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CLTD 2019
PROSPECTUS
Learning, Teaching, Supervision
& Research Support
Centre for Learning,
Teaching and Development
Contents
CLTD Vision & Mission 4
Overview 6
Academic Professional Learning Opportunities 8
Research Informed Teaching 9
Introducing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) 10
Early Career Academic Development 11
Resilience 12
Planning your Academic Career 13
Planning your Sabbatical 14
Learning and Teaching 15
Your Teaching Role 15
Curriculum Design and Development 17
CD 0: Learning and Teaching Philosophy 19
CD 1: Curriculum Orientation and Contexts 20
CD 2: Principles Underpinning Curriculum Design 21
CD 3: Open pedagogies 22
CD 4: Assessment for learning in higher education 23
CD 5: Curriculum Development 24
CD 6: Course Approval 25
Post Graduate Diploma in Education (in the field of Higher Education) 26
Facilitating Online Learning Course (FOLC) 27
Tutor and Teaching Assistant (TA) Training 28
Postgraduate Pedagogy 29
Developing a teaching portfolio 30
Tools and Strategies for Learning and Teaching 31
Digital Literacy Skills for Students 31
Introduction to Wits-e 32
Intermediate Tools on Wits-e 33
Webinars with Big Blue Button 34
Turnitin 35
Tools and Strategies for Learning & Teaching: An Introduction 36
Faculty Video Studio Workshop 37
Open Access and APC Fund Seminar 38
2 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS
Research and Postgraduate Supervision 39
Digital Data for Research Workshop 39
Zotero 40
Publishing for Impact 41
Project Planning in the Research Context 42
Research Project Budgeting 43
Writing Winning Proposals for the NRF 44
How to Structure an Academic CV 45
Enhancing Research Supervision 46
Postgraduate Supervision 47
Writing and Learning 48
Research writing: ways to improve our own writing and our students’ writing 50
Writing retreats: integrating and sustaining writing in the academic life 51
Wits Writing Centre 52
Academic Citizenship 54
Decolonising the curriculum – an open discussion 54
Student Success and Development: Community of Practice (CoP) 55
Students at Emotional Risk 56
Basic Supporter Skills Training 57
Evaluation Service 58
Symposia and Lekgotlas 61
Learning and teaching Symposium 62
Feedback 63
Contact us 63
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 3CLTD Vision & Mission
The CLTD vision is to provide scholarly and innovative support and professional learning opportunities
for staff (and through a few of our divisions to students) through effective learning, teaching, and
research. Through engagement with various sectors of the university, CLTD aspires to influence and
contribute to the development of transformative, effective and innovative learning and teaching
practices that enhance student access with success in meaningful higher education.
As an academic centre, our mission is to build reciprocal relationships with colleagues within and
outside of the university in order to: coordinate several learning and teaching functions; support
academic professional learning focusing on learning and teaching; engage with and support
curriculum renewal and transformation; support academics in improving their ability to facilitate
blended learning interactions; and to contribute to higher education research and policy
development (See the CLTD Strategic Plan document 2017-2018).
Currently, the centre is working on identifying and leveraging learning technologies that support
best practices in learning and teaching, that can be used to personalise and enrich student learning
experiences, but are also stable, accessible, well-supported and equitable. The aim is to support the
newly developed Wits Digital Learning strategy which has seven priority areas, namely:
1. Improving access to digital technology for all staff and students
2. Supporting students to be digitally competent and to become productive graduates in a
digital age (the 4th industrial revolution)
3. Developing confidence and competence of academics in the appropriate and effective
use of digital technology to support learning and teaching
4. Ensuring that digital technology is a pivotal consideration in all areas of assessment
5. Prepare and deliver a transformative and digitally enriched curriculum
6. Expand on the flexible digital learning environment for both undergraduate and
postgraduate studies
7. Inspiring and supporting lifelong learning
The centre is also engaging in discussions about how to contribute to mechanisms for adopting the
recently released National Framework for Enhancing Academics as teachers, which identifies six
imperatives:
1. Enabling Continuous Professional Learning for university teachers
2. Establishing and maintaining university teacher professional learning structures, organisations
and resources.
3. Ensuring that academics are recognised and rewarded for the work they do as university
teachers.
4. Advancing university teaching through cultivating leadership
5. Promoting knowledge production and knowledge sharing about university learning and
teaching.
6. Developing expectations of academics in their role as university teachers.
Some of these imperatives (such as 1, 5 & 6) are partially being addressed. Others (such as 2, 3 & 4)
will have to be co-developed and supported with other institutional structures.
4 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSUNDERPINNING VALUES
The legacy of the University’s success, and that of CLTD, is founded on the following core values.
• Intellectual excellence and integrity - We pursue excellence in everything that we do and
hold ourselves to the highest professional standards including respect and adherence to
institutional ethical standards.
• Collegiality - We support the University culture of a collegial community of scholars by
initiating collaboration and sharing of best practice within Wits and with other institutions.
• International comparability – We seek opportunities to engage with leading scholars and to
benchmark with comparable Learning and Teaching Centres at other universities.
• Debate and critical engagement - We encourage intellectual and robust engagement in
learning, teaching, and research.
• Independent enquiry and trust – We encourage creativity and alternative ways of doing our
work as an iterative process of continual exploration, scholarly inquiry, and sharing.
• Academic freedom and institutional autonomy – We support the principles of academic
autonomy in relation to learning, teaching, and research.
• Community engagement and responsiveness – We seek opportunities to work with relevant
partners, and opportunities to enhance our social engagement, relevance and research, so
as to better integrate the University with the city and national and international contexts.
• Diversity and Transformation – We strive for inclusivity and diversity through reflective
practice and leadership in curriculum change.
• Accountability – We commit to high levels of accountability through accurate reporting
and sound practices that align with University Policies.
