Adaptability, flexibility, a growth mind-set and self-directed learning (SDL) skills have gained tremendous relevance since early 2020 when lockdowns around the world translated into school closures and emergency online teaching. Self-directed learning is defined using Knowles’ (1975) work as techniques where students set goals for their learning, and identify and use appropriate resources and learning...Read More

Two TOGI lecturers, Dr Isabel Tarling and Dr Pam Miller presented papers at the recently held Fully Online Distance Education Symposium (FODES) in October 2021, hosted by the University of Pretoria. The conference provided the opportunity for like-minded academics who design, develop and facilitate tertiary online education, to share and reflect. Dr Miller’s Presentation at...Read More

This is an exciting time in the lives of the TOGI students as both the B Ed and PGCE students are busy with Teaching Practice in 2021, the very important part of teacher training during which students learn from practice and in practice. BEd Intermediate Phase Students To provide for the diverse body of students,...Read More

TOGI lecturers shared their research at the second Research Sharing Day in September 2021, following on the success of the first research sharing day held in 2020. The online event, organized by the Research Group with Dr Isabel Tarling as coordinator, with the theme: Riding the Wave, Breaking the Surface, which captures staff efforts to...Read More

We at TOGI are very proud of B Ed Intermediate Phase student Jerome Buchler on being awarded as the Teacher Hero for September. This honour was bestowed after Jerome implemented ‘Playful Project-based Learning’ having followed the sessions during which teachers learnt how to create learning spaces and processes that would help learners learn better, and...Read More

“Please ensure that you sanitise your hands, the bottles are on your tables”, “remember social distancing” and “no mask, no opportunity to engage in the experiment”, were the words uttered by a fourth-year Two Oceans Graduate Institute preservice teacher during a lesson. In May and June 2021 during Lockdown Level 2 in South Africa, our...Read More

TOGI salutes PGCE student Niël Rademan, impresario, on his unending endeavours to take the arts to the people living in towns such as Somerset West, Heidelberg, Paternoster and many more. Mr Rademan, himself an acclaimed musician and singer, makes sure that productions of the highest quality in a variety of genres such as music, theatre...Read More

We at TOGI proudly congratulate lecturer Dr Isabel Tarling on the part she played in the publication of Olivier, J. & Burgos, D (Eds.) 2021. Radical Solutions for Education in Africa: Open education and self-directed learning in the continent, as chapter contributor.Chapter contributors are: Appavoo, R., Bensamka, F., Berrada, K., Bhunjun, U., Dhakulkar, A., El Kharki, K.,...Read More

Education, has truly become one of the most powerful weapons we can use to influence the world positively (Mandela, 2003). Through advancements in technology, curriculum and a blended learning approach, quality training of novice educators has become central to the effects education has on society, the economy and our personal well-being. My passion for the...Read More

I vividly remember sitting in my grade 5 class, listening to my geography teacher reading stories from the Kinderensiklopedie during the last five or ten minutes of the day. I remember being transported to other countries and times. I remember the soothing voice of the huge man and for a couple of minutes, I could...Read More