BeyondHE

Consultancies

  • ICT in Primary Teacher Education Study for the Malawi Ministry of Education, funded by GIZ, Malawi, January-March  2019.
  • eLearning readiness report for “Blended Learning Course on Inclusive Education” managed by GOPA and funded by the GIZ, Blantyre Malawi, February 2017
  • Support in developing a MOOC for International WaTERS Network training modules, funded by UNESCO, November 2015
  • Set up of an Online Resource and Learning Facility for the Department of Water and Forestry (South Africa), funded by DFID, including the development of an Online Forestry Induction Course, June-September 2005
  • eLearning feasibility study for the Department of Water and Forestry (South Africa), funded by DFID, Jan - March 2004

Course production


  • Support in developing a MOOC for International WaTERS Network training modules, funded by UNESCO, November 2015
  • Set up of an Online Resource and Learning Facility for the Department of Water and Forestry (South Africa), funded by DFID, including the development of an Online Forestry Induction Course, 2004

External workshop / online course facilitation


  • Online tutoring and workshop facilitation of eLIP Rwanda (eLearning in Practice) blended learning course, funded by GTZ, February – March 2008 (Kigali, Rwanda)
  • Conference hosting for emerge 2004 and emerge 2006 online conference (University of Cape Town, July 2004 and July 2006)
  • Facilitation of eLearning Development and Implementation (eLDI) Africa 2006 start workshop (Addis Abeba, May 2006) funded by InWent and GTZ, umbrella tutoring for eLDI Africa 2006 online course from June – December 2006
  • NOLNET Storyboard workshop (Windhoek, April 2006)
  • SANTREN Instructional Designer/Editor III - Supporting Virtual Communities (University of Cape Town,  June 2003)
  • SANTREN Instructional Designer/Editor III - Quality Assurance in Online Course Development (Mozambique, March 2003)
  • SANTREN Instructional Designer/Editor III - Project Management and Planning in Online Course Development (University of Blantyre, Malawi, 2002)
  • SANTREN Instructional Designer/Editor II – Online Course Development (University of Botswana, Gaborone, September 2001)
  • SANTREN Instructional Designer/Editor I – Introduction to e-learning (University of Namibia, Windhoek, 2000) 
  • SANTREN Instructional Designer/Editor I - Introduction to e-learning (University of Zambia, Lusaka, 2000) 
  • E-learning with Hyperwave-GENTLE platform (University of Applied Studies, Vienna, Austria, 2000) 
  • Distance Learning using the ETS e-learning platform (ESF-Project Programme Adaption Euro, Vienna, Austria, 1999) 

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