2023 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DTE The Division and its staff play a key role in the national system, participating in national quality initiatives, commenting on policy, and undertaking relevant activities. During 2023, staff of the DTE: • Submitted the Report on Online and Blended Learning to the CHE for consideration February 2023 • Professor K Menon is a CHE Task Team member focusing on the “Development of a Framework for the Quality Assurance of National and Cross-Border Collaborative Qualifications”. • Professor K Menon served as the Chair of the Task Team for the CHE investigation into Online and Blended Learning • Dr G Castrillón is the Chair of the Quality Assurance Framework Working Group: QA Standards and Capacity Development • Dr Naidoo is the convenor of the Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) Project and the coordinator of the Southern African Learning and Teaching (SAULT) forum. She serves on the National Coordinating Committee of the National Framework for the Enhancement of Academics as Teachers and on the editorial board of the SOTL in the South Journal. • Staff in the Division continue to publish academic articles, and Dr Gloria Castrillón of the DTE received her doctorate. • Continued participation by Mr Mthuthuzeli Vongo in the TrainIQA 2023–2024 cohort. Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), and the University of Potsdam (UP), the programme capacitates quality managers in the SADCV region. • Staff in the Division act as reviewers for several journals, including Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, Southern African Review of Education Special Issue: Techno-Rationalism and the De/Recomposition of the University • Ms Portia Mashinini completed the Emerging Leadership Development Programme. • Dr Kibbie Naidoo serves as a member of the National Coordinating Committee and as member of the Executive Management Committee responsible for implementing the DHET’s National Framework for Enhancing Academics as Teachers and is one of four members of the national project team researching the nature and scope of the field of Academic Development across the South African Higher Education Landscape • Dr Kibbie Naidoo serves on the editorial board for the SoTL in the South journal. • Dr Kibbie Naidoo was a participant in the Inception phase of the University Lecturer Development Programme offered by USaf. • Mr Ally Cassiem was appointed to the Quality Assurance Framework Community of Practice for the Development of a Higher Education Practice Standard: Experiential Learning • Dr Nelia Frade is a Project Lead of the HELTASA Student Learning Scholarly Project Team 2023 ANNUAL REPORT DIVISION FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 13
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