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2025 Conference Announcements
2026-04-22 8th International Self-Directed Learning Conference Call The Research Unit Self-Directed Learning of the North-West University is pleased to announce the 8th International Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Conference. Date: 5 - 7 November 2025…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-projects
Projects
2026-04-22 [accordion collapsed] SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE CHAIR - Collaboratively develop a map of the landscape of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Multimodal Learning initiatives in South Africa, and indicate how this corresponds to international initiatives…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-OER
Open Educational Resources (OER)
2026-04-22 A key aspect promoted and researched by the Chair is Open Educational Resources (OER). OER was defined by UNESCO (2019) at the General Conference meeting in Paris in November 2019 as "learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-news-events
News & Events
2026-04-22 UPCOMING EVENTS The second in-person meeting and training of the Ted-SOEP project will be held in October 2025 in Potchefstroom. RECENT EVENTS Key conferences and workshops hosted by the Chair Collaborative Corner workshop titled Reimagining…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-team
Team
2026-04-22 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Rodnie Mafa NWU Collaborator for Open Educational Resources Mr Rassie Louw, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) External Collaborators Prof. Tel Amiel, University of Brasília, Brazil Prof. Fawzi Baroud,…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-multimodal-learning
Multimodal learning
2026-04-22 Within the UNESCO Chair we conceptualise multimodal learning, while drawing on theories of multimodality, distance education and blended learning, as a phenomenon that is realised at the following levels: Individual…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-networking
Networking
2026-04-22 One of the main aims of UNESCO’s UNITWIN programme is to promote international cooperation and networking between universities and different UNESCO Chairs. In this regard, the NWU's UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER has established links with the…http://education.nwu.ac.za/UNESCO-chair-OER-Fellows
NWU Open Educational Resources Fellowship
2026-04-22 The NWU Open Educational Resources (OERs) Fellowship is an opportunity for staff who are interested to include new openly licensed online resources to their classes or adapt their resources to their students' specific contexts to receive support and funding…http://education.nwu.ac.za/setswana-and-african-languages-education/dolly-dlavane