Conference 2018 Highlights
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2018 Siyaphumelela Conference
“The Siyaphumelela conference was very insightful, informative and broadened my perspective in terms of how we can expand our impact as agents of student support.’
“I actually think 2018 had a winning recipe.”
“I loved it - a rich dense and rewarding spend of time”
Given that the 2018 Siyaphumelela Conference themes ran the gamut of student success interventions, it is no surprise that the common thread that ran through most of the conference evaluation responses received recently, lauded its extensive offerings.
Basic needs, leadership and design for student success were this year’s three themes that served both to address the varied endeavours of the five participating partner institutions of the Siyaphumelela programme, as well as to highlight the challenges regarding student success that universities worldwide are grappling with.
Recents stories
- Moving to successful Maths Pathways
- The case of a student support initiative by a student success programme at the University of Witwatersrand
- EXTENDED deadline! Call for applications for evaluation of the Siyaphumelela Project
- Reflections on Siyaphumelela Conference 2017
- Siyaphumelela Conference 2017 underway
- Invitation to collaborate on research with UMALUSI: NSC Results as Predictors of Success
- Vacancies at SALDRU
- Saide Site visits to Wits and NMMU
- Understanding First-Year Student Success based on School and Home Background
- Ethics Symposium Oct 2016
- Siyaphumelela 2016 goes deeper in Durban
- Feedback from first-year undergraduate students -The Wits experience
- Achieving the Dream support
- Using evidence to improve and support student transitions at the University of the Free State.
- Siyaphumelela Conference 2016 presentations and videos now available
- Resources from the February 2016 visit of the Siyaphumelela partners to GSU and Achieving the Dream conference
- South African Higher Education Dreaming!
- App.tizer
- Reconceptualising equality and equity in relation to student success
- Siyaphumelela Conference 2016
Conferences
Resources
- NSFAS chair Sizwe Nxasana resigns after ‘extreme strain’ on the payments system
Aug 08, 2018. - Dispelling the concerns around utilizing remote proctoring systems
Aug 17, 2018. As online learning continues to grow, the integrity of student exams is called into question. If done correctly, remote proctoring can be an effective solution. - Engaging Students as Participants and Partners: An Argument for Partnership with Students in Higher Education Research on Student Success
Aug 17, 2018. - Supporting Student Success: Focus on Early Alert
Aug 17, 2018. Learn about current efforts at Mason to assist undergraduate students who are struggling to persist and discuss how faculty can partner with administrators to support student success. - A Review of Multimodal Learning Analytics Architectures
Aug 17, 2018. This paper summarizes the state of the art of MMLA software architectures through a systematic literature review. The analysis of nine architecture proposals highlights the uneven support provided by existing architectures. - Improving Blended Learning in Higher Education Through the Synergy between Learning Design and Learning Analytics
Aug 13, 2018. This paper contributes with a literature review that aims at providing an answer to the question of whether students are benefitting from the use of ICT. - What is the state of academia in South Africa today?
Aug 08, 2018. The premature and heartbreaking death of a globally accomplished scientist brings an opportune moment for real, meaningful contemplation, as well as curative action, albeit in the scholarly domain. - Why is Innovation in Teaching in Higher Education so Difficult? 2. Legacy systems
Jul 23, 2018. A second piece by Tony Bates on the issue of Innovation in Higher Education. - World Development Report 2018 : Learning to Realize Education's Promise
Jul 23, 2018. An abstract of the WDR report which can be found here: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/28340/9781464810961.pdf?sequence=68&isAllowed=y - The Data Imaginary: Six Reasons Why Data Analytics Have Become So Powerful
Jul 23, 2018. A blog post by Dave Beer who draws on his new book and outlines six ways in which the industry presents a series of problems and inadequacies to which data analytics are offered as the solution.
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Links
- The Institute of Design (D.school) at Stanford
- OERu
The OERu makes education accessible to everyone. Coordinated by the OER Foundation, we are an independent, not-for-profit network that offers free online courses for students worldwide. We also provide affordable ways for learners to gain a - Collaboration for Impact
Collaboration for Impact (CFI) is Australia’s leading organisation for learning how to respond to complexity through effective collaboration. - Learning Analytics Report Card
This project asks: ‘How can University teaching teams develop critical and participatory approaches to educational data analysis?’ It seeks to develop ways of involving students as research partners and active participants in their own data - Digital Ethics Lab
Based at Oxford University, the lab seeks to tackle the ethical challenges posed by digital innovation. The goal is to identify the benefits and enhance the positive opportunities of digital innovation as a force for good, and avoid or mitigate its risks and shortcomings. - Carnegie Maths Pathways
A website dedicated to the Carnegie Math Pathways which allows one to sign up as an Explorer to learn more about their approach and impact, review their curriculum and instructor resources, and more. - Higher Education Data Analyser
HEMIS Data presented through a dashboard - Student Success Plan (SSP)
SSP is designed to improve retention, academic performance, persistence, graduation rates, and time to degree. The open source SSP case management software supports a holistic coaching and counseling model which expedites proactive interventions for stude - Council on Higher Education (CHE)
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is an independent statutory body established in May 1998 in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act No 101 of 1997),and it functions as the Quality Council for Higher Education in South Africa. - Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
The Department of Higher Education was created in 2009 and is responsible for tertiary education, post-schooling and skills development in South Africa.