UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning (ODL)

Unisa hosts high-level Malawian delegation

As guests of the UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning at the university, the delegation visited various facilities as part of a benchmarking exercise. Read more.

Unisa hosts high-level Malawian delegation

As guests of the UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning at the university, the delegation visited various facilities as part of a benchmarking exercise. Read more.

Dealing with the disruption

The UNESCO Chair of Open Distance Learning at Unisa co-hosted an international webinar aimed at addressing many of the challenges facing universities in South Africa and across the world as they respond to the Covid-19 crisis. Read more.

Dealing with the disruption

The UNESCO Chair of Open Distance Learning at Unisa co-hosted an international webinar aimed at addressing many of the challenges facing universities in South Africa and across the world as they respond to the Covid-19 crisis. Read more.

Unbroken and unbowed

"Mine is a story of entry into mining slave labour and slave wages," says Prof Moeketsi Letseka, incumbent of the UNESCO Chair of Open Distance Learning at Unisa, "but it's a positive story, a story of triumph." He was speaking to Tumelo Motaung on her Facebook blog, A Read Black Girl.
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Unbroken and unbowed

"Mine is a story of entry into mining slave labour and slave wages," says Prof Moeketsi Letseka, incumbent of the UNESCO Chair of Open Distance Learning at Unisa, "but it's a positive story, a story of triumph." He was speaking to Tumelo Motaung on her Facebook blog, A Read Black Girl.
#HeritageMonth #NationalBookWeek Read more.

Refining a career in open, distance and e-learning

As a postdoctoral fellow in the UNESCO Chair on ODL at Unisa, Dr Mmabaledi Kefilwe Seeletso says you cannot practise something that you have not learnt. You have to adopt a tendency of earning while learning, so that you can appreciate the uniqueness of this philosophy.”
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Refining a career in open, distance and e-learning

As a postdoctoral fellow in the UNESCO Chair on ODL at Unisa, Dr Mmabaledi Kefilwe Seeletso says you cannot practise something that you have not learnt. You have to adopt a tendency of earning while learning, so that you can appreciate the uniqueness of this philosophy.”
#WomensMonth2020 #IamGenerationEquality Read more.

ODL in 4IR context

Prof Moeketsi Letseka, incumbent of the UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning at Unisa, launched a series of research seminars focusing on the challenges, achievements and best practices to support an inclusive research culture. Read more.

ODL in 4IR context

Prof Moeketsi Letseka, incumbent of the UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning at Unisa, launched a series of research seminars focusing on the challenges, achievements and best practices to support an inclusive research culture. Read more.

About the Chair

The UNESCO Chair on ODL seeks to promote an integrated and co-ordinated system of research, research training, production and dissemination of knowledge on ODL at Unisa. The Chair endeavours to be responsive to the needs of South Africans by (a) cultivating and promoting an institutional ethos, scholastic culture and educational experience in an environment that is conducive to intellectual curiosity, a critical attitude and tolerance of diverse views, and (b) undertaking research, knowledge production and dissemination guided by integrity, quality and rigour. The Chair seeks to create a co-ordinated, vibrant, inclusive and sustainable ODL research culture within the framework of the UNITWIN/UNESCO programmes. This shall entail co-supervision of postgraduate (master’s and doctoral) students with ODL practitioner partner institutions, and bilateral and multilateral collaborative research partnerships.

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