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 5Overview
CLTD provides research-informed support in higher education learning and teaching. Our
programmes and activities aim to enhance the quality of learning and teaching at Wits.
We team up with faculties and service departments to support academics by providing:
• Academic professional learning courses and workshops
• Support with:
}} Curriculum renewal and transformation
}} Learning and teaching with technology (including face-to-face, blended, and
online learning)
}} Writing and Learning
}} Evaluation and peer reviews of teaching.
}} Higher education research and the scholarship of learning and teaching
• Individual and institutional capacity building in learning and teaching
This prospectus sets out the Centre’s academic professional learning opportunities for 2019. Where
dates have already been scheduled, these are stipulated. The coordinators’ contact details are
provided in each case if you have any queries about any aspect of the prospectus, including logistics.
Cost
CLTD workshops are offered free to employees of the University. However, there is a penalty fee
of R500 for non-attendance at a booked internal workshop, and R2 500 for non-attendance at a
booked external workshop, unless we are given two working days’ notice to allow us to fill the place.
(External workshops are indicated by means of an asterisk next to the workshop name). If a partici-
pant books a place in a workshop, and does not arrive, the Centre incurs considerable costs in terms
of catering, printing, and consultants’ fees, and these need to be recouped.
Refreshments
We do provide tea and coffee at tea-breaks; however, we will no longer be providing lunch packs.
You are welcome to bring your own food should you have particular needs that we are unable to
meet.
Booking
Bookings for workshops are done via Oracle. From the Oracle log-in page, click on Employee Self Ser-
vice, and then on My Learning Gateway, then on My Learning. All workshops are loaded under CLTD.
Please book well in advance. All the workshops have limited capacity, and if your workshop of choice is
full, you may need to be wait-listed for the next one scheduled. Only a few workshops of a particular type
are offered each year, and these are filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Please be advised that whilst
every care is taken with the scheduling of training, there is a chance that dates and times may change.
6 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSVenues
Unless otherwise indicated, workshops and courses are provided in one of the venues in the CLTD
Building, West Campus. (The nearest gate is Enoch Sontonga Gate 9; CLTD is diagonally opposite
the Flower Hall). The rooms are designated Frog, Tree, and Snow. Not all the venues are wheelchair-
accessible. Please indicate on your booking form if you have particular needs with regard to any
disability. Limited parking is available outside the building, and it is generally advisable, where
possible, to walk to the building rather than drive, particularly when students are writing exams in the
Flower Hall.
Website
http://intranet.wits.ac.za/Pages/Default.aspx
Click on: Learning and Teaching (CLTD) in the Academic Matters tab on the Wits Intranet.
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 7Academic Professional Learning Opportunities
General Induction
• Are you new to the University?
• Would you like some guidance and information on the University so that you can better
navigate your way as an employee and/or manager?
If these questions caught your eye, and have meaning to you, book yourself on the Wits Induction
programme for new staff. The programme offers comprehensive, relevant and memorable
information.
The Induction programme requires the support of Heads of Schools, managers and also colleagues
of new staff members. Encourage new colleagues to attend!
Dates
}} 13 and 14 March 2019
}} TBC
Time
}} 08:30 – 17:30
Facilitators
}} TBC
Contact
• Chantelle Murray: Human Resources Development Unit (HRDU)
(( (011) 717-1471
** Chantelle.Murray@wits.ac.za
8 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSResearch Informed Teaching
This programme involves taking a deliberate and systematic approach to investigating, reflecting
on, and improving one’s own teaching. A research project follows an inquiry cycle of: formulating a
question about student learning; defining measures of success; identifying or creating assessments
and learning activities; implementing a learning activity or experience; collecting, analysing, and
interpreting data; and reflecting on the experience.
This programme will run over one semester. It will have two 2-hour contact sessions (one at the
beginning and one at the end of the semester), and a number of flexible online sessions and face-
to-face support. Participants will need to plan for spending at least 2—3 hours per week to complete
the programme successfully. The course is limited to 10—15 participants and will be run once a year
(from March to end of February, the following year).
A small seed grant of up to R3 000 will be available to support short innovative or experimental
approaches to teaching. The short-term objective is to identify and nurture small-scale teaching
initiatives. The long-term aim is to promote a culture of innovation and experimentation, and to raise
the quality of teaching across the institution.
Learning Outcomes
• Access the literature and current research to develop a deeper understanding of existing
evidence-based knowledge concerning high-impact, evidence-based teaching practices.
• Integrate one or more evidence-based teaching strategies into a limited learning and
teaching project.
• Implement the project
• Evaluate the project
• Share outcomes with the Wits community and the external teaching & learning community
*[It is recommended that participants first complete The CLTD Teaching Role programme before
participating in this programme}
This 30-credit short course at NQF Level 8 comprises the following phases: 1 face-to-face session at
the beginning of the programme; 6 weeks on-line; 9 months to implement and evaluate the project
and 1 face-to-face session at the end of the programme.
Date
}} 6 March 2019
Time for contact sessions
}} 11:00 – 13:00
Facilitators
}} Dr Rita Kizito and the CLTD Team
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 9Introducing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
This online resource supported with a lunch-hour brown bag activity session will explore the mean-
ing of SoTL and how one can engage with SoTL activities practically.
The questions to interrogate:
• What is SoTL?
• How can you practice it?
• What are some good examples of SoTL?
You will also be directed to discipline specific learning and teaching research journals; Interdisciplinary
journals on learning and teaching research, including the Learning Sciences.
Dates
}} TBC
Time for contact sessions
}} 13:00 – 14:00
Facilitators
}} Dr Rita Kizito and the CLTD Team
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
10 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSEarly Career Academic Development
ECAD is a professional learning programme that aims to provide holistic institutional support for early
career academics (ECAs), with less than five years’ experience in Higher Education. The programme
is convened by a partnership between the Research office and the Centre for Learning and Teaching
Development.
