Academic Development and Support
The Academic Development and Support Division has the mandate to support the teaching staff and students to enhance the teaching and learning aspect, Quality Programme Development and Quality Assurance of the University programme delivery. The department aims to enhance technology, research, and innovation to enable the University to meet its objectives as stated in the NUST Strategic Plan of 2021 – 2025. Learning facilitation and assessment skills, including integrating technology for innovative pedagogy implementation, are the key deliverables required to achieve the university goals. As we experience changes and innovation in teaching and learning in the academic sphere, NUST is under pressure to highly skilled produce graduates who are ready to respond to the challenges that Namibia is experiencing, such as unemployment, industrialisation, social development, and good governance, Industry 4.0, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Vision 2030 and African Agenda 2063.
VISION
- To be distinguished as a dynamic and responsive Division of Excellence in its university outreach initiatives and in supporting students and faculty through the design, development, quality assure and delivery of supported to ensure 21st-century pedagogies.
MISSION
- To provide support to faculty and students to access excellent 21st-century academic programmes and promote flexible learning opportunities through technology integration for enhanced lifelong learning and focus on regional expansion and the establishment of Satellite Campuses in line with the university's strategic direction.
CONTACT
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Email us at: ads@nust.na |
Sections:
- Academic Development Support
- Teaching, Learning and Technology
Sections:
- Academic Development Support
- Teaching, Learning and Technology
Sections:
- Programme Quality Assurance
- Programme Development
- Programme Quality Assurance
- Programme Development
The Cooperative Education Unit (CEU) at the Namibia University of Science and Technology serves to connect industry with academia. It coordinates Work Integrated Learning/Internship placement for students to apply theory in the practical world of work.
The Cooperative Education Unit (CEU) at the Namibia University of Science and Technology serves to connect industry with academia. It coordinates Work Integrated Learning/Internship placement for students to apply theory in the practical world of work.
Trainings and programs offered by TLU
eLearning Mini Workshop
Each semester, TLU organises the “eLearning Mini-Workshops” to support new and experienced lecturers on the basics and advanced usage of the eLearning platform MyNUST eLearning. The sessions in these mini workshops are subdivided in 5 weeks, one session per week. These sessions focus on technology and pedagogy through MyNUST eLearning system, including the eLearning implementation strategy named “Web Presence Categorisation”.
TLU offer this twice a year at the beginning of every semester. The dates of the workshops can be found in the academic annual calendar. Before we start with the mini workshops, we usually send out an email to all. If you don’t receive an email you must contact: tlu@nust.na.
eLearning Mini Workshop Facilitators:
Mr. Maurice: mnkusi@nust.na
Ms. Helvi: hwheeler@nust.na
Mr. Joseph: jgandanhamo@nust.na
Video Tutorials to Learn how to Use MyNUST and Other Technology Tools
To promote the usage of MyNUST for students and academic staff, (TLU) developed a set of video tutorials to support new lecturers. Those who are conversant with MyNUST who want to enhance their skills to operate in online environment will also find the videos useful.
Some of the videos were developed for students with the aim to enhance their skills working in online environment. These videos are subdivided in four main categories:
1. Login and Navigation
2. User management
3. Content Development and
4. Activities-Assessment
Website: https://tlu.nust.na/content/videos/video-tutorials/index.html
Great Teachers Workshop
The Great Teachers Workshop is a great opportunity for lecturers to reflect individually and collectively on what is really happening in their classrooms and why students are still failing in masses. It is also an opportunity for lecturers to share with others why their students are passing. Unfortunately, we still have cases where 70% and above (90% in some cases) of students fail to pass their courses. The worst scenario is that in some of these courses, students keep failing over the years without improvement at all; we have the statistics showing these cases. The fact is, in education or any other sector, if you keep doing the same things over and over you will get the same results.
At the GTW we usually analyze the reasons why students fail and what we can do about it. Most significant to mention is that NUST has the lowest lecturer-students ratio (1 to 19) compared to other universities in the region. The gatekeeper courses contradict the benefits such a ratio holds for the university. Therefore, we encourage the Deans, Associate Deans and the HODs to identify lecturers teaching these gatekeeper courses to attend the GTW and together to work as a team to eradicate this problem at NUST. Discussions of the strategic importance of the use of technology to enhance student learning experience by maximizing the learning time as stipulated in all the programmes’ curricula at NUST.
