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A PhD candidate at Kenyatta University and an Associate at Mount Kenya University. I have passion for research on learning and technology is one of my research interest. Online facilitation is my passion

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Hello I am Toluwase. I'm an online Tutor at Centre for Distance Learning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. I have great passion for online facilitation and I am open to any opportunity to improve my skills. 

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Hello I am Toluwase. I'm an online Tutor at Centre for Distance Learning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. I have great passion for online facilitation and I am open to any opportunity to improve my skills. 

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Hi I'm Ursula.  I've been doing communications work for the e-Learning Project at Durban University of Technology since 2014. I enjoy connecting dots and bringing order to chaos. I'm currently enjoying the mild Durban winter and sunny skies.

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Hi I'm Ursula.  I've been doing communications work for the e-Learning Project at Durban University of Technology since 2014. I enjoy connecting dots and bringing order to chaos. I'm currently enjoying the mild Durban winter and sunny skies.

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My name is Becalo Utuk. I am from Houston Texas, Nigerian by birth. I just defended my dissertation yesterday in the field of instructional design for online learning (IDOL).  I am a lifelong learner and have a keen interest in e-learning.  Currently teaching Grade 6-12 but my goal is to transition to a higher level institution. My research interest focus on exploring how instructional designers and faculty members in higher education could use instructional strategies to support culturally diverse online learners. This festival is timely, as my dream is to see African countries reconsider and embark on technology-driven learning initiatives to adequately compete with global academic demands. I intend to network and make new friends at this festival. Great thanks to all the organizers and presenters. Contact: becalou7@gmail.com

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Hi Everyone. I am heading up the distance learning campus at False Bay College where I have been employed for 10 years now. I started out as the e-learning manager responsible for implementing the blended learning strategy and moved into distance learning 4 years ago. This has been an interesting journey thus far and I am interested to learn more about how to provide effective online support to students to keep them engaged in their course.

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Looking for friends, real , trusted, dependable willing to share knowledge. Thanks

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Currently, I am working on transcribing and analyzing data for my dissertation (Sense of Community Experienced by Online Doctoral Students: A Phenomenological Study). I have been working as an Independent Consultant for the past year and a half while completing my dissertation. My previous experience includes working as a remote instructional designer in higher education and as an  elementary classroom teacher.
Contact Info:
Twitter: @MeganCMurtaugh
LinkedIn: Megan (Conners) Murtaugh
Email: megancmurtaugh@gmail.com

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I have been teaching in the University for over seventeen years and over these years I have been able to understand both the system and the people far more than  I did as an outsider that I was before my employment. University community is such a great community that you get made by the environment, the culture and the tradition. I found myself in this environment with all pleasure and I see the ever evolving nature of the community. I have over the years looking for opportunity to express myself in field of  eLearning and at last when eLearning committee was found I was discovered and I am proud of the committee which is a great community in its own rights. This has influenced me to get my hands into designing online courses and the most of them that could be of  interest can be found here: https://paddodevpt.moodlecloud.com Have a look around the course as aguest by using: Research as password

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Hello Everyone.My name is Kinsley and I am very excited about the e/merge 2018 lineup of speakers and looking forward to interacting with everyone. I currently work as a student assistant with the emerge2018 team and also a postgrad IT Student at the University of Cape Town. Lets connect on linkedin :-) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinsley237/

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Hello Everyone.My name is Kinsley and I am very excited about the e/merge 2018 lineup of speakers and looking forward to interacting with everyone. I currently work as a student assistant with the emerge2018 team and also a postgrad IT Student at the University of Cape Town. Lets connect on linkedin :-) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinsley237/

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Hi Everyone! I am an educational technologist at IQ Academy in East London, South Africa. We are a private distance education institution focusing on business management. Part of my role is academic development so I really enjoy these kinds of online interactions to learn what others are doing and see the ideas that e/merge :)
Email: gkrull@iqacademy.ac.za
Twitter: @greigkr

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Glad to connect with you all at this E/merge Africa festival of intellectual exchanges (First in Africa!).
I'm Peter Aborisade (call me Bayo if can call it correctly!), a professor of English and Communication, lecturing primarily in English for Academic Purposes at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. With my colleagues I support learning with technology using the Moodle LMS. Later at this festival we'll be presenting on fostering interaction using technology. I'm really excited to be part of this and to learn a whole lot more. Let's connect via twitter (@baborisade) or email (baborisade2002@yahoo.com) to push the conversation forward.

