Education Innovation

Teaching and Learning at the University of Pretoria

The culture of excellent teaching is firmly entrenched at UP across all fields of study. 

Important information for academics:

Other information for academics:

Teaching and Learning related support from other departments (not EI):

Teaching and learning at the University of Pretoria

UP introduced a flipped-learning methodology that requires students to prepare thoroughly for class, complete pre-class assessments and engage in class. 

Study guide templates (2025)

Due to various necessary content additions, the UP study guides became very bulky and unfocused lately. In future, each department will also create its own Departmental Guidelines. This document will contain guidelines pertaining to policies, procedures, rules, regulations, support services, etc.  These could be contextualised by each department where relevant. This generic “Departmental Guidelines” document should be uploaded on all clickUP modules/websites. The module study guides focus on module-specific information only and refer to the Departmental Guidelines by means of a link, without repeating all the details.

Study guide templates (2025)

NEW: Departmental Guidelines for students

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Faculty of Veterinary Science

Support for academic staff

A team of dedicated instructional designers (IDs) and educational consultants (ECs) will support you. Educational consultants can advise you on learning design, didactically sound hybrid teaching and learning, alternative assessment, curriculum, and open educational resources (OER). Your Faculty's Instructional Designers (IDs) will assist you should you need any help with eLearning, clickUP, Online assessment (QuestUP, clickUP, Turnitin, Respondus), and in-video assessment.

 
Acting Head of Education Consultancy: Faith Mathibedi 
Head of Instructional Designers: Detken Scheepers
 
  Educational Consultants Instructional Designers
EMS Dr Heather Goode Kingsley Sebake
Education Dr Marius Pienaar Manyaku Maroga
EBIT Gail Barry Alastair Smart
Humanities Marena Lotriet Gaby Pretorius
LAW Rodean Booysen Johan Slabbert
NAS Dr Nonkanyiso Vokwana Mpho Thukane
Theology Dr Marius Pienaar Ciska Snyman
HEALTH Vacant (Contact Faith Mathibedi) Dr Hannelie Untiedt
Dr Nomathemba Ngcobo
Gretchen Jacobs
VET Rodean Booysen Velly Nkosi

UP Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grants

The aims and scope of The Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoTL) at UP are:

  • To advance scholarly teaching at an institutional level.
  • To provide opportunities for UP staff to implement innovation in teaching and learning.
  • To contribute to knowledge development and dissemination in disciplinary teaching and learning.
  • To advance reflective practice.
  • To share good teaching practices.

We invite you to apply for the 2025 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grant. The application deadline is 26 January 2025, so we recommend starting your preparation soon. This grant provides an exciting opportunity for academic staff to support and enhance teaching practices at UP through evidence-based research and innovative pedagogical approaches. To help guide your application, please refer to the following resources:

  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning @ UP procedures document outlines the detailed application process, links to the required forms, related information and eligibility criteria. You can access it HERE.
  • SoTL Briefing Session Recording – If you could not attend the briefing session on 14 November 2024, or would like to revisit the key points discussed, you can view the recording HERE.

We encourage all interested staff members to review these materials and consider applying for the grant. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact the SoTL Team.  

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