Structure of the programme
There is a cohort of more or less 40 academics per year who will spend a minimum of 70 notional
hours within the programme.
The year-long theoretically and contextually relevant programme includes attendance on a
minimum of:
• 3 workshops from a suite of professional learning workshops on research and facilitation
selected from the CLTD Prospectus and Research Office programmes
• 2 of the 4 communities of practice that would be convened during the year
• A minimum of one writing retreat from the 5 that would be convened during the year
• Mentoring by a mentor that has been assigned through the affiliated department or school
Dates
}} TBC
Time
}} TBC
Facilitators
}} TBC
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 11Resilience
As an active academic, publishing one’s thoughts and sharing one’s ideas is often exposed to
criticism. Peer review and critical analysis are fundamental processes in research, but they can also
be hurtful. Setbacks occur in all professionals but to some extent are standard in the academy. Thus
it is vital for early career academics to learn how to cope with setbacks. Resilience, the ability to
bounce back, is a vital and necessary trait that can be developed and honed. Join us for a morning
workshop where resilience techniques are discussed and practiced.
Date
}} 06 March 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Facilitators
}} Dr Robin Drennan
}} Ms Rieta Ganas
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
12 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSPlanning your Academic Career
Do you know what you need to do today in order to achieve your career goals in six years’ time?
A successful academic career requires a considerable amount of juggling. Research, teaching,
supervision, community engagement, funding, sabbaticals, conferences, promotion, NRF ratings —
they all need to be factored into your plan. Dr Robin Drennan, the Director for Research Development
in the University Research Office, will help you develop a five to seven-year macro plan that will
ensure you are well placed to make the best of your career. An emphasis is placed on research
throughout this workshop.
Dates
}} 15 February 2019
}} 7 June 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Facilitator
}} Dr Robin Drennan
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 13Planning your Sabbatical
A sabbatical comes once every six years - so it is vital to make the most of it. Dr Robin Drennan, the
Director for Research Development in the University Research Office, will share some pointers on
how, when and what to plan for a successful sabbatical. This workshop will help you develop a plan
and so make the most of the opportunity. Your sabbatical plan should maximise the impact of the
time on your research. Various funding options will also be discussed.
Dates
}} 1 March 2019
}} 21 June 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Facilitator
}} Dr Robin Drennan
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
14 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSLearning and Teaching
Your Teaching Role
“The aim of teaching is simple: it is to make student learning possible...To teach is to make an
assumption about what and how the student learns; therefore, to teach well implies learning about
students’ learning” (Ramsden, 1992).
Given the continuous change within the Higher Education sector and its influence on the academic
role within universities, this interactive workshop aims to introduce academics to the basic principles
of learning and teaching. The university teacher has an important and demanding role to play in the
process of supporting student learning through the design of learning and teaching contexts in which
students can learn most effectively.
Your teaching role within the Wits context, has many dimensions: providing a broad context of
knowledge, helping students to understand, locate and create personally and contextually relevant
meaning of the knowledge, providing a learning environment that encourages students to think
critically, solve problems and to be able to communicate in the language of the discipline or
knowledge and it involves ongoing reflection on their practice. More than that it also requires teachers
to help students set and achieve their own aims through commitment and being responsible for their
own learning.
These tasks though are not always easy to accomplish. We should also be aware that there is no
recipe for all disciplines, teachers or students. How we facilitate must be carefully considered and
should suit those who will do the learning. Our teaching methods should be the outcome of our
curricula aims which should be aligned to the Wits context.
As such the experiential learning activities within the workshop is designed so that the academic
will engage with: the academic role within the higher education sector, principles of facilitating for
learning to occur, principles of learning, an overview of curriculum knowledge and blended learning
design, an overview of assessment, embedding writing within the curriculum, a micro teaching session
(a scaled down teaching session) and feedback as well as reflective practice.
The aim of the workshop is to encourage lecturers to take up their teaching role with creativity,
enthusiasm and self-reflection.
Who should attend?
New academics, early career academics or academics who have been at Wits for a while and who
would like to improve their learning and teaching environments. Numbers are limited: please book
early. Full attendance is compulsory for all sessions.
Dates
}} 26 to 28 February, 4 March and 4 April 2019 (19-22 Feb Online Pre-phase)
}} 28 to 30 May, 3 June and 4 July 2019 (21-24 Online Pre-phase)
}} 27 to 29 August, 2 September and 3 October 2019 (20-23 Aug Online Pre-phase)
}} 22 to 24 October, 28 October and 28 November 2019 (15-18 Oct Online Pre-phase)
Time
}} 08:30 – 15:30
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 15Coordinators
}} Mrs Rieta Ganas
• Mr Sipho Hlabane
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
16 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSCurriculum Design and Development
The rate of change in the world demands that we re-imagine and restructure the foundational learning
relationships between student, knowledge, and teacher. New ways of thinking about curriculum are
needed if we are to respond to the current challenges and future demands for excellence in Higher
Education.
Curriculum lies at the heart of what Higher Education institutions do with and for their students and
constitutes the main vehicle through which the aims of Higher Education can be achieved. It is thus
vitally important for the design, development, implementation and ongoing renewal of curriculum to
be underpinned by sound educational principles, guided by the values espoused by the institution
offering the curriculum and fit for clearly articulated purposes.
While the fundamental questions around curriculum design and development remain the same, the
contexts and challenges keep evolving and changing. It is therefore important to encourage and
support academic staff to develop appropriately structured and deepened curricula that promote
the Wits key graduate attributes.