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I am an elearning coordinator in the Directorate of elearning at Kenyatta University. I am in charge of elearning training, monitoring and evaluation. Apart from that, I am a lecturer in the department of Library and Information Science. My areas of specialization are ICT in libraries, OERs, Networking and with time I have gained a lot of interest in elearning and elearning tools

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I am Ralitsa Diana Debrah,  a design educator and researcher at KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. I am passionate about educational technology and design.
I am excited to join the festival as a host:  Looking forward to a great experience with you all at e/merge 2018 festival

Email: ralitsadebrah@gmail.com
Linkedin: Ralitsa Diana Debrah
Let's connect!

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What a great opportunity for connecting. My name is Joy Rosario, I am a freelance instructional designer working from home, previously Head Librarian at the Department of Basic Education In Pretoria. I have a lifelong special interest in scaffolded learning especially now within the context of the digital environment and the scope it gives to sharing. I have just completed the UCT Facilitating Online course which was great! Linkedin: Joy Rosario and Twitter @joyrosario e-mail jgrosario@mweb.co.za

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My name is Francine Behnen from The Netherlands and I train future science teachers to develop sound learning processes and encourage students to explicit their choice to use either digital and non-digital resources. After having done this myself for about 15 years myself at at various secondary schools I switched to the teacher training academy of NHL Stenden in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, three years ago. Alongside the teaching and training I do research on how to enhance interactive quality in learning processes using digital media. To connect: francine.behnen on LinkedIn and webdidactiek on Twitter.
I am very excited to be here in this conference and hope to learn a lot!

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I'm Peter Aborisade (call be Bayo if you can correctly pronounce it!), a lecturer in English for Academic Purposes(EAP), English Language and Literature. For a number of years now I've worked with my colleagues supporting our courses with technology (using the Moodle LMS),exciting our students and creating ripples around us. I love to keep exploring the possibilities. With my colleagues I'll be presenting later on in the week. Really excited to be part of this festival - first of its kind in Africa! Let's connect: (twitter = @baborisade; email = baborisade2002@yahoo.com)

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I'm Peter Aborisade (call be Bayo if you can correctly pronounce it!), a lecturer in English for Academic Purposes(EAP), English Language and Literature. For a number of years now I've worked with my colleagues supporting our courses with technology (using the Moodle LMS),exciting our students and creating ripples around us. I love to keep exploring the possibilities. With my colleagues I'll be presenting later on in the week. Really excited to be part of this festival - first of its kind in Africa! Let's connect: (twitter = @baborisade; email = baborisade2002@yahoo.com)

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Hello all!! My name is Mmabaledi Seeletso from Botswana. I work for Botswana Open University, formerly Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL). I coordinate 2 post graduate programmes and one undergraduate programme, which are all IT mediated. I use the Moodle platform to deliver and support the programmes. I still need to improve my delivery and support strategies. Hence I am very positive that I will learn so much from you all.My email address that you can use to reach me is mmaba.see@gmail.com

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Hi everyone, I am Halima Shuaibu by name. I work with Ahmadu Bello University Distance Learning Centre in Nigeria as the head of Administration and Law programmes and also coordinating an online MBA Programme. I am happily married with five children, one girl and four boys. It's good to be here with you all.

