Come & celebrate Africa Day by showcasing your creative African dress & stand a chance to win great prizes.

Open to all UCT Staff & Students. Participants must complete an entry form to be a part of the competition. Entry forms can be collected from 2 - 18 May 2012 from Sharon Eaton-Barnes or Connie Williams (IAPO, Level 3, Masingene Building, Middle Campus)

For those of you who are interested, a series of decision-making tasks will be running over the next 4 – 6 weeks. Should you wish to participate, you will be required to complete a questionnaire, as well as participate in a task. Tasks will be conducted online via Vula, and should take no more than 5 – 10 minutes of your time. You will be paid for your participation, as based on the decisions that you make in the given task.

Should you wish to participate, please join the Vula group Experiments 2012.

Please sign up as soon as possible, so that the experiment can commence promptly.

Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Please note:

1. Your participation in this experiment is voluntary. By joining the Vula group above you consent to participate in this experiment.
2. Personal data, including any identifying records, will remain confidential.
3. By joining the Vula group above you consent to the use of you UCT student identification photo in the experiment. It will only be accessible to the experimenter, and viewed by the individual with whom you will be paired for a given task.
4. Please ensure that your UCT e-mail address is linked to your Vula profile [this is the default setting, you will know if you have manually changed the default].
5. Please ensure that your UCT student identification photo is linked to your Vula profile [this is also the default setting and you will know if you have manually changed this].
6. Please be aware that there is only space for 400 participants in this experiment. Joining the above Vula group does not guarantee participation.
7. Payment will only be made once the experiment has come to an end in 4 – 6 weeks. Further instructions with respect to payment will be issued at that time.
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Educators and students in the 21st century are increasingly harnessing the affordances of information communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance teaching, learning and research. This postgraduate programme offers teachers, higher education lecturers and educational policy makers the opportunity to develop their theoretical competence and critical insight for using ICTs in education appropriately, focusing specifically on ICTs in developing country contexts.

Programme Structure

The programme is offered in three ways to suit students' level of academic interest: Postgraduate diploma in education, Coursework Masters, Masters by research. The coursework Masters in Education (ICT) at UCT is a two-year programme divided in two parts, coursework (year 1) and dissertation (year 2).

Courses

Compulsory for PGDE Diploma and MEd coursework: EDN6099F ICTs in Education: Key Issues and Debates (only offered in block form in 2011) and EDN6077S Learning, Cognition and Technology (only offered in block form in 2011).

Recommended electives for PGDE Diploma and MEd coursework for ICT in Education: EDN6102S Educational ICTs for Developing Contexts (only offered in block form in 2011) and EDN5101S Online Learning Design (only offered in block form in 2011).

Compulsory for MEd coursework: EDN6015F Advanced Educational Research Design and Methods and EDN6057W Minor Dissertation.

Fees and Financial Assistance

There are two types of financial support available: general scholarships or specific Mellon Scholarship funding for applications from African countries. Send queries to: cet@uct.ac.za or call: +27 21 650 5030 or 3841. Application for the Mellon Scholarship for the PGDE and the MEd ICT in Education Mellon Scholarship description and application forms are available here.

Application

Online Applications: Apply Online

Postal application: Form available here. Directions for completing the application form.

Application fee is R100.00 and can be paid via direct deposit. Bank: Standard Bank SA Ltd, Branch 025009, Account 071503854.

Admission queries

Mrs Shoma Moodley, Graduate School in Humanities, Tel: +27 21 650 2462, Fax: +27 21 650 5751.

Programme queries

Dr. Dick Ng'ambi, Centre for Educational Technology, Tel: +27 21 650 4760, Fax: +27 21 650 5045.

Mellon Foundation Scholarship queries

Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Centre for Educational Technology, Tel: +27 21 650 5030/3841, Fax: +27 21 650 5045.

The closing date for all postgraduate applications and Mellon Scholarships is 31 October 2010

For more information go here.

LearnOnline self-training courses for staff/students available in English, Northern Sotho and Zulu. Downloadable training manuals also available:

Login to Vula, go to My Workspace, open LearnOnline from the menu on the left side, then click on the course of your choice to access it. Enquiries: learnonline@uct.ac.za.

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