This programme is structured for academics who wish to evaluate, revise or develop a curriculum at
course or preferably programme level. The various aspects of the programme will address selected
curricular issues, including selecting, sequencing and aligning the knowledge areas that underpin
the discipline or profession and the creation of curricular ‘spaces’ to support and enhance student
learning.
Academics can opt to enrol for all 6 curriculum workshops within the series or may enrol for
only selected workshops as needed.
Series of workshops
• CD0: Learning and Teaching Philosophy
• CD1: Curriculum Orientations and context
• CD2: Principles underpinning curriculum design
• CD3: Open Pedagogies
• CD4: Assessment for learning in Higher Education
• CD5: Curriculum Development
• CD6: Course Approval
Dates
1st Offering
• CD0 – 5 March 2019
• CD1 – 6 March 2019
• CD2 – 7 March 2019
• CD3 – 11 March 2019
• CD4 – 2 and 3 April 2019
• CD5 – 9, 10 and 16 April 2019
• CD6 – 24 April 2019
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 172nd Offering
• CD0 – 6 August 2019
• CD1 – 7 August 2019
• CD2 – 8 August 2019
• CD3 – 13 August 2019
• CD4 – 21 and 22 August 2019
• CD5 – 3, 4 and 10 September 2019
• CD6 – 19 September 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 16:00
Coordinator
}} Mrs Rieta Ganas
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
18 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSCD 0: Learning and Teaching Philosophy
This fully online component of the curriculum development workshop series kicks off with an exploration
of learning theories and how these theories inform personal learning and teaching philosophies.
Having an understanding of how one views knowledge and how one comes to know is important as
it shapes methodologies, approaches and practices. Deep reflection on one’s philosophies (often
tacit) goes a long way in being more intentional about curriculum design. This workshop will be
facilitated on Wits-e.
Dates
}} 5 March 2019
}} 6 August 2019
Time
}} Fully online
Coordinator
• Dr Najma Agherdien
• Mr Shane Pachagadu
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 19CD 1: Curriculum Orientation and Contexts
Curriculum means different things to different people and operates within different levels at
an institution. This makes the concept and context of curriculum highly contested and complex
especially within the curriculum decolonisation and transformation debates. To enable coherent
and meaningful curricula, academics should critically interrogate their curriculum orientations and
the influence this has on their curriculum decisions. The workshop will address the above issues and
enable academics to further examine how curriculum policies are shaped by societal, institutional,
personal and interpersonal contexts and processes.
Dates
}} 6 March 2019
}} 7 August 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 15:00
Coordinator
}} Mrs Rieta Ganas
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
20 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSCD 2: Principles Underpinning Curriculum Design
It is important for academics to evaluate, design, interpret and implement curricula. Their curriculum
design and development should be approached in a scholarly manner. The workshop will introduce
academics to key theories that underpin the principles of curriculum design. The workshop provides
an opportunity to engage with the conceptual and contextual aspects of curriculum design like
constructive alignment and being able to construct contextually relevant intended learning
outcomes.
Dates
}} 7 March 2019
}} 8 August 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 15:00
Coordinators
}} Mrs Rieta Ganas
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 21CD 3: Open pedagogies
Increasingly, higher education is seen as a pedagogic space requiring contextually relevant
approaches and practices. Institutional and disciplinary contexts have called for curricula reform that
take into account who students are (student identities) and what they bring with them (experiences
and practices). Higher education institutions (HEI) are thus compelled to constantly rethink the
student experiences they provide. This workshop will, explore the intersection of open educational
resources (OER), open education practices (OEP), open access (OA) and open pedagogies. It also
looks at how these can be used to (co)create curricula that are contextually relevant, embraces
diversity and shapes a sense of belonging.
Dates
}} 11 March 2019
}} 13 August 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 16:00
Coordinators
}} Dr Najma Agherdien
}} Ms Nazira Hoosen
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
22 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSCD 4: Assessment for learning in higher education
Participants in this workshop will consider assessment from the viewpoints of the different stakeholders
and will gain a deeper appreciation of assessment as an intrinsic part of the student learning process.
Focusing on a particular course, participants will explore how learning outcomes, assessment
tasks, and learning and teaching activities build and enhance the growth of desirable attributes,
knowledge, skills and values using appropriate assessment methods and educational technologies
that are diverse, complementary and embedded strategically throughout the course. Challenges
associated with providing meaningful feedback for undergraduate and postgraduate students will
also be considered.
Dates
}} 2 and 3 April 2019
}} 21 and 22 August 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 16:00
Coordinator
}} Mr. Sipho Hlabane
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 23CD 5: Curriculum Development
The Curriculum Development workshop will provide participants with time to (re)design, develop
and showcase curriculum outputs that can be used in practice. Facilitators will guide participants
in applying constructive alignment, to produce resources fit for use within participants’ existing
programmes and/or courses. A session will be dedicated to introducing participants to learning
and teaching technology tools suited to developing curriculum outputs. Outputs may include a
curriculum course map, module outline, student guide, assessment instrument & tool, multimedia,
etc. A blended learning and teaching approach will be applied, consisting of three contact days
and two online days (± 3hrs per day).
*Please bring your own device
Dates
}} 9, 10 and 16 April 2019
}} 3, 4 and 10 September 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 15:00
Coordinators
}} Ms Eugenie Wolff
}} Ms Nazira Hoosen
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
24 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSCD 6: Course Approval
This is a half-day workshop designed for Wits staff and facilitated by QAPO. The aim is to provide
academic and administrative management staff with an awareness and knowledge of the quality
compliance and regulation within Wits and Higher Education. Participants will have the opportunity
to complete the required Wits online documents for course approval.
