EPISODE 7: Cultivating 21st century skills through blended learning - Dr Gillian Mahumane

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"It changes the way that you deliver material because you are a little bit more mindful. It sort of like makes it less abstract. What are the students doing? What am I expecting them to do? What resources do they need? So it adds a little bit of intentionality behind how you deliver.", says Dr Gillian Mahumane as she reflects on her experience of using the 21st century learning design framework in her teaching in the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. In this episode she tells Dr Paula Barnard-Ashton about how her teaching has change, shares examples of learning activities and describes her observations of shifts in her students' learning processes.
20 Jul 2023 English South Africa Education · Technology

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