Koshala Terblanche
I am a Learning Experience Designer from the Nelson Mandela University, with a focus on emerging and blended digital technologies to support learning, teaching, research, assessment and business applications. My background is in Information Technology, with more than 22 years of experience supporting applications in a higher education environment. I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, an undergraduate Diploma in Financial Information Systems. Technology influences and enhances learning and teaching through seeking to create a digital learning environment where lecturers and students collaborate using technology - a space where students learn skills and attributes to enable them to empower the future workforce and become change makers. Technology can be used to provide solutions/assistance to some of the major barriers/challenges that the higher education landscape is currently facing, such as student retention, student outcomes, employability and success. I feel passionate about the work I do because it afford me the opportunity to design learning experiences for students and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal 4, to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” Getting involved in the DIGI-FACE project, affords me the opportunity to not just affect and contribute to a change in education at Nelson Mandela University, but also into the rest of Africa.
Current professional activity
- Digital Learning Experience Design and Innovation – Nelson Mandela University
- System Engineer Blended Learning – Nelson Mandela University
- System Analyst – Nelson Mandela University
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