Dates
}} 24 April 2019
}} 19 September 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Coordinators
}} Ms Tanya Healy
}} Ms Joy Alexander
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 25Post Graduate Diploma in Education (in the field of Higher Education)
The Postgraduate Diploma in Education (In the field of higher education) is offered by the School of
Education in collaboration with the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Development (CLTD) at the
University of the Witwatersrand.
The broad aim of the PGDip E (HE) is to provide academics with a relevant tertiary teaching
qualification in line with international trends. The programme is designed to foster a scholarly and
professional approach to university teaching, assessment, and curriculum development and design.
Specific aims are to assist academics to:
• Strengthen their roles in teaching, assessment, and curriculum development and course
design;
• Update and extend their ‘working theories’ and practices as educators; and
• Deepen engagement with the university as a rapidly changing site of research and
scholarship.
The qualification consists of 3 core modules namely: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education;
Assessment in Higher Education, and Curriculum Design and Development in Higher Education. New
Directions or Enhancing research supervision can be selected as the elective.
The PGDip E (HE) is a formal 120-credit qualification at NQF level 8 and the qualification is awarded
by the Faculty of Humanities. Participants must complete the post graduate registration procedures
with Wits School of Education.
Coordinators
}} Dr Laura Dison
}} Ms Rieta Ganas
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
• Candice Michael
( (011) 717-1475
* Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
26 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSFacilitating Online Learning Course (FOLC)
Increasingly, higher education institutions are using online resources, engagement and interaction
to support student learning in ways that are more flexible. This requires a reimagining of learning
and teaching practices and pedagogic spaces. In response to this need, the Centre for Learning,
Teaching and Development (CLTD) is offering a Facilitating Online Learning Course (FOLC), an open
educational resource course that has been reconceptualised for the Wits context. The purpose of this
course is to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes concerning online facilitation, with application
in online components of formal courses and online collaboration projects; provide an awareness
of and develop skills in the tool sets available to support online facilitation (e.g. online discussions,
blogs, podcasts and synchronous communication software); and develop knowledge and skills in
designing online activities using an appropriate combination of technologies.
Dates
}} FOLC 1: 25 February – 19 April (Fully online)
}} FOLC 2: 9 May – 14 June (Blended learning mode: contact sessions to be held on 9,
16, 23, 30 May and June 6)
}} FOLC 3: 1 August – 5 September (Fully online)
}} FOLC 4: 3 October – 7 November (Blended learning mode: contact sessions: 3, 11,
17, 24 and 31 October)
Time
}} Online
}} Contact sessions (one per week) 09:00 to 11:00
Coordinator
}} Dr Najma Agherdien
}} Ms Nazira Hoosen
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 27Tutor and Teaching Assistant (TA) Training
This workshop is specifically designed for postgraduate students, teaching assistants and postdoctoral
fellows who undertake some teaching and tutoring responsibilities at Wits. The workshop will provide a
space to raise awareness of the complexity inherent in guiding a group of students to succeed in their
studies through meaningful tutoring support. The workshop focuses on conceptual understanding
of the learning and teaching environment including basic understanding of the theories of learning.
Participants will also be introduced to basic principles of assessment. The workshop is followed by
an online community of practice session which will provide a space for tutors to share their tutoring
experiences and challenges with other tutors in their own spaces.
Dates
}} 12 March 2019
}} 02 July 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 16:00
Coordinator
}} Mr Sipho Hlabane
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
28 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSPostgraduate Pedagogy
Traditionally the postgraduate experience has been seen as being the most intense, personal and
individual learning experience in higher education. By its very nature it has had a significant element
of learner agency with much of the teaching involving mentoring rather than instruction. In the past
decade or so, this picture of postgraduate learning and teaching has been radically shaken up and
has become a wide and disparate set of practices and processes. How is postgraduate learning and
teaching to be best understood in all its complexity in the current higher education context? What
spaces are there for different practices and voices in postgraduate contexts at Wits?
This workshop will enable participants to explore the following aspects which need urgent and
rigorous attention:
• Small group teaching
• Cohort supervision
• Academic writing
• Plagiarism
Date
}} 7 May 2019
}} 12 September 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 15:30
Coordinator
}} Professor Marissa Rollnick
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 29Developing a teaching portfolio
Kincheloe (2003) argues that how teachers engage in their teaching practice is linked to their
understanding of who they are as beings (educators), what it means to facilitate, who are their
students, and what it means to learn. Both conceptions are evolving and emergent thus it is crucial
to engage these questions in-depth and continuously.
Teaching portfolios are an opportunity to engage these critical questions and also provide space
for documenting practice to demonstrate growth, pedagogical competence and excellence in
teaching. A teaching portfolio is not only a requirement of the institution, but it is a crucial space
for reflective practice and continuous engagement with practice. The workshop on developing a
teaching portfolio is fully online and hands-on; it starts with exploring literature on reflective practice
and professional learning then moves on to take participants through various processes on developing
a teaching portfolio. Participants will draft their teaching philosophies and demonstrate how these
philosophies translate into practice focused on student success.
There will be guidance offered by facilitators and peers. There is, however, an assumption that
academics participating in this workshop have the basic scholarly understanding of curriculum,
learning and teaching and assessment principles. The end-product of this workshop for each
participant is a complete draft of a teaching portfolio.
Dates
}} 03 June 2019 – 03 July 2019
}} 30 September 2019 – 30 October 2019
Time
}} Fully online over four weeks
Coordinator
}} Dr Rejoice Nsibande
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
30 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSTools and Strategies for Learning and Teaching
Digital Literacy Skills for Students
This program is aimed at preparing first year students for success in academia and the workforce
through technology usage. It is designed to help students demonstrate proficiency by modelling the
correct use of computer technology. The programme includes skills to navigate the Wits-e virtual
learning environment, commonly used software packages used for studying; the use of technology
for communication and collaboration; and the ability to create simple digital artefacts (such as
Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets); and creating media objects
such as videos. It is intended to equip students with the competencies described above through the
completion of approved course work, assignments, tests and assessments. A standard assessment is
used to determine the computer literacy skills students must achieve to participate in their learning
programs.