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My name is Kolawole Akinjide ARAMIDE, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Educational Media Resource Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. My interest has been in the areas f techngy apprpiatin fr effective ibrary service deivery  in basic and pst basic schs in Nigeria. I must emphasise that I have benefited a great deal since joining e/Merge Africa in 2012 and I hope this festival is an opportunity for me to learn more to boost my knowledge base as far as educational technologies are concerned. I am also happy about the opportunity which that e/Merge has given in expanding the network of friends and colleagues i have across Africa and beyond.  I wish all a successful festiva  

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My name is Kolawole Akinjide ARAMIDE, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Educational Media Resource Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. My interest has been in the areas f techngy apprpiatin fr effective ibrary service deivery  in basic and pst basic schs in Nigeria. I must emphasise that I have benefited a great deal since joining e/Merge Africa in 2012 and I hope this festival is an opportunity for me to learn more to boost my knowledge base as far as educational technologies are concerned. I am also happy about the opportunity which that e/Merge has given in expanding the network of friends and colleagues i have across Africa and beyond.  I wish all a successful festiva  

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I'm Enitan Seyi Samson, a Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria (email: enitans@babcock.edu.ng). I'm delighted to be part of this learning adventure. I want to be able to teach better and make positive impacts in the lives of my Students in terms of eLearning technology. This e/merge2018 Festival is very timely and well deserving. My profound gratitude goes to the Organizers, believing that my learning expectations shall be met.

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I'm Enitan Seyi Samson, a Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria (email: enitans@babcock.edu.ng). I'm delighted to be part of this learning adventure. I want to be able to teach better and make positive impacts in the lives of my Students in terms of eLearning technology. This e/merge2018 Festival is very timely and well deserving. My profound gratitude goes to the Organizers, believing that my learning expectations shall be met.

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Hi e/mergers! I`m excited to join the Festival as a host and look forward to stimulating online interactions.  I love all things design: environments, experiences and artifacts. As an Architect, I fell for Higher Education and currently coordinate blended and flexible undergraduate programs in Architecture at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. My research interests include learning design, design thinking, flexible and blended learning and the student-tutor (teacher) interaction in the live online (webinar) space. 

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Hi e/mergers! I`m excited to join the Festival as a host and look forward to stimulating online interactions.  I love all things design: environments, experiences and artifacts. As an Architect, I fell for Higher Education and currently coordinate blended and flexible undergraduate programs in Architecture at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. My research interests include learning design, design thinking, flexible and blended learning and the student-tutor (teacher) interaction in the live online (webinar) space. 

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Jolanda.morkel@gmail.com

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Hello all! Nice to meet you and I know we shall have a great time - learning and unlearning, sharing and e-sharing! My name is Sipho Shongwe from the University of Swaziland in the re-named country of ESwatini. I am in the Institute of Distance Education - Coordinating education programmes. My work involves ensuring that 'students effectively learn (unlearn too) and graduate through the 'distance mode'. We are currently blending our teaching/learning approaches and hence introducing online teaching/learning in all its variety. This approach demands re-innovating and re-aligning (designing) our instructional materials and teaching/learning strategies. This emerge platform therefore is giving me wings to do better and better at my job!

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Hello all! Nice to meet you and I know we shall have a great time - learning and unlearning, sharing and e-sharing! My name is Sipho Shongwe from the University of Swaziland in the re-named country of ESwatini. I am in the Institute of Distance Education - Coordinating education programmes. My work involves ensuring that 'students effectively learn (unlearn too) and graduate through the 'distance mode'. We are currently blending our teaching/learning approaches and hence introducing online teaching/learning in all its variety. This approach demands re-innovating and re-aligning (designing) our instructional materials and teaching/learning strategies. This emerge platform therefore is giving me wings to do better and better at my job!

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Am Adebayo Catherine, an educational technologist and a doctoral student of the department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education in the faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Am passionate about using technology to enhance teaching and learning and also make learning fun for students

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Greetings to all. I am a Lecturer at the National University of Lesotho. I am a lifelong learner currently developing an interest in teaching with technology. Thus a novice in this space. I am excited about this festival look forward to making new freinds and learning a lot.

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I am so glad to be here. I am Ayotola Aremu and I have been teaching at the University of Ibadan Ibadan NIGERIA for 20years. I love using technology and passionate about encouraging and helping people to use technology for teaching and learning activities.

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Glad to be here at the e/merge festival. I am Ayotola Aremu and I have been teaching at the University of Ibadan Ibadan NIGERIA for . I enjoy using technology and passionate about encouraging and helping people to use technology for teaching and learning.

