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Dr Riaan van de Venter<br />

PhD (Doctor of Radiography); Master of Technology:<br />

Radiography (research); Postgraduate Diploma in<br />

Tertiary Education<br />

I am a lecturer and research associate in the Department<br />

of Radiography at the Nelson Mandela University in<br />

South Africa. My main research interests pertain to<br />

professional development and education, gender studies<br />

(LGBTQIA+ related), trauma, death, role extension and<br />

advanced practice, as well as affective learning. I was<br />

motivated to contribute to this e-<strong>book</strong> to share the<br />

lessons I have learnt during the coronavirus pandemic so<br />

that others can have some practical examples to enhance<br />

student engagement in the digital teaching and learning space.<br />

Gerhardus George Visser Koch<br />

Degree of Master in Health Sciences: Radiography<br />

(Diagnostic); Postgraduate Diploma in Tertiary Education;<br />

Professional Certificate in Computerised Tomography.<br />

I am a full-time Diagnostic Radiography lecturer at the<br />

Cape Peninsula University of Technology, located in the<br />

Western Cape Province of South Africa. I am involved at<br />

the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, supervising<br />

Master’s Degree research projects within Radiography. I<br />

am also involved in curriculum development with the<br />

notion of professional role extension. I have a keen<br />

interest in artificial intelligence and radiation dose<br />

tracking. This has led me to enrol for a Doctor of<br />

Radiography qualification. Needless to say, the coronavirus pandemic greatly impacted all of<br />

our lives, but with all the challenges, I feel that I have grown substantially, in both my personal<br />

and professional life. I chose to partner up and share my experiences from an educator’s<br />

perspective for the eBook, with the intention that it could provide a little bit of hope and<br />

motivation for my peers around the world. I would like to leave you with the following quote,<br />

authored by Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to<br />

change the world”. I live by this quotation, and I have incorporated this belief into my daily<br />

practice, using the student-centred, teaching and learning approach.<br />

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2699-2143<br />

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