Dates
}} TBC
Time
}}
Facilitators
}}
Contact
• Antoinette Malgas
(( (011) 717-7175
** Antoinette.Malgas@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 31Introduction to Wits-e
As part of learning in the 21st century it is important for lecturers to be familiar with the affordances of
Wits-e, the institutional virtual learning environment (VLE) at Wits. This workshop will provide you with
the knowledge and skills necessary to create the online component of your course. This session will
focus on the most common or basic tools in Wits-e. Participants who attend should leave confident
enough to start using Wits-e to create simple yet engaging online courses. Although we offer specific
dates for training, we also offer faculty specific training as per the convenience of the schools or
departments. We will also support individual lecturers upon request.
Date Workshop Time
04/03/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
18/03/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
01/04/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
15/04/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
02/05/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
15/05/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
29/05/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
10/06/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
24/06/18 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
08/07/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
22/07/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
05/08/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
19/08/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
02/09/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
16/09/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
30/09/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
14/10/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
28/10/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
11/11/19 Wits-e intro 10:00 – 12:00
25/11/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
09/12/19 Wits-e intro 13:00 – 15:00
Venue
}} CLTD Snow lab
Facilitators
• Antoinette Malgas
(( (011) 717-7175
** Antoinette.Malgas@wits.ac.za
• Neo Petlele
(( (011) 717-7183
** Neo.Petlele@wits.ac.za
32 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSIntermediate Tools on Wits-e
Have you ever wondered how would you create an online assessment? In this session you will learn
how to structure and manage online assessments. We will cover setting up online tests and quizzes
and enabling students to submit their essays online. You will also learn how to manage student marks
generated from online assignments, and how you can use Wits-e to add and manage all student
grades for your course. Finally, we will introduce you to Lockdown browser and how may you use it to
prevent student dishonesty whilst completing your assessment in a controlled environment.
NOTE: It is highly recommended that you first attend the Introduction session before attending the
Intermediate session.
Date Workshop Time
19/03/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
16/04/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
03/05/19 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
16/05/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
30/05/19 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
11/06/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
25/06/18 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
09/07/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
23/07/19 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
20/08/19 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
17/09/19 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
01/10/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
15/10/19 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
29/10/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
12/11/19 Wits-e intermediate 09:00 – 12:00
26/11/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
10/12/19 Wits-e intermediate 13:00 – 16:00
Venue
}} CLTD Snow lab
Facilitators
• Antoinette Malgas
(( (011) 717-7175
** Antoinette.Malgas@wits.ac.za
• Neo Petlele
(( (011) 717-7183
** Neo.Petlele@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 33Webinars with Big Blue Button
Have you been using Wits-e for a long time and have lost your initial enthusiasm? Then it’s time to
try something new and be more creative. We have integrated a new collaboration tool, Big Blue
Button. This tool allows you to transform your course into an interactive learning environment that
allows for deep engagement, thoughtful discussion and debate with the flexibility of facilitating from
anywhere and at any time. Participants will leave feeling courageous to experiment with these tools
that will give them a leading edge in innovative learning and teaching at Wits. We are also willing
to adapt the workshops to address faculty specific needs, hence we will be communicating directly
with the different faculties prior to the workshop to accomplish this.
Date Workshop Time
20/03/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
17/04/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
13/05/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 10:00 – 12:00
27/05/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
12/06/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
26/06/18 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 10:00 – 12:00
10/07/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
24/07/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 10:00 – 12:00
18/09/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 10:00 – 12:00
18/09/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 10:00 – 12:00
02/10/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
16/10/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 10:00 – 12:00
30/10/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
13/11/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 10:00 – 12:00
27/11/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
11/12/19 Wits-e: Intro to Big Blue Button 13:00 – 15:00
Venue
}} CLTD Snow lab
Facilitators
• Nkaba Senne
(( (011) 717-7179
** Nkaba.Senne@wits.ac.za
• Antoinette Malgas
(( (011) 717-7175
** Antoinette.Malgas@wits.ac.za
• Neo Petlele
(( (011) 717-7183
** Neo.Petlele@wits.ac.za
34 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSTurnitin
The session covers setting up of the Turnitin tool (a similarity detection tool that helps detect plagiarism)
within Wits-e. In this session, you will learn how to submit your documentation to the Turnitin system,
how to access the Turnitin report and analyse it, and lastly how to print your report.
Date Workshop Time
22/03/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
04/04/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
18/04/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
14/05/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
28/05/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
13/06/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
27/06/18 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
11/07/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
25/07/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
23/08/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
05/09/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
19/09/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
03/10/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
17/10/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
31/10/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
14/11/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
12/12/19 Turnitin 10:00 - 12:00
Venue
}} CLTD Snow lab
Facilitators
• Nkaba Senne
(( (011) 717-7179
** Nkaba.Senne@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 35Tools and Strategies for Learning & Teaching: An Introduction
It has become overwhelming navigating the terrain of digital technologies, especially in learning
and teaching. This workshop is designed to introduce you to some of the tools and strategies that you
can use while facilitating learning interactions.