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About me: I am a Senior Content Architect at ICTS (Systems Division) UCT and also a member of the e/merge Africa Team. Prior to this, I taught in a school for 11 years and then free-lanced as an e-learning curriculum content developer for almost 15 years. I am a great fan of online learning and all the wonderful potential that it holds in the realm of networking and learning. I am also a trained musician and play the piano, flute, vibraphone, various percussion instruments and was a timpanist in the orchestra. Other of my diverse and eclectic interests include photography and spoon collecting! I enjoy making new connections and networking with others…..I also have a bit of a crazy sense of humour.

Twitter:@cathfortune  Find me, Follow…so I can Follow you.

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-fortune-42255773/ Let’s connect!

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Hi friends !i am Susan Mwangi a lecturer at Catholic University of Eastern Africa Nairobi Kenya. I am teaching in the department of development studies . I have been facilitating some online course for the university and i am always ready to learn new technology that can enhance my teaching .I am still a novice in the use of technology hoping to be a guru some day

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Hi friends !i am Susan Mwangi a lecturer at Catholic University of Eastern Africa Nairobi Kenya. I am teaching in the department of development studies . I have been facilitating some online course for the university and i am always ready to learn new technology that can enhance my teaching .I am still a novice in the use of technology hoping to be a guru some day

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twitter smwangi9 email smwangi2009@yahoo.com

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Hello Festival friends! I am participating from Ibadan, Nigeria. A doctoral student in Educational Technology  of department of Science and Technology, University of Ibadan.I am an e-learning developer and designer and Instructional Designer at
TechLearning Studio where I coordinate the operations of the
studio. My area
of interest covers the wider range of ICT and technologies use to
expedite teaching and learning process especially in the area of
gamifications, games, flip learning, Social Media like Edmodo, schoology and google classroom, and also in fields like Technical and
Vocational education and Training (TVET), Mathematics, Physics and Technical drawing. Also, I am passionate about equipping teachers
across board to acquire skills needed to stay relevant in the
globalized society, and passing the same skills to students t the teachers teach for posterity sake. I am currently working on using Design-based research (DBR) approach to implement UNESCO ICT competency standards (ICT-CFT) for
Technical Education instructors. At my leisure time, I design, develop and implement e-learning solutions, and also browses the web pages for knowledge update. I focus all the time on ICT capacity development, Community development, raising students’ awareness on critical thinking and creativity.. My email address: ifedayohenry@gmail.com.

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Hello Festival Friends from Boulder, Colorado, in the US! After many years as an online faculty member and doctoral research supervisor, I now focus on writing, consulting, and coaching. My writing focus includes a recent book, Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn, and several books about online research methods.
I am a "Methods Guru" for SAGE Publications community, MethodSpace, where I blog about  teaching and learning, researching and writing.

Follow me @einterview or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsalmons/.

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Hi to all
I work as a Coordinator responsible for Instructional Design and Technology with the Institute of Distance Education in the University of Swaziland. I am a lifelong learner in integrating technology into teaching and learning. Currently my research focus is on Technology in learning as it intersects with rurality and student transitions into higher education. My e-mail: thula@uniswa.sz

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Hi, I am from Kenya, a  Senior Lecturer in a public university . I am the Pedagogy Advisor in charge of faculty development in my department.  my email is kellenkiambati@gmail.com

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John Branya
Hi
Some 45 years in education at all levels. Now at Strathmore University in Nairobi teaching all type of subjects from Critical Thinking to Contemporary Philosophy and using the laptop about 7hours each day to do things online and blended. Working in a program with the ACU on blended learning for East African Universities.  Eager to learn more tricks.
jbranya@strathmore.edu
Twiter: really not using it

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Hi

I am a research Assistant and PhD candidate in the Werklund School of Education, the University of Calgary, Canada. I am from Antigua, a tiny island in the Eastern Caribbean.  My research interests include participatory action research, networked learning, the community of inquiry framework, third space, transcultural learning, and culturally sensitive course design, particularly the design of a library science program for students within the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.
Twitter: DorotheaNelson9
Skype: Dorothea Nelson
email: dorothea.nelson1@gmail.com

