Date and Time: Tuesday 20 October 2020: 2:00pm SAST

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Description:  In this session we will introduce some practical strategies to enliven your online teaching. Drawing from theatre and performance studies, participants can expect some tips on how to prepare the voice, employ different rhythms, bring awareness to the eyeline/gaze and how to bring your personality across the digital divide. By the end of the session participants will have some foundational tools in physically embodying teaching and learning on screen. 

Facilitated by: Gavin Krastin, lecturer at Rhodes University Drama Department

A Rhodes University alumnus, Gavin Krastin, is an award-winning artist working predominantly in live art performance, but whose practice also straddles theatre, dance, visual arts and curatorship. After lecturing at the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, Gavin (re)joined Rhodes University Department of Drama in 2018 on contract, but permanent from 2021, where he lectures, teaches and supervises across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He teaches undergraduate Vocal Practice and Acting courses, the postgraduate Performance Studies course as well as the undergraduate Theatre Studies programme. He also coordinates and teaches the postgraduate course on Dramatic Literature and the undergraduate course on Site-Based Performance. He describes his pedagogical approach as speculative, embodied and experiential.

Resources: From page to Stage (Screen)  – YouTube link  https://youtu.be/Z_birnQbsr8

This session has ended – please refer to the presentation resource above or an audio only on the e/merge Africa YouTube Channel (recording pending)

Session format: Webinar

Date and Time:  Friday 25th June 2021, 4:00pm SAST/Cairo Time 

Presenter:  Mohamed Nada, RAYA Higher Institute, Egypt

Description: In this workshop Dr. Mohamed Nada from RAYA Higher Institute, Egypt invites the participant to discover various types of virtual laboratories. He will show the usefulness of virtual laboratories in education and how to employ virtual laboratories with different learning strategies. This workshop will also introduce various types of scientific content suitable for school students. The following main points will be covered:

• What are virtual laboratories and how are they important in education?
• Introduction to examples of virtual laboratories and who they are used.
• Methods of employing virtual laboratories with different learning strategies
• The role of the Flappy platform as one of the Arab examples of virtual labs for school students
• The use the Flappy platform to explain practical experiences
• The use of gamification in practical online activities and its importance in motivating students

Presenter Bio: Dr. Mohamed Nada, PhD in Educational Technology, RAYA Higher Institute, Egypt

Language: Please note seminar language is Arabic  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100061347265505 

This event has ended – please see the upcoming recording on the e/merge Africa YouTube Channel

Presenter: Henry Stewart is founder and Chief Happiness Officer

Date and Time:  Monday 26 October (3:00pm BST /5:00pm SAST) – 4.30pm BST/6.30 pm SAST

Description:  “Imagine a workplace where people are energized and motivated by being in control of the work they do”, explains Henry. “Imagine they are trusted and given freedom, within clear guidelines, to decide how to achieve their results. Imagine they are able to get the life balance they want. Imagine they are valued according to the work that they do, rather than the number of hours they spend at their desk. Wouldn’t you want to work there?”

In this interactive online webinar, be challenged, explore different ways of working and leave with actions you can put in place straight away

• How a focus on happy employees can drive results – the framework that makes this happen
• Ensuring a happy workplace when people are remote and online
• Discover when people work at their best, and simple steps to enable that
• How to increase trust and ownership, within clear guidelines
• What are the most important management behaviours. How to be more people focused, especially through the pandemic.
• How to play to your people’s strengths to boost engagement and productivity through the organisation

Our Presenter: Henry Stewart is founder and Chief Happiness Officer of London-based learning provider Happy Ltd. Happy was rated one of the top 20 workplaces in the UK for 5 successive years and now helps other organisations create happy workplaces.

Henry was listed in the Guru Radar of the Thinkers 50 list of the most influential business thinkers in the world.  “He is one of the thinkers who we believe will shape the future of business”, explained list compiler Stuart Crainer.

His book, The Happy Manifesto, was published by Kogan Page in 2013 and short-listed for business book of the year.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrystewart/

Twitter: @happyhenry

Resources: http://www.liberatingstructures.com/

This event has ended – we thank all who took part. Due to the nature of the content of this workshop access to recording is restricted to participants only. If you were not part of the workshop and have questions regarding this event you are welcome to contact us on [email protected]