Date Interactive session Time
21/02/19 Tools & Strategies 12:00 – 13:30
26/03/19 Tools & Strategies 12:00 – 13:30
23/04/19 Tools & Strategies 12:00 – 13:30
04/07/19 Tools & Strategies 12:00 – 13:30
10/09/19 Tools & Strategies 12:00 – 13:30
Venue
}} CLTD Snow lab
Facilitators
• Nkaba Senne
(( (011) 717-7179
** Nkaba.Senne@wits.ac.za
• Antoinette Malgas
(( (011) 717-7175
** Antoinette.Malgas@wits.ac.za
• Neo Petlele
(( (011) 717-7183
** Neo.Petlele@wits.ac.za
• Michelle Balitiye Monareng
(( (011) 717-7179
** Balitiye.Monareng@wits.ac.za
36 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSFaculty Video Studio Workshop
This workshop is designed to train academic and professional staff to use the recording equipment
and software in the Faculty Video Studios to create rich multimedia learning and teaching content
for use in learning interactions. The workshop comprises of two lessons:
Lesson 1
Lesson one focuses on Lecture Capture: We will cover how to use the camera and tripod for creating
‘talking head’ videos (i.e. video recordings of you speaking).
Lesson 2
Lesson two focuses on Camtasia video editing software: We will combine the talking head recording
with a screen capture (i.e. a recording of your screen while using e.g. PowerPoint slides) and voice-
over. In addition, we will look at ways to annotate your video, allowing students to grasp more
information that sometimes needs highlighting.
Dates
• 6 March 2019
• 20 March 2019
• 11 April 2019
• 25 April 2019
• 8 May 2019
• 22 May 2019
• 5 June 2019
• 19 June 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Contact
• Michelle Balitiye Monareng
(( (011) 717-1475
** balitiye.monareng@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 37Open Access and APC Fund Seminar
Did you know that Wits Council approved its Open Access Policy at the end of June 2018? Did
you know that Wits has an APC Fund to assist authors who want to publish in fully Open Access
accredited journals? If you would like to learn more about OA publishing, depositing your works
in WIREDSPACe, how to avoid predatory publishers, and how the APC Fund can help you, come
along to this presentation by Denise Nicholson, Wits Scholarly Communications Librarian. Staff and
Postgraduate Students are welcome to attend.
Dates
}} 12 March 2019
}} 28 March 2019
}} 9 April 2019
}} 23 April 2019
Time
}} 13:15 – 14:15
Facilitator
• Dr Denise Nicholson
(( (011) 717-1929
** denise.nicholson@wits.ac.za
• Candice Michael
( (011) 717-1475
* Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
38 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSResearch and Postgraduate Supervision
Digital Data for Research Workshop
Digital data are becoming increasing ubiquitous. Many branches of research are now impact by
one’s ability to manage large and or complex data sets. Consider video recordings and Tweets
in the social sciences, satellite tracker data in the natural sciences, PET and CT scans in the Health
Sciences, to name just a few random examples. This workshop will help you transition into the world
of Big Data painlessly without having to become a data scientist. Learn to collect, collate, store and
archive large digital data sets. This knowledge may help you to comply with grantor’s requirements
to share research data, but also enable you to get access to data shared by other researchers for
your secondary analysis.
Date
}} 15 March 2018
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Facilitator
}} Dr Robin Drennan
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 39Zotero
This hands-on workshop will introduce you to Zotero, a free, open source alternative to reference
manager systems. Zotero allows you to easily save bibliographic details, comments, indexing terms,
and direct links to webpages, word documents, and even articles that are in library subscription
databases. You will be shown how you can use Zotero to integrate your references into your research
in many citation styles using Microsoft Word.
For more information, please visit Library Libguides.
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/zotero
Dates
}} 5 April 2019
}} 7 June 2019
}} 30 August 2019
Further dates will be communicated via the Wits News, and Events on the Intranet
Time
}} 09:30 – 11:30
Venue
}} Wartenweiler Library, 1st floor, Electronic Classroom
Facilitator
}} Ms Thuli Dlamini
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
40 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSPublishing for Impact
Publish for Impact! Whether you are driven by altruism and want your research to improve
the world, or by a desire to increase your reputation as a research focused scholar, or
a combination of both, then you need to plan where, when and how you publish your
research. Too often we base our publishing habits on what we picked up from our PhD
supervisors and colleagues, without giving any thought to a careful strategy. Join Dr Robin
Drennan in a workshop that looks at the wide array of possibilities for sharing your knowledge
with others. In this workshop you will be exposed to ideas that may help you strategically
decide where your research output is to be shared and / or published.
Dates
}} 13 March 2019
}} 17 July 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 16:00
Facilitator
}} Dr Robin Drennan
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 41Project Planning in the Research Context
How do you plan a research project? Is it possible to plan research? The classical project management
body of knowledge (PMBOK) is often unsuitable for research projects simply because it is impossible
to estimate the time for each task. Research is, after all, a step into the unknown. Take heart, this
does not mean your research project will descend into chaos. There are other ways of managing
research projects that are agile enough to deal with the complexities of volatile research projects. Dr
Robin Drennan, the Director for Research Development in the University Research Office, will describe
some of these more agile project management techniques that will allow you to plan in the absence
of information, plan for the unknown and plan despite uncertainty.
Dates
}} 10 May 2019
}} 13 September 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Facilitator
}} Dr Robin Drennan
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
42 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSResearch Project Budgeting
A research project budget is a vital component of any funding proposal. Join Dr Pamisha Pillay,
Business Development Manager at Wits Enterprise, as she discusses how to develop a budget that
supports and enhances your research or consulting proposal. The workshop makes use of PCs and
allows delegates to develop their own budgets that account for direct and indirect costs (CORY). It
covers issues such as VAT, student bursaries and charge out rates. You need not be an accountant
to make sense of these issues; in fact, the course is intended for non-accountants.
