The Department of Early Childhood Education is affiliated with the Unit for Distance Education (UDE). The honours degree in learning support is presented in contact teaching and learning mode by the lectures in the ECE department. Dr West is the coordinator of the contact honours programme.

The same honours degree is also presented in the distance mode of education, where lectures from the ECE department join hands with the UDE. This honours programme is coordinated by Dr Nadia Swanepoel. As part of professional development, Ms Jaqouline Maroga and Mrs Gretchen Jacobs from Education Innovation came to our beautiful campus and provided clickUP training with a specific focus on UDE modules.

The training was divided into two sessions. The first took place on 19 May and focused on the general background of clickUP. The second took place on 21 June and was predominantly focused on Turnitin. These two sessions provided wonderful opportunities for learning and brushing up on knowledge. A special thanks to Jaqouline and Gretchen for their enthusiasm and guidance. We appreciate all that they do for us.