Centre for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies - CIECT

Oh baby! Who could believe the CIECT team was once this CUTE?! 👶🏽👶🏾

Today was bitter-sweet as we said goodbye to 𝙆𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙖, a valued member of our team who is starting a permanent position at the . We wish her well but will certainly feel the absence of her presence.

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀‬ ‭𝟲‬:‭𝟮𝟰‬-‭𝟮𝟲‬ ‭𝗡𝗜𝗩‬‬

Last week we hosted our 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺 where 14 speakers delved into topics around blended learning, AI, the design of online assessments etc.

Thank you to our speakers and attendees for your engaged participation. We look forward to next year!

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CIECT Managers, Dr Carolynne Kies and Mr Fundile Nkunge were invited as Guest Panel Speakers at the 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 on 18 September 2025.

Meet James Scoble, a member of our Software Development and Application team who assists in maintaining the LMS, develops websites in PHP and loves dogs! 💻🦮

Meet Aldren Lesch, an Intern for the Software Development and Application team at CIECT who contributes to digital learning innovation while growing his skills in software development. 💻👨🏽‍💻

Outside of work, Aldren enjoys staying active through sport. 🏏🏋🏽

𝗲𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 for UWC Staff

The workshop will enable participants to create an ePortfolio with related evidence of achievements, future plans and other activities related to teaching-and-learning.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 25 September 2025
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 09:30-11:00
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Cassinga Lab

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦) for Postgraduate Students

Use AI to generate text based feedback using prompts — Interpret Tii report.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 17 September 2025
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 18:00-19:00
𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: meet.google.com/xts-cchs-cjd

Meet Norina Braaf, an Instructional Designer at CIECT since 2007. She holds a National Diploma in Multimedia and an Advanced Diploma in Adult Education and has engaged in various short courses for professional development.

Family support and love is crucial to her being and in her spare time she loves baking, reading and completing word searches.



📸: Faried Ahmed

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦) for Postgraduate Students

Use Google platform to send email, backup data, create workbooks, share folders and documents.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 27 August 2025
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 18:00-19:00
𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: meet.google.com/bkb-dusg-boy

Meet Liesl Leonard Kroutz, our resident researcher and social media guru. 📚📱

Liesl lives for Christ, is happily married with two kids and has a passion for the arts. ✝️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🎨