Teachers in South Africa

A few local projects focussed on translating Khan academy videos into Xhosa as well as giving township youth mentorship and support in mathematics on a Saturday morning.

Ubunye is dedicated to providing educational advancement, opportunities for leadership and life-skills development, and mentorship and guidance to motivated high school learners in Cape Town.

TeachOut harnesses the experience and expertise of UCT students to provide academic assistance to high school learners in Cape Town's disadvantaged communities. TeachOut is a remarkable opportunity for both the tutored and the tutors and plays an important role in educating the youth of this nation.

Information and communication technologies have enabled the desegregation of the three core components (or clusters) in teaching and learning in higher education : content (access to and apprenticeship to disciplinary knowledge, content creation) ;interaction (between peers, between students and academic experts through pedagogy, feedback and engagement) ; and accreditation (summative evaluation and certification).   Not only are these now all digitally mediated, they are also increasingly open in various permutations, through for example open content and MOOCs (massive open online courses which provide free access to whole courses for anyone with online access). This session will describe current trends and focus on the questions and implications for UCT with its twin imperatives of global prestige and benchmarking, and local development and redress imperatives