Thursday, March 15, 2012

Department of Information Science 2012 Imbizo, 22-24 February 2012

Department of Information Science's 1st quarterly meeting and Imbizo, 22-24 February, Casa Toscana Lodge


The Department of Information Science took some time off-campus to dedicate its three days- gathering to discuss important issues in the Department. Among other matters of discussion were curriculum review, tuition and learning, research.

Here are highlights of the event:

Prof M Majanja and Ms E von Kloeg focused their presentations on curriculum review. Undergraduate programme, honors qualifications, masters & doctoral proposal module and admission requirements for masters & doctoral students were some of the issues that were discussed.

Ms L Kamanja, from the DCLD presented on the revision of the study guides indicating the importance, frequency and all the steps involved.

Prof P Gundani’s presentation focused on research. He touched on Unisa's research policy and how the Department’s research plans should be aligned to this policy.

Other matters that were discussed during the Imbizo were Quality assurance issues, online teaching, Research fellows and Post-doctoral researchers.

Professors Onyancha and van der Walt as well as Dr Dube chaired different sessions. This was captured during the Imbizo:


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