Programme
Sessions
Plenary
Break-away session
Breaks and events
Monday
02/08
Conference Opening (Day 1) // 13:00
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Dr Gerrit Wissing
Welcome // 13:05
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Professor Diane Grayson
Opening Address // 13:15
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Snr DVC: Academic (Prof Ruksana Osman)
Panel discussion: Strategies for deepening critical thinking suggested by learning experiences in the pandemic: reflections from the Wits Writing Programme. // 13:30
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Pamela Nichols, Roshini Pillay, Bontle Tladi, Avril Joffe, & Writing Fellow Tutors
Revenge of the Hashtag: Teaching with and against the Online Environment // 14:15
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Colette Gordon and Carrie Timlin
Sense-making stories from ERT, in the Humanities at Wits // 14:15
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Renee Koch & Laura Dison
Mindshift change for lecturers in method of assessing PG Dip Accountancy // 14:45
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Lanelle Wilmot & Carli Jonker
Online Teaching 2020 // 14:45
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Gavin Matthys
Comfort Break // 15:15
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Panel Discussion: Learning from our stories // 15:30
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Karin Brodie, Avril Joffe, Sarah Godsell, & Shalini Dukhan
Virtually here, physically there // 16:30
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Neka Da Costa & Kamogelo Molobye
The creativity of knowledge translation in the online space // 16:30
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Nancy Barber
Closure // 17:00
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Tuesday
03/08
Conference Opening (Day 2) // 13:00
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Opening: Dr Gerrit Wissing
Panel discussion: Students’ experiences of learning to learn in an online mode // 13:05
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Mongezi Maluleka, Buhle Geleba, Nkateko Muloiwa, Kamogelo Mabe and Solami Buthelezi (Moderator: Prof. Diane Grayson)
Building online communities: creating interpersonal and cognitive connections // 14:35
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Marike Kluyts & Kershree Padayachee
(Re-)centering as a way of Being and Becoming // 14:35
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Rieta Ganas, Sipho Hlabane, Nazira Hoosen and Najma Agherdien
Using student self-reflections to inform teaching during COVID-19 // 15:05
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Carli Jonker and Lanelle Wilmot
Comfort Break // 15:35
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Keynote: Fostering Connections and Community Online: Engagement and Self-Care Strategies to Promote Faculty and Student Wellbeing // 15:50
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Flower Darby
Space to space // 17:05
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Linda (Mdena) Thibedi
Covid and Geosciences: The good, the bad and the hand sanitiser (Pre-recorded video + Q&A) // 17:05
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Stephanie Enslin
Closure // 17:35
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Wednesday
04/08
Conference Opening (Day 3) // 13:00
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Dr Gerrit Wissing
Keynote // 13:05
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Luci Carosin
Remote Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Personal Reflection // 14:05
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Ufuoma Akpojivi
Challenges and opportunities of teaching online: Reflecting on ERT in 2020 // 14:05
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F Mdluli, L Makuapane, RG Wagner, T Muloiwa, T Kaneli, & M Masango
Panel discussion: Reframing Conceptions of Success in Higher Education // 14:35
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Greig Krull, Willem Conradie, Danie de Klerk, Laura Dison, Fiona MacAlister, Shirra Moch, and Kershree Padayachee
Comfort Break // 15:35
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The use of Mentimeter to enhance student engagement during online learning in the School of Accountancy // 15:50
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Avani Sebastian and Lanelle Wilmot
Reframing assessment of practical activities in Biology courses: Evolving Covid 19 pandemic approaches // 15:50
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Mapula Matimolane
Panel Discussion: In Conversation with Four Commerce Law and Management Academic Advisors // 16:20
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Tshepiso Maleswena, Aneshree Nayager, Siyasamkela Jinoyi, and Mbongeni Shungube
Conference Closure // 17:20
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