Program Overview

University of Cape Town Programs

The University of Cape Town offers a variety of programs and courses, including undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as short courses and online learning opportunities.

Courses and Training

• Webinars and Training: The university provides webinars and training sessions on various topics, including blended and online learning, assessment, and artificial intelligence.
• Formal Teaching: The university offers formal teaching programs, including undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
• Assessment Studio: The Assessment Studio provides support and resources for assessment and evaluation.
• Short Courses: The university offers short courses on various topics, including:
  • Blended and Online Learning Design (BOLD) short courses
    • Cluster 1: Learning Design Practices, Process or Emerging Field
    • Cluster 2: Learning Design for Social Justice
    • Cluster 3: Designing for Digital Habitats
    • Cluster 4: Critical & Caring Reflective Perspectives on Learning Design
  • Facilitating Online
  • Designing with AI
  • CILT Design Studio

Projects

• Blended and Online Learning (BOLD) Project: This project aims to develop and implement blended and online learning programs.
• UCT Teaching Innovation and Curriculum Change Grants: These grants support innovative teaching and curriculum change initiatives.
• AI Teaching Innovation Grants 2025: These grants support the development of artificial intelligence-based teaching innovations.
• Sharing Online Assessment Practices (SOAP): Case Studies: This project shares case studies on online assessment practices, including:
  • Mitigation strategies
    • STA1000F - Introductory Statistics
    • HUB3006F - Applied Physiology
    • AGE3011F - Roots of Black Identity
    • LIS4053W - PGDip in Library and Information Science
    • SLL1061S - Initial French IB
    • CHE4067 - Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Transforming assessment
    • FIN1005W - Fine Art Foundation
    • LIS5025F - Principles of Digital Curation
  • Expanding, enhancing or adapting
    • EDN4501 - Education Technology
    • EGS4047F - Environmental Policy and Practice
    • LIS5032F - LIS Leadership and Management
    • INF3012S - BPM & Enterprise Systems
    • APG2041S - Applied Surveying & GISC
    • PTY6012W - Forensic Medicine
    • ACC2011S & ACC2111S - Financial Reporting 1
    • AGE2012F - The First People
    • MBChB - Year 2 - Integrated Health Systems Part 1A (Pre-clinical)
  • Holding pattern / difficulties
    • MUZ1397H - Foundation Practical Studies - Trombone
    • PPH4056W - Health in Context
    • PD4016W - Neonatology
    • PRY6000W - Psychiatry and Mental Health
    • ZC MDN3001S - Women's Health
    • DOL4500 F/S – Legal Practice

FIN1005W - Fine Art Foundation

Name: George Mahashe

Course: FIN1005W - Fine Art Foundation

Faculty: Humanities

Level: Undergraduate

Category: Transforming Assessment

One sentence summary: A new form of assessment was designed to get students re-engaged and into a practice of responding.

Context: The exercise was themed provocations which asked students to interact with a text on their chat platform.

Purpose: The purpose was to get students to engage with the material and get them into a practice of responding.

Process: Students were given a choice of four provocations and had to do two. They worked in groups of 4-6 to produce a report where they had to write a collective 1500-word response to the provocation, along with all their transcribed chats and discussions, and then a 500-word summary of their chats and a blog.

Outcomes/Lessons learned: This format really worked well and will be carried forward. Students responded incredibly well to the provocations and opportunity to engage.

Recommendations: Providing the kind of space which allows student engagement is really important when working online. With a larger class, group assignments can become a form of peer learning.