Workshops

Workshops from 2013-2019

2019 Workshops

  • Celebration of the Recommendation to Recognise South African Sign Language (SASL) as 12th Official Language of South Africa, Worcester, 12 March 2019
  • Information Ethics for the Information Science Professional: From Foundations to the Future, workshop during the University of Pretoria Carnegie Capstone Conference, 26 March 2019
  • Preservation of Language /CRL Rights, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 July 2019
  • Electricity as a Human Right in the 4th Industrial Revolution, Pretoria, South Africa, 13 August 2019
  • UNESCO IFAP Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence, Pretoria, South Africa, 27 August 2019
  • International Expert Consultation on UNESCO Media & Information Literacy Curriculum, Serbia, 12 – 13 September 2019
  • Celebration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) and Women in the 4th Industrial Revolution, Pretoria, South Africa, 27 September
  • Teachers as data connectors, Pretoria, South Africa, October 2019.
  • EduTech Africa 2019 Conference, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-10 October 2019 

 

 2018 Workshops

  • Information to follow

 

 2017 Workshops

  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, Welkom, Thabo Mofutsanyane District, 25 January 2017
  • Teacher Training Event on awareness of information ethics and ICTs in the Maths classroom, Cape Town, 17 February 2017
  • Symposium on Digital Wellness, the Overberg Education District, Caledon, 18 February 2017
  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, Ermelo, Gert Sibande District, 2 March 2017
  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, Mbombela, Mpumalanga, 7 March 2017
  • Digital Wellness Workshop at Department of Basic Education, Pretoria, 10 March 2017
  • Information Ethics and Digital Wellness training workshop for the National Library of South Africa, Olifantsfontein, 8 April 2017
  • Digital Wellness Awareness Workshop, Central African Republic, 22 April – 1 May 2017
  • Digital Wellness Workshop at the Kara Heritage Institute, Pretoria, 17 May 2017
  • Digital Wellness Workshop at the Metropole Kampala Hotel, Kampala, Uganda, 23 June 2017
  • Digital Wellness Workshop at Graaff Reinette, 28 July 2017
  • Information Ethics Curriculum Implementation and Digital Wellness Workshop at Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, 27 – 28 July 2017
  • Digital Wellness Workshop and Cultural Diversity Discussion at the Career Fair, Sol Plaaitjie University, Kimberley, 22 August 2017
  • Information Ethics Curriculum Implementation and Digital Wellness Workshop, Central University of Technology, Welkom, 30 August 2017
  • Curriculum for Information Ethics introduced to universities, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, 19 September 2017
  • Digital Wellness Toolkit training, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, 19 September 2017
  • Digital Wellness Toolkit training, Northern Cape, Pixey Ka Seme District, 18-21 October 2017
  • Digital Awareness toolkit training, Omeraba Resort, North West, 20 November 2017
  • Digital Awareness toolkit training , Mpumalanga Department of Education, Nelspruit 21 November 2017
  • Digital Awareness toolkit training, Mpumalanga GRIP, Nelspruit, 28 November 2017

 

 2016 Workshops

  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, Potchefstroom, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, 29 February 2016
  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training Mthatha, OR Tambo District, 14 March 2016
  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, De Aar, Pixley ka Seme District, 14 March 2016
  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, Colesberg, Pixley ka Seme District, 11 April 2016
  • Library Planning and Revitalization Workshop Holiday Inn Hotel, Sandton, 1 – 2 June 2016
  • ACEIE – Digital Wellness Workshop, Kampala, Uganda, 30 June 2016
  • Malawi Workshops, Nkhoma and Lilongwe, Malawi, 13 – 17 November 2016
  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, Empangeni, Umzinyathi District, 13 December 2016
  • Information Ethics Awareness Workshop NHI Workshop
  • NHI Workshop and ICT Skills Training, Lusikisiki, OR Tambo District, 18 April 2016
  • Comprehensive Approach for Academop and ICT Skills Training, Pietermaritzburg, Umgundhlovu District, 14 December 2016

 

 2015 Workshops

  • Mozambique, Maputo - 11 March 2015
  • Namibia, Windhoek - 9 & 10 February 2015
  • SAPOA Researching Postal Issues Workshop, Centurion, 17 – 18 June 2015
  • Edu-Week Intel Conference, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 1 & 2 July 2015
  • DTPS/NHI Pilot Site Workshops, Thohoyandou, 4 September 2015

