I have been 28 years in die ECD field and about 15 years part of the implementation of the SAQA ECD qualifications but has never been so confused as now. We made the mistake of not working according to the Exit Level Outcomes (ELO’s) for Level 5. With our new […]
Wilma de Villiers
Some of you might remember that I posted a blog about online learning. I enrolled for a free course, “MOOCS and the South African Higher Education Landscape” (moocs.org.za). I have learnt a few interesting facts about online learning and find the discussions interesting. The assignments are done in the form of a […]
MASSVIVE OPEN ONLINE COLLEGE SOUTH AFRICA
The landscape of higher education has changed over the past years and online learning is increasing every year. Universities have to take into consideration what the masses wants and can online learning address these needs … it can reach more people than the traditional universities and colleges. My first post […]
Is online learning the new method of teaching?
I have a situation where three students lost their portfolios of evidence. It was assessed and the assessor kept record. When the portfolios had to be returned the one of the students informed us that her home burnt down and that all their portfolios were destroyed in the fire. The […]
WHAT NOW: Evidence is lost
In the new gazette the 26 new qualifications that are open for comment is listed. The gazette can be found on: www.gov.online.co.za To find the new ECD qualification, ECD Practitioners Level 4 (131 credits) go to the QTCO website: www.qcto.org.za: ; Click on “Occupational qualifications Development” and then click on “Qualifications […]
COMMENT ON NEW QUALIFICATIONS: ECD and 25 others
I hope this was not published before on ‘Skills Universe’ … I want to share the following from an article in a Mango inflight magazine (9 February 2011): “My South Africa is the working-class man who called from the airport to return my wallet without a cent missing. It is […]
MY SOUTH AFRICA
We are busy with a RPL pilot project. There is no stipend attached to the project because one of the criteria is that learners must be employed. They do not have to pay for the course and get all the learning material for free. The learners were very excited when […]
STIPENDS INFLUENCE MOTIVATION TO STUDY
This is a question that was asked by many people when they found out that I was enrolled for a Masters Degree. Not even progress to a higher salary scale? After school I studied because I needed the qualification to become a teacher. Then I enrolled through UNISA for two […]