Dates
}} 10 April 2019
}} 11 September 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Facilitator
}} Dr Pamisha Pillay
}} Mr Tendani Nevondo
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 43Writing Winning Proposals for the NRF
Discover, with the support of Dr Robin Drennan, Director for Research Development in the University
Research Office, how to write a persuasive proposal for research funding. Having understood
that every funder is contractually bound to deliver a return of some sort on the funds under their
management, it is plain to see a number of ‘magical buttons’ that will get you funding. Some of
these buttons are explicit but others are not. The trick is to find them. The workshop material also
covers the differences between a research plan, a problem statement, rationale and motivation,
and aims and objectives; all elements of typical proposals. The importance of selecting appropriate
reviewers, leaving nothing to chance and the need to make every part of the proposal supportive
of your bid for funding are also discussed. Finally, the workshop explores differences in writing styles:
Persuasive writing used in proposals and standard writing techniques used in the publication of
research outputs.
Dates
}} 22 February 2019
}} 12 April 2019
}} 5 July 2019
}} 23 August 2019
Time
}} 09:00 – 13:00
Facilitator
}} Dr Robin Drennan
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
44 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSHow to Structure an Academic CV
The curriculum vitae, which is Latin for ‘course of life’ is a very important tool in the quest for academic
achievement. At the simplest level it is a record of your achievements, a trace record, at the other
extreme it can take on all the elements of a marketing campaign. Join us for a lunch time (1hour)
discussion on different ways to layout your CV to best emphasise your achievements.
Date
}} 26 March 2019
Time
}} 13h15 – 14h15
Facilitator
}} Dr Robin Drennan
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 45Enhancing Research Supervision
This course aims to enhance research supervisory capacity taking into account the diverse context
and conditions in which supervisors work, as well as, the differences in institutional and disciplinary
postgraduate supervisory practices and processes.
After engaging with the course and the course materials the participant should be able to:
• Develop a strategy to address power relations and create an inclusive and participatory
learning environment in their supervisory context
• Critically reflect on the importance of scholarship in their learning environment
• Critique their supervisory practices and implement changes aimed at enhancing student
learning
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the supervisory processes in their context and recommend
improvements
• Participate in a collegial network of support and build an online community of practice that
enhances supervisory practice
This 30-credit short course at NQF Level 8 comprises the following phases: 3 days face-to-face;
6 weeks on-line; and 3 days face-to-face and includes assessment tasks. An e Portfolio (100%)
inclusive of formative and summative assessments must be submitted at the conclusion of the
course for credit assessment.
Dates
}} 24 to 26 June 2019
}} 14 to 16 August 2019 and
}} 16 to 18 September 2019
}} 29 to 31 October 2019
Time
}} 08:30 – 16:00
Facilitators
}} TBC
Contact
• Yasmin Dadabhay
(( (011) 717-1473
** Yasmina.Dadabhay@wits.ac.za
46 CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUSPostgraduate Supervision
Good supervision is central to successful graduate research, yet it is difficult to define and develop. This
one-day workshop explores models and systems of supervision; institutional policy and procedures;
and supervisor-student relationships.
Dates
}} TBC
Time
}} 08:30 – 15:30
Facilitators
}} TBC
Contact
• Candice Michael
(( (011) 717-1475
** Candice.Michael@wits.ac.za
CLTD 2019 PROSPECTUS 47Writing and Learning
Wits Writing Programme: workshop to adapt an existing course so as to make it Writing
Intensive
The Wits Writing Programme (WWP) is a cross-university programme of Writing Intensive (WI) courses.
WI courses are existing courses which are adapted by the discipline specialist so that writing becomes
a vehicle for learning to think and communicate effectively within the discipline.
The WWP is a three-year UCDG funded project, currently in its second year of operation. Professor
Nichols is the budget holder and has established a Writing Board of the Faculties comprising of
representatives from all faculties to oversee its processes. In the second semester of 2018 there was
an explosion of interest in the WWP, which is set to expand substantially in 2019, with supporting help
from each faculty. In order to join the WWP and have a course recognized as WI, lecturers must first
attend one of the workshops listed below.
The pedagogical approach to writing in WI programmes is both cognitive and rhetorical. Writing
is used as a tool to think further, through a writing-to-learn and process approach, as well as being
understood as a discipline-specific skill, with specific styles and conventions of thinking within the
discipline which need to be made explicit and then mastered. Such courses need to be interactive,
problem-centred, explicit about the particular critical thinking skills they seek to teach, and to include
regular feedback.
To facilitate this need for regular attention and response to student learning, WI courses can be
allocated trained Writing Fellow (WF) tutors. WFs are trained postgraduate students, sourced by the
lecturer or allocated from the pre-existing pool, who work as a team with the lecturer to support
the WI activities introduced into the course. Such activities can include for example, short informal
reading and writing exercises, group work, revision exercises, and peer review.
This approach will interest lecturers who are interested in processes of thinking and learning, and in
developing excellent writing within their particular discipline. A course can be changed radically
to make it WI or simply have some WI elements introduced. The WWP handbook (available on
request from pamela.nichols@wits.ac.za) outlines the criteria of WI courses and interested persons
are welcome to come and browse the specially created reference writing library, which includes
theoretical and resource materials, housed at the Wits Writing Centre (ground floor of Wartenweiler
Library).
Please bring the description of the course you would like to propose as WI to the workshop. It may be
that your course is already Writing Intensive, in which case you might find the workshop useful to help
you to formalize the WI characteristics. Joining the WWP will also allow you to make alliances with the
growing community of WI lecturers in all faculties. All applications to join one of the WI workshops to
be made in the first instance to Professor Pamela Nichols pamela.nichols@wits.ac.za
Dates
Round 1
• Wednesday January 23, or Thursday 24, or Monday 28 (13:00 – 16:00) all at the WWC: WI
workshop for lecturers to adapt an existing course.
(Tuesday January 29: WI course proposals to be sent to PCN at pamela.nichols@wits.ac.za)
Round 2
• Thursday June 13, 14, 19 or 20
• (Monday July 8: WI course proposals to be sent to PCN)
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