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Hey,
I felt in love with languages since 2003 and I have been collecting them (Yemba, Nguiembo, French, English, German, Italian ...) I am a freelance translator who translate to French. My passion is talking: so I talk as a speaker in debate, I talk to children in the domain of informal learning, I talk with the public as a story teller, I speak online as a facilitator in language learning, I talk when I want to talk and I stop when necessary because the silence is a big and loud noise. I am a community manager. You can clic on any link to join me and enjoy a trip in my world
linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklin-tomb%C3%A9-889605128/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/tfkibito
storyteller page
https://www.facebook.com/afrodramconteur/
email
tombefranklin@gmail.com

thanks for reading

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I am a Learning Technologies and OER consultant based in Johannesburg, and working on various projects in HEIs throughout sub-Saharan Africa. One such project is with OER Africa in collaboration with the Open University of Tanzania. My Tanzanian colleage (Shadrack Mbogela) and I are runing a workshop on Digital Fluency next week. Hope to see you there!
Contact details: brenda.mallinson@gmail.com
Twitter: brenda6
Skype: brendajm

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I'm a Programme Renewal Coordinator at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University.  Until recently my worked focused only on Blended Learning.  From the beginning of 2018 I was appointed full time and started working with the development of new academic programmes, developing programme leaders, implementing new assessment models and overall challenging the "usual way of doing things" in higher education.
Feel free to mail me!
magdabarnard@sun.ac.za

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I'm a faculty developer and researcher in the Centre for Health Science Education in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. My teaching and research focus on using technology to improve medical education. In my downtime I read avidly and walk, usually with my three dogs.

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I am from Ghana but currently work in Namibia and Schooling in South Africa.
Namibia: serve as ICT Faculty Dean @ International University of Management.
South Africa: PhD candidate at Durban University of Technology.
Field of Interest include Technology Acceptance, Human Computer Interaction, Learning Management Systesm/E-learning. Apart from using LMS to teach, led project teams to implement LMS (using Moodle and SAKAI) and School Management Systems.
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I am from Ethiopia. Lecturer & HPC cluser system admin at Addis Ababa University.  I am also instructor & trainer @datacarpentry and @swcarpentry.

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In particular, this training is aimed at those who want to become Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry instructors for Africans, to run workshops and contribute to the Carpentry training materials. Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing.

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I am from South Africa. Programme Manager and Lecturer at IQ Academy. IQ Academy is a private institution offering distance education programmes.

I use various technologies to teach finance.
Experience in
Moodle, Mobile Learning, Programme design and implementation
www.linkedin.com/in/adelebellingan

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IT lecturer @the Durban University of Technology. An eLearner/eEducator /eTutor/ePractitioner and now an eMerger @heart ;)

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Based at The DaVinci Institute for Technology at Modderfontein in Johannesburg.
Instructional Developer, Science Blogger,
Field Experience: Private & Public  Higher Education, Worked on Sakai and Moodle LMS
Twitter
https://twitter.com/maimelatct
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maimelact/
Blog

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Physical Sciences Topics for Grade 10-11-12.

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Full of LOVE and JOY!! Am an E-learning Developer at False Bay TVET College in Cape Town South Africa. Passionate about ICT in education.
lovejoymarozhe@gmail.com
Twitter: @LMarozhe
Nicola and I, Online Facilitating Certificate-;)

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Consultant in Human Capacity Decvelopment and Communication.
Member of e/merge Africa, an Online Facilitator and manage online networks
Twitter: wavinya66
Skype: Wavinya66

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Hi,
I'm Indira from India. I'm into Higher Education. I manage the eLearning department at IBS. I administer Moodle for six IBS campuses and train Faculty on Moodle-enabled blended and online learning and OER -enabled eLearning.
Planning to offer TEL services to School Education.

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I am a learning technologist in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at University of Cape Town. In an earlier career incarnation I was a business and economic educator.

Such amazing colleagues in CILT and in the e/merge Africa professional development project that I am learning all the time. I feel very fortunate to convene the e/merge Africa network and have the chance to learn with brilliant colleagues from every region of our continent. As some here already know online facilitation is one of my passions.

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Welcome festival friends:) Please tell us more about you... What is your name? What work do you do? What country are you from? Any interesting hobbies? etc. There are many different media options to share your presence - be creative:)

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Joining from the desk