With the number of learners in our young country, there are simply not enough places in existing schools to meet the demand. This is why Banele Lukhele explains why and how quality online learning opportunities are so important:
Written by Banele Lukhele, Executive Head of School and Chief Academic Officer, UCT Online High School.It’s the end of another school year. Learners are writing their end-of-year examinations and schools are getting ready to send out reports. This is a special time foras this is the end of our very first year.
We all remember our school days. We can name the teachers we loved and others who terrified us. Whether we were in a class of 3o or a class of 90 other learners, our classroom experiences stay with us. But learning online is different in many ways. So when we started to think about online schooling – with the vision to reach thousands of learners – an important part of understanding the learning opportunities at hand was to start with a change in mindset.
Because online learning is such a different environment from the conventional classroom, we have learned that we must also reconceptualise the role of the teacher. From our experience through our first year, we have seen that using a team approach to enable learners to reach their full potential is far better than expecting a teacher to do everything.
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