Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching
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Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching
@uct-cilt.bsky.social
Committed to innovation, access & equity, the Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching, at the University of Cape Town, is dedicated to enabling excellent teaching & learning in higher education.
Parallel session highlight from #TLC2025:
CILTers share early findings on GenAI practices at UCT, from enthusiastic use to critical resistance.

There is no one-size-fits-all, but one clear need: broader, deeper ethical engagement.

#AIinEducation #UCT #HigherE
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📡 Global internet outage? No big deal.
UCT’s Teaching and Learning Conference was already running on good coffee and inspiring ideas.

We’re back for Day 2 of #TLC2025.

Auditorium Livestream: bit.ly/3X21f4U
Full programme: bit.ly/3JBVcko

#UCT #TeachingAndLearning #NothingCanStopUsNow
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
📊 “If there is no data, it didn’t happen.”
Prof Francois Strydom challenges us to rethink the role of data in advancing equity and student success in higher ed.

His keynote at #TLC2025 spotlighted UFS’s data-driven, justice-focused teaching model.
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“We may be living in times of great technological advancement, but people are our greatest asset.” – Prof Mosa Moshabela, UCT VC, on human-centred transformation in education in his opening and welcome at TLC2025.

#TLC2025 #DigitalTransformation #UCT #Leadership
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📢 TLC2025 kicked off with a jolt to the system: a powerful live performance The Institution and the Human exploring student realities in the age of ChatGPT, pressure, and inequality.

Auditorium Livestream: bit.ly/3X21f4U
Full programme: bit.ly/3JBVcko

#TLC2025 #HigherEd #StudentVoices
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🎧 In our latest episode of the Learning Exchange podcast, Alicia Ernstzen-Moolow chats with Dr Anandaroop Sen about teaching 500+ first-years History in the age of GenAI: drafts, exams vs coursework & integrity without detection tools.

Listen now on Spotify: bit.ly/46sPPeK
Spotify – Web Player
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September 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
UCT’s AI in Education Framework reflects a collaborative effort, including key contributions from CILT Director @sukainaw.bsky.social 🚀

The framework sets out UCT’s ethical, inclusive approach to AI, including turning off AI detectors.
🔗 www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-202...
UCT scraps flawed AI detectors
UCT has made a decisive move in the global education debate on artificial intelligence (AI) by officially adopting a university-wide framework that sets out how AI technologies should be integrated.
www.news.uct.ac.za
July 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Cape universities explore how AI can become a “thinking partner” in assessment, not a threat. New forms of multimodal, reflective, and ethical tasks are reshaping the future of higher education.

#AIinEducation #Assessment #HigherEd

Read the full article 👉 bit.ly/3HYGmDe
Reimagining assessment in an AI future
When GenAI tools first surged into the mainstream, higher education institutions asked: how can we regulate or contain them within existing academic structures?
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June 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Don't miss the webinar series on Generative AI in Higher Education and Teacher Education!

"Generative AI, OER, and OEP"
🌟 Join Prof. Glenda Cox from the University of Cape Town

June 20 @ 08:30 UTC

Register: https://bit.ly/461xK8K

#AI #EducationTech #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #OUSL #CETMe
June 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
At #EDEN2025, @sukainaw.bsky.social & @stephenmarquard.bsky.social unpacked GenAI as a pedagogical actor in higher ed.

Their full presentation is now up on our LinkedIn page:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#AIinEducation #UCT #TeachingInnovation
June 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The student panel surfaced powerful insights — from digital literacy gaps to food insecurity and structural inequality. A reminder: social justice in education starts long before students enter university. #OpenEd #UCT #StudentsAsPartners
May 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Student Symposium on Open Education has kicked off. DVC for T&L at UCT, Prof Brandon Collier-Reed, opened the event, followed by A/Prof Glenda Cox on centring students in open education.

Images courtesy of CILT Director @sukainaw.bsky.social

View the full programme here bit.ly/4mgDAZS
May 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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How do we make sure everyone feels welcome when we teach or facilitate or host a workshop, meeting, or class?

Join the Intentionally Equitable Hospitality Series via Equity Unbound.

