Dear Participants
We humbly thank you for your participation in the Best E-Learning Solution Competition which closed on 21 April 2020. We are proud to inform you that we have received an overwhelming response and are grateful for this gesture. Your proposed creative and innovative ideas will make a meaningful contribution to improving the e-learning solution of the University. All shortlisted candidates will be notified of the outcome of their submission in due course. Thereafter, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further engagement.
Thank you
Normah Zondo
Acting Executive Director: Corporate Relations
University of KwaZulu-Natal
The University of KwaZulu-Natal is exploring virtual platforms to deliver online virtual learning for the benefit of all students regardless of their background or physical location.
Various options are available to deliver on online learning, however, we are looking for the best innovative e-learning solution that will take into consideration the demographics of our students, access and quality – any solution proposed should not be one size fits all approach. Ideas and examples of best practises from other countries are welcome as long as they can be modified to suit our South African context with all its diversity and challenges (rural students, lack of access to internet, wifi, etc).
BEST E-LEARNING
SOLUTION COMPETITION
WE CALL ON ALL CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE YOUNG MINDS TO SHARE IDEAS ON DELIVERING THE BEST E-LEARNING SOLUTIONS.
We are looking for the best 5 ideas which could consider the following aspects:
- Innovative ideas to deliver lectures online for all;
- Accessible lectures for all students irrespective of their physical location;
- How clinical work could be fulfilled;
- How laboratory work and practicals, etc would work/be conducted; and
- How assessments would be conducted to test the grasp of learning content
The competition will award amazing prizes in two categories as follows:
Individuals
- Full tuition fee (first prize) (1 year of study)
- MacBook (second runner-up)
- Ipad Pro (third runner-up)
Terms and Conditions
- The names of all individuals in the team must be disclosed
- The form must be completed in full
- The panel of adjudication and the administration of the competition undertakes to handle all entries in the strictest confidence and not to disclose any information on entries to any other party
- The decision of adjudicators is final
- Only UKZN registered students are allowed to enter the competition – however, participants can collaborate or partner other individuals locally or internationally
- Innovative idea must be original or modified to fit South African context
- Only one entry is allowed per individual or team
- Electronic form must be completed by individual or team leader
- All relevant information can be forwarded to: corporaterelations@ukzn.ac.za
- In addition to the entry form participants can submit one PDF file with visual content and/or links to a short video of no more than 3 minutes on YouTube or Vimeo. The email and two files combined should not exceed 10 MB in size
Adjudication Criteria
- Judges will comprise of experts from relevant fields
- Judging will be done in the following stages:
- Announcement of top 10 best ideas
- Briefing of participants
- Presentation of the final innovative ideas to the panel
- The details of the prize giving will be communicated to the finalists
- The judges’ decision is final
Important Dates
Entries Open – 14 April 2020
Entries Closed – 21 April 2020
Briefing of Participants / announcement of Shortlisted Candidates – To be Announced
Presentation of the final innovative ideas to the panel – To be Announced