podcast,…
The task of implementing strategies to discourage cheating in the virtual classroom was one of the themes for the third episode of the “Young Academics” Podcast. For our participants, this growing threat prompted them to rethink their approach toward assessment so that their teaching methods were relevant, dynamic, and engaged with the needs of the…
One of the key objectives of the HERESA Project is to foster South-South-North cooperation amongst our members. This became especially relevant during the pandemic when an inability to travel and meet face-to-face called for closer collaboration between local and international partners. That we were all united in tackling challenges was a unifying theme that arose…
In this first episode of the “Young Academics in the Age of COVID-19” Podcast, our participants discussed the challenges of adjusting to online teaching and learning, the difficulties of striking a work-life balance and the importance of making curricula as interactive and engaging as possible for students. Each young academic demonstrated an admirable amount of…
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