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UNISA Has A Retarded New Email Policy

Thursday, November 20, 2008

This morning, I received a friendly mail from UNISA.
Dear MR XXX XXX
We’d like to make it easier for you to communicate with us, so from 2009, Unisa will be offering all registered students a unique email address, free of charge, with 10 gigabytes worth of space. Here’s how it works.
When you register as a student [...]

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No More RPL for ICDL

Thursday, June 19, 2008

One of the required subjects for a computer science degree at UNISA is CEM101, which is apparently equivalent to the ICDL.
I already know how to sling a keyboard, so I did the CEM101 module through recognition of prior learning (RPL). The handling fee for the RPL process was R 145.00 (payable once only), and [...]

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Meeting About Using Open Content Learning At UNISA

Thursday, June 5, 2008

I’ve written about open content learning materials before. In that post I mentioned that I’ve been trying to talk to people in UNISA for a while now, and on Tuesday (3 June), I finally got the promised meeting.
I met with Prof. Wendy Kilfoil (Director of the Institute for Curriculum and Learning Development), and Mr Deon [...]

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