Great Teachers Workshop Facilitators:
- Mr. Maurice: mnkusi@nust.na
- Mr. Geofrey Shakwa: gshakwa@nust.na
- Supported by:
- Mr. Joseph: jgandanhamo@nust.na
- Ms. Helvi: hwheeler@nust.na
- Mr. William Chakabwata: wchakabwata@nust.na
- Dr. Katherine Carter kcarter@nust.na
- Gisela Schroeder-Nependa: gschroeder-nependa@nust.na
eLearning For Lecturers:
The main charge of e-Learning activities is to encourage the development of new teaching opportunities with technology. The increased use of E-learning components across the curriculum promotes student familiarity with technology and helps manage course delivery in different ways. These E-learning components are part of classroom-based classes, hybrid classes, or fully on-line courses. Training academic staff in practices related to E-learning instruction and assessment is necessary to facilitate the effective use of technology. Increased student demand for computer lab access will have to be thoroughly assessed and be commensurate with the expansion of e-learning into new areas.
TLU is here to support you with the following!
What do you need help with?
1. Courses
- Creation of a new course
- Duplication of a course
2. Activities
- Assignment
- Test
- Discussion forum
- Wikis
- Blog
- Chat
3. Enrollment
- Lecturers
- Students
- Create self enrollment Key (This is the best option)
- Bulk enrolment
- Send an excel sheet to TLU with the following information: Student number, First name, Surname, group name (If applicable)
- Individual student
- Lecturers can enroll the students individually (Or contact TLU for support)
4. Training
- Individual /Department
- Online / Face to Face
5. Multimedia Production
- Powerpoint
- Video
- Audio
TLT is here to support you with the following!
What do you need help with?
1. eLearing Account
- New account
- Reset Password
2. Activities
- Assignment
- Test
- Discussion Forum
3. Enrollment
Training
- Individual / Department
- Online / Face to Face
Multimedia Production
- Powerpoint
- Video
- Audio
Accessing eLearning
How to login to eLearning
- Step 1: Go to NUST Website: http://www.nust.na
- Step 2: Click on My NUST Portal
- Step 3: Click on eLEARNING
- Step 4: Select: Students and Lecturers eLearning
- Step 5: Enter your default login credentials
Lecturers Contact TLT to request for your login credentials
Contact TLT
Send to:
Ms. Helvi: hwheeler@nust.na
Mr. Joseph: jgandanhamo@nust.na
Or tlu@nust.na
The TLT Orientation Tutorial (Self-Paced) for lecturers and students created to support both new and current lecturers and students.
This training is designed to assist you to become familiar with the programs, training and any other support TLU offers. It’s also designed to support you with Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE) the learning management system that is used for online and hybrid courses at NUST also known as MyNUST eLearning.
This is self-paced training, and you can move through it in your own time. For practical activities you need to login into MOODLE.
MAIN FUNCTIONS:
- Provide guidance, and offer support to academic staff in the design, development, review, and management of academic programmes (curricula) and short courses in compliance with the requirements of relevant regulatory frameworks.
- Develop, review, and ensure effective implementation of the NUST Curriculum Framework, and related policies, processes, and guidelines.
- Review and provide recommendations on programmes, short courses, and curriculum content.
- Coordinate the registration of qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
- Conduct orientations and capacity-building interventions for academic staff on curriculum development and the NQF.
- Manage programmes and qualifications databases.
- Conduct verification of programmes and qualifications data in the institutional and quality assurance agencies’ documentation.
- Conduct research related to curriculum development to improve curriculum development practices.
- Advise on the Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) to align with the University's mandate.
STAFF
| NAME | POSITION | TELEPHONE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Ester Johannes | Senior Programme Development Coordinator | +264 61 207 2759 |
| Ms Lusia Shikongo | Programme Development Coordinator | +264 61 207 2495 |
| Ms Olivia Itenge | Programme Development Coordinator | +264 61 207 2422 |
MAIN FUNCTIONS:
- Coordinates the accreditation and validation of programmes by external QA (EQA) regulatory bodies.
- Coordinates cyclical internal programme viability audits.
- Conducts quality checks on new and revised programmes.
- Develops and reviews programme QA systems, processes and guidelines.
- Manages the online Programme Quality Management System (PQMS).
- Facilitates training sessions on programme accreditation for faculty and students.
- Benchmarks programme QA systems, processes and guidelines against good practices locally, regionally and internationally.
- Conducts research on QA related issues for the continuous improvement of the academic offerings at NUST.
STAFF
| NAME | POSITION | TELEPHONE NUMBER | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Anneley Willemse | Senior Programme Quality Assurance Coordinator | +264 61 2072436 | awillemse@nust.na |
| Ms Evelina Josef | Programme Quality Assurance Coordinator | +264 61 2072864 | ejosef@nust.na |