 

2014 Workshops

  • Uganda, Makere University - 21 & 22 January 2014
  • South Africa, Nothern Cape, Carnarvon  - 10 April 2014 
  • Swaziland, Mbabane - 14 August 2014
  • Namibia, Windhoek - 28 August 2014
  • South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London - 14 October 2014
  • Lesotho, Maseru - 28 October 2014
  • South Africa, Mpumalanga, Nelspruit - 27 November 2014

 

 2013 Workshops

  • South Africa, Free State, University of Free State - 15 March 2013
  • South Africa, Kwa-Zulu Natal, University of Zululand - 26 March 2013
  • South Africa, Limpopo, Polokwane - 12 April 2013
  • South Africa, North West, Potchefstroom campus - 17 May 2013
  • Uganda, Kampala - 1 July 2013
  • South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula University of Technology - 31 July 2013
  • South Africa, Gauteng, UP Groenkloof campus - 13 September 2013
  • Tanzania, Zanzibar, Stone Town - 23 to 28 October 2013 

 

 2015-2017 Workshop Feedback Overview

Workshop summary:

The Digital Awareness Workshops were conducted as part of the National Health Initiative (NHI) pilot site study. There are 8 NHI pilot sites: 1 in each province except for Gauteng and Western Cape, and 2 in KwaZulu-Natal. The workshops were aligned with the 7 pillars of the Digital Opportunities Strategy run by the ISAD&R branch at the DTPS:

  1. Pillar 1: Human Capital Development - Building an e-skills base in South Africa
  2. Pillar 2: Local digital content development
  3. Pillar 3: Innovation and digital entrepreneurship
  4. Pillar 4: ICT applications
  5. Pillar 5: e-Government
  6. Pillar 6: Research & Development
  7. Pillar 7: e-Awareness and Inclusion (capacity building)

To address the 7 pillars but also to develop content for training, the ACEIE developed the Digital Wellness toolkit in 2015. The toolkit consists of 9 books that can be used at different levels for training:

  • Secondary schools (teachers and learners)
  • Primary schools (teacher and parents/learners)
  • Community projects
  • Workshops (facilitators and participants)

The selection of books used most often for the Digital Awareness and Wellness workshops were the Resources and Concepts Book, Manual for Workshop Participants and Facilitators.

The primary aims of the workshops were to:

  • Sensitize workshop participants to the opportunities and threats associated with digital citizenship;
  • Equip workshop participants with the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes they would need to effectively facilitate workshops on digital safety and information ethics matters ;
  • Create opportunities for workshop participants to critically discuss digital issues like the ones mentioned earlier with one another;
  • Equip workshop participants with the requisite knowledge, skills and values to survive and thrive in the digital world; and
  • Introduce workshop participants to ways in which they could help others in their particular spheres of interest to become safe and responsible digital citizens.

Outcomes for workshop participants:

  • Awareness of both opportunities created by and the dangers inherent in the use of digital technology;
  • Know and can explain to others what the terms digital citizenship, digital security, digital safety, digital crime, and information ethics mean;
  • Are critically aware of and can facilitate critical discussions on digital issues addressed in the workshop; and
  • Are committed to the safe and responsible use of information communications technology and the development of responsible digital citizens in their particular spheres of influence.

The format of the workshops included 3 approaches:

  • Plenary sessions were used to introduce the theme, clarify concepts, stimulate discussion or critical reflection and tie up loose ends.
  • Readings were used as introductions to either plenary discussions or group activities and are meant to stimulate critical reflection of the issues raised in the reading.
  • Group activities were given participants the opportunity of debating issues raised and/or using their knowledge and understanding of issues raised to identify and solve actual and imaginary problems related to the use of information and information communications technology.

In order to gauge insight into the participants’ workshop experience the following 10 questions were asked:

  1. What did you expect to learn from this workshop?        
  2. Did the workshop provide what you hoped for or expected?
  3. Why did you choose to attend this event?
  4. Do you think that what you have learnt here will be useful for you in future?
  5. Where are you most likely to apply your new knowledge?   
  6. In which medium would you prefer to have the info accessible afterwards?              
  7. Are you happy with how the workshop was organised in terms of communication, catering etc.?  
  8. Are you happy with the way the programme has been designed in terms of content?         
  9. Would you like to be added to the ANIE mailing list? (not for reporting purposes due to confidentiality)       
  10. Any other comments or suggestions?              

 

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