{"id":179,"date":"2015-09-22T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T11:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/moocs\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2017-01-09T11:33:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T09:33:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/moocs\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Follow the UCT MOOC Implementation team as we navigate our way through \u201cMOOCy\u201d waters and share our experiences of producing MOOCs.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uct.ac.za\/\">University of Cape Town<\/a>, through our department \u2013 the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cilt.uct.ac.za\/cilt\/home\">Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching<\/a>\u00a0(CILT) \u2013\u00a0launched its\u00a0very first set of UCT-run MOOCs in early 2015. Having partnered with MOOC platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/\">Cousera<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/\">FutureLearn<\/a>\u00a0UCT currently offers seven MOOCs with topics ranging from understanding the mind, to climate change and inclusive education. Five more MOOCs are planned in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The CILT MOOC Implementation team is led by course development manager Janet Small with support from project manager Sukaina Walji. The team, responsible for creating the first set of MOOC by an African university on major international platforms also includes, learning designers Andrew Deacon and Tasneem Jaffer and learning design intern Michael Glover, with marketing support from Kyle Rother and Aamirah Sonday. An integral part of the MOOC team is the CILT digital media team consisting of Nawaal Deane, Rondine Carstens, Kristi Edwardes and Don Leitch who are responsible for video and multimedia production. 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