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Published: August 15, 2008 12:02 pm    print this story   email this story  

College staff members travel to South Africa

Thursday, August 14, 2008 Stanly Community College (SCC) staff members recently travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa to work with South West Gauteng College (SWGC) and their efforts to reach more remote students through technology.

The trip was co-sponsored by both colleges and was initiated by SWGC principal, Dan Nkosi, whose vision for his institution mirrors the online efforts of SCC President Dr. Michael Taylor.

SCC Lead Learning Technologist Jana Ulrich and Network System Admini-strator Jeff Drake conducted training sessions with 20 faculty and staff from the eight campuses which make up South West Gauteng College.

The focus of the training was on the transition from traditional seated classes to online delivery as a way to help reach more of SWGC's remote students. By week’s end the group had outlined and started work on more than 40 online classes.

On the final day, the SCC folks presented several open source tools and some of the hardware they use to create more advanced and interactive online classes.

A trip to the Cisco headquarters in Johannesburg cultivated a demonstration of the new Cisco Telepresence virtual meeting technology. SCC staff members, along with Cisco personnel, all of whom had gathered at the Charlotte Cisco office, conducted a virtual meeting with the Johannsburg group.

“Telepresence was an indescribable experience,” Nkosi said after the meeting.

“It felt as if we were all in the same room, and yet here we were half a world apart.”

Taylor said: “Any overseas experience that our faculty obtains can bring tremendous benefits to our students here at home. Through cultural awareness, professional development and cutting-edge technology, SCC is committed to the development of globalization.”

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SCC Lead Learning Technologist Jana Ulrich (back row, third person from left) and SCC Network System Administrator Jeff Drake (front row, first person on the right) gathers with faculty and staff from the eight campuses that make up South West Gauteng College in Johannsburg, South Africa. None/ (Click for larger image)

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