Live sessions in April and May. Learn in community for 4 weeks.

www.eventbrite.com/e/intentiona...
Intentionally Equitable Hospitality (IEH) Series. 15 April - 6 May, 2025
Join us for a three week reflection on facilitation, including three live sessions, and asynchronous activities throughout the experience.
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April 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
At last week’s Assessment in the Age of AI symposium, Neil Kramm (Rhodes University) shared a powerful case for rethinking assessment beyond AI bans and detection.

📢 Catch more of Neil’s thinking in our podcast episode recorded last year spoti.fi/4ic18vI

#AIinEducation #UCTSymposium
April 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Huge congrats to Dr Glenda Cox & the DOT4D team + Health Sciences colleagues! 🏆 Their poster won Best Poster at the Advancing Medical Education in Africa conference in Rwanda.

Brilliant work on open education! 🎓📚 #UCT #DOT4D
April 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
CILT Director, @sukainaw.bsky.social, opened the symposium with a warm welcome. The student panel followed—highlighting how AI is reshaping learning, assessment expectations, and academic integrity from the student perspective.

#AIinEducation #StudentVoices #UCT #SU
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The Assessment in the Age of AI symposium is officially underway. UCT and Stellies come together to explore principles, practices, and innovations shaping the future of learning and assessments.

#AIinEducation #HigherEd #UCT #SU
April 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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In Suva facilitating a cdelta.col.org workshop developing digital education leaders in the Pacific. 1st started working on this in 2017 at @uct-cilt.bsky.social with @czernie.bsky.social. A reminder that despite EdTech changes the foundations of digital literacies are still so relevant.
March 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
⏳ Friendly reminder! The Educational Technologist (Learning Technologies) closes tomorrow. If you're into e-learning, digital pedagogy, and instructional design, this could be your next big move!

📍 Cape Town | ⏰ Apply below 👇

#EdTech #HigherEd #UCTJobs
📢 We’re hiring! Join our team as an Educational Technologist. If you have a passion for digital learning and tech innovation in education, this role is for you!

📍 Cape Town | 🗓️ Closing: 11 Mar 2025
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/41jyUZd

#EdTech #HigherEd #UCTJobs
March 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🌍 Open Education & Social Justice

In COL’s #OEWeek vodcast, Dr Jako Olivier speaks with Dr Glenda Cox (UNESCO Chair, UCT) about OER & social justice. They discuss AI’s role in widening the digital divide & how open education can drive equity.

Watch below 🎥👇

#OpenEducation #AI #OER #UCT
As it is Open Education Week, it is apt to discuss open education resources #OER and social justice with Glenda Cox, UNESCO chair in open education and social justice, @uct-cilt.bsky.social‬, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMY0...

#OEWeek25
Open Educational Resources and Social Justice
YouTube video by Commonwealth of Learning
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March 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚀Open Education Week 2025 has kicked off!

At 6pm - 7pm SAST, Dr Glenda Cox (UCT/OE Global Board VP) will discuss the UNESCO UNITWIN Network on Open Education & her contribution to the 23 Good Reasons to Adopt Open Education blog series

💬 Join the conversation! oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/oew...
OEWeek Live: It’s the 2025 Open Education Week Launch!
Open Education Week 2025 kicks off today and we launch our live streamed series of conversations with welcomes and perspectives of OE Global co-Executive Directors Igor Lesko and Marcela Morales.
oeweek.oeglobal.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📢 We’re hiring! Join our team as an Educational Technologist. If you have a passion for digital learning and tech innovation in education, this role is for you!

📍 Cape Town | 🗓️ Closing: 11 Mar 2025
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/41jyUZd

#EdTech #HigherEd #UCTJobs
February 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📢 DVC for T&L, Prof Brandon Collier-Reed, announces the launch of the Good Practices for Assessment Guide (GP4AG), supporting UCT’s Assessment Policy with key insights for fair, meaningful, and effective assessments.

📖 Read the full DVC Desk: bit.ly/4hTqgrI
Strengthening assessment with the good practices guide
Prof Brandon Collier-Reed writes to staff to announce the launch of the Good Practices for Assessment Guide (GP4AG).
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February 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢Upcoming Training & Workshops 🚀

Looking to sharpen your skills in teaching and learning? Join our latest training sessions, covering innovative teaching methods, digital tools, and AI in education.

📅 Check the full schedule & register here: cilt.uct.ac.za/webinars-tra...
February 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM