CUT Annual Report 2011
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<strong>CUT</strong> ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2011</strong> | 37<br />
ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT<br />
Academic Development and Support focuses on preparing staff –<br />
especially novice, young and designated academics – to embrace new<br />
trends and innovations in teaching and learning (e.g. streamlining<br />
learner-centred approaches to teaching and learning). This enables<br />
the effective implementation of mixed modes of instructional<br />
delivery and learning by embedding technologies in teaching and<br />
learning. It also allows for an improved response to socio-economic<br />
needs, international/global, national and institutional change and<br />
transformation imperatives, as well as the effective design and<br />
implementation of innovative programmes that are not only aligned<br />
to the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF), but also<br />
pursue <strong>CUT</strong>’s Vision 2020. This is achieved through four centres,<br />
namely Teaching and Learning, Work-Integrated Learning, Curriculum<br />
Development, and E-Learning and Educational Technology.<br />
Prof.<br />
Mabokang<br />
Monnapula-<br />
Mapesela<br />
Dean: Academic Development<br />
and Support<br />
Significant progress has been achieved in the various areas of Academic Development and Support (ADS), which include:<br />
• A proposal for a teaching and learning grant for the <strong>2011</strong>-2012 academic year was submitted to the Department of Higher Education<br />
and Training (DHET), and an amount of R3,966 million was received in September <strong>2011</strong>. The funds will be used to enhance the<br />
quality of teaching and learning practices at <strong>CUT</strong>.<br />
• New faculty-specific Academic Language Proficiency (ALP) learning material, which draws its methodology from the latest research<br />
in English second-language pedagogy, was developed for students in Hospitality Management.<br />
• ADS presented/co-ordinated training/developmental opportunities for 317 full-time and part-time academic staff members<br />
during <strong>2011</strong>.
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