Overview

CLTD provides research-informed support in higher education learning and teaching. Our programmes and activities aim to enhance the quality of learning and teaching at Wits. We team up with faculties and service departments to support academics by providing: • Academic professional learning courses and workshops • Curriculum renewal and transformation • Hyflex blended learning and teaching • Evaluation and peer reviews of teaching. • Higher education research and the scholarship of learning and teaching • Individual and institutional capacity building in learning and teaching

This prospectus sets out the Centre’s academic professional learning opportunities for 2021. Where dates have already been scheduled, these are stipulated. The coordinators’ contact details are provided in each case if you have any queries about any aspect of the prospectus, including logistics.

Cost CLTD workshops are offered free to employees of the University. However, when workshops are conducted in contact mode on campus, the Centre incurs considerable costs in terms of catering, printing, and consultants’ fees. If a participant books a place in a workshop, and does not arrive, the attributable portion of costs so incurred will be recouped from the participant. There will be a penalty fee of R500 for

non-attendance at a booked internal workshop, and R2 500 for non-attendance at a booked external workshop, unless we are given two working days’ notice to allow us

to fill the place. (External workshops are indicated by means of an asterisk next to the workshop name).

Refreshments When workshops are conducted in contact mode on campus, we provide tea and coffee at tea-breaks. We will however no longer be providing lunch packs. You are welcome to bring your own food and beverages.

Booking Bookings for most workshops are done via Oracle. From the Oracle log-in page, click on Employee Self Service, and then on My Learning Gateway, then on My Learning. All workshops are loaded under CLTD. Please book well in advance. All the workshops have limited capacity, and if your workshop of choice is full, you may need to be waitlisted for the next one scheduled. Only a few workshops ofaparticulartypeareoffered each year, and these are filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Please be advised that whilst every care is taken with the scheduling of training, there is a chance that dates and times may change.

Venues Until further notice, all our workshops and courses will be fully online in line with Covid19 guidelines. A link to the virtual online venue will be provided to all registered participants.

Once we return to ‘normal’ —unless otherwise indicated—workshops and courses are provided in one of the venues in the CLTD Building, West Campus. The nearest gate is Enoch Sontonga Gate 9. (CLTD is diagonally opposite the Flower Hall). The rooms are designated Frog, Tree, and Snow. Not all the venues are wheelchair accessible.

Please indicate on your booking form if you have specific needs related to being differently abled.

As parking space is limited, it is generally advisable, where possible, to walk to the building rather than drive, particularly when students are writing exams in the Flower Hall.

Website Please visit the CLTD website at https://www.wits.ac.za/cltd/