BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Springshare//LibCal//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:Africa/Johannesburg X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250320T103000Z DTEND:20250320T120000Z DTSTAMP:20250320T000000Z SUMMARY:ONLINE: Teaching & Learning series 2: Building Engagement and Community DESCRIPTION: \n\nAbout this workshop\n\n\n\nTeaching in small groups\, such as postgraduate seminars or tutorials\, offers a unique and dynamic experience that differs significantly from the conventional lecture\, presenting both challenges and exciting opportunities. If you’re eager to develop more engaged\, interactive\, and inclusive small-group teaching practices\, this session is tailor-made for you! Together\, we’ll explore key strategies for establishing\, managing\, and concluding small to medium group learning experiences effectively. You’ll learn how to foster a sense of community and belonging within your groups\, creating a safe and collaborative space where students feel empowered to share ideas and engage deeply with the material. We’ll discuss techniques for building rapport\, encouraging active participation\, and using structured activities to spark meaningful discussions. Whether you’re facilitating in-person or online\, this session will equip you with practical tools to cultivate engagement\, nurture critical thinking\, and ensure every student feels valued and heard. Join us to transform your small-group teaching into a vibrant and impactful learning experience!\n\nIt is recommended that participants attend all five weekly sessions in this webinar series\, but drop-ins for specific sessions are also welcome.\n\n*Although the Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series sessions are intended to create opportunities for learning and support for newcomers to teaching in higher education\, anyone may attend.\n\n\n\n \n\nWhat previous attendees have said about this workshop:\n\n\n "I love the making sure people are in a safe\, clear mind frame - the meditation. The specific approaches/tiles to how students learn and the hierarchy of facilitation\, and their networked\, dynamic relationship."\n "A tremendous thank you."\n "Thank you - great session!"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nAbout the presenters\n\nMs Janine Carlse\, Capacity Development Specialist\, Office of Postgraduate Studies and Researcher Development\n\nFrom 2020 to 2022\, Janine Carlse was a lecturer on the Global Citizenship Programme at the University of Cape Town. In her current role as Capacity Development Specialist\, Janine’s primary responsibility is to conceptualise\, implement and ensure successful delivery of postgraduate development and academic transformation initiatives in line with certain strategic goals\, and in partnership with various departments across the University of Cape Town.\n\nJanine’s experience within the higher education sector includes a combination of research\, project management and administration\, stakeholder engagement and partnerships\, working with civil society organisations\, student academic support\, tutoring\, facilitation and lecturing. \n\n\n\n \n\nMs Shanali Govender\, Lecturer\, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching\n\nShanali is a lecturer within the Staff Development unit at CILT. Although Shanali’s teaching experience began in secondary education\, a return to higher education to pursue her own studies prompted a shift to an interest in the higher education landscape. She has worked (in varying capacities) in three South African institutions of higher education\, and has strong interests in the scholarship of learning and teaching.\n\n\n\nHer particular brief in the staff development team is to support part-time and non-permanent teaching staff. She currently teaches on the Postgraduate diploma in educational technologies\, co-convening the Online Learning Design module. She has designed several online staff development short courses\, and teaches on Core Concepts in Learning and Teaching\, and An online introduction to Assessment. While continuing to work in the field of staff development at UCT\, she is working towards her PhD\, exploring the experiences of non-permanent staff who teach in higher education.\n\n \n\nWhat level of study is the workshop aimed at?\n\n\n \n \n \n Postgraduate Diploma\n \n \n By request\n \n \n \n \n Honours\n \n \n By request\n \n \n \n \n Masters\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n PhD\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n Postdoctoral Fellow\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n Junior Research Fellow\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWhich faculty/faculties is the workshop aimed at?\n\n\n \n \n \n Humanities\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n Commerce (including GSB)\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n Law\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n EBE\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n Science\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n Health Sciences\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n \n CHED\n \n \n Yes\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\nWhile the workshop is aimed at certain levels of study and faculties\, anyone is welcome to join\, as long as any stipulated requirements are met\, such as participation and/or preparation.\n\n\n\n \n\nRequirements\n\n\n \n \n \n Preparation for the workshop\n\n \n \n \n This project imagines two broad categories of participants.\n\n \n\n In the first instance\, we imagine a newcomer to the teaching or tutoring role in a higher education context. This person probably has some undergraduate experience with tutoring\, but has seldom had primary responsibility for a larger group of learners or for an extended period. This participant is also unlikely to have the authority to make sweeping or substantial changes to the bigger shape of a course but will be able to make changes at the level of the lecture or tutorial that change student experiences. They might also be considering a career in academia. The Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series is designed with this participant in mind.\n\n \n\n Secondly\, we imagine a participant who has had or is moving into a “full-control” educator role\, co-teaching\, or relief teaching a course. While this person may or may not have much actual classroom experience\, they would be holding\, or fairly close to holding\, the position of a lecturer. Additionally\, they are fairly committed to a career in academia. \n \n \n \n \n Level of participation at the workshop\n\n \n \n \n Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series: “Navigating your tutoring and lecturing practice at UCT” \n\n This interactive series of events will focus on supporting the tutoring and lecturing practices of postgraduate students (PGs). This activity seeks to address two common development needs in this group: \n\n (1) the support of teaching and tutoring activities currently undertaken by this group\; and \n\n (2) addressing the teaching development needs of this group in relation to knowledge building\, capacity development and mentoring. \n\n This project offers the identified group an opportunity to strengthen their skills and identities as educators in a higher education environment. \n\n \n Although the Teaching Skills & Knowledge Series sessions are intended to create opportunities for newcomers to teaching in higher education (Masters and PhD students)\, anyone may attend. These sessions are particularly suited to those who are tutoring or have limited classroom responsibilities to build or strengthen knowledge and skills on which they can draw in their current teaching context and in the future. The plan is to run five workshops in the first semester. \n \n \n \n MS Teams\n\n \n \n \n \n It is recommended that you install the MS Teams software onto the device that you will be using to join the workshop\, so that you have full functionality of the software features.\n If you require any technical assistance with this task or require guidance in using the software\, please contact the ICTS helpdesk at icts-helpdesk@uct.ac.za or on 27 21 650 4500.\n When registering for this workshop\, you will be prompted to input your UCT credentials\, including UCT e-mail address\, for security reasons. A confirmation e-mail will then be sent to the UCT e-mail address with which you registered and will contain the MS Teams link to join the workshop on the day.\n To join the online workshop on the day\, log into MS Teams via the profile linked to the e-mail address with which you registered and not a personal or company profile\, to avoid access issues.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN="Amanda Bessick":MAILTO:Amanda.Bessick@uct.ac.za CATEGORIES:OPGS workshops CONTACT;CN="Amanda Bessick":MAILTO:Amanda.Bessick@uct.ac.za STATUS:CONFIRMED UID:LibCal-14046979 URL:https://conference.uct.ac.za/event/14046979 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER:-PT15M ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Reminder END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR