• Consulting services
• Introduction
• Career development
• Qualifications
• Publications
• Experience
• Positions held
• Personal Info
• Teaching Portfolio
• PhD thesis

Consulting services

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Dr Uys is available for medium term consultancies of up to three months annually regarding organisational and educational change, strategic implementation or comprehensive analysis of modern educational technologies and distance education on national, regional, and organisational level. You are welcome to contact him to discuss your needs, in particular with regards to

• Organisational and educational change management
• Project management
• Educational technology, multi-media and elearning implementation
• Distance education
• General education projects
• Design of physical learning spaces
• Educational leadership and management
• Educational design.

He has built up his expertise through international consulting, contract and permanent engagements in Australia, New Zealand and in developing countries as well as through many years in the IT industry and the analysis of, and publication on, a variety of case studies in Australasia, UK, Europe and developing countries.

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Introduction

Dr Uys has expertise in the strategic implementation and management of modern educational technologies and distance education in higher education both in developing settings (Botswana and South Africa) and in developed environments (Australia and New Zealand). He has experience in change management and project management of institution wide online learning projects and international consulting and has a solid grasp of the pedagogies of online and distance learning as well as the ICT components.

He has built up his expertise through national and international consulting and contract engagements in Australia, New Zealand and in developing countries as well as through many years in the IT industry and the analysis of case studies in Australasia, UK and Europe. He used these case studies in his doctorate research, which was completed in 2000, at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The PhD thesis is titled "Towards the Virtual Class: Key Management Issues in Tertiary Education". His thesis is that the effective and widespread use of online learning in an institution requires a new form of management for all aspects of its operations called “networked educational management”. The thesis further presents a set of heuristics for managing the implementation of online learning in conventional and mixed-mode tertiary education.

He is keen to work in both developmental and developed settings to consult, research, teach and implement strategies of using the new information and communication technologies for human development in on-campus and distance learning. He believes that the goal in modern education and training has to be to provide a better quality of life for all participants and citizens and holds that this can be achieved by increasing the access, enhancing the quality, emphasising a strong value-base and using the emerging technologies of the knowledge society.

He is a former senior lecturer of Massey University in New Zealand and since February 2005 Manager, Education Design & Educational Technology at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia where he has University-wide responsibility for evaluating new educational technologies in terms of their impact on learning and teaching and plays a leading role in adoption and implementation of new technologies and methods. He was the team leader in 2004 for the British Council in doing a five month, European Union funded, feasibility study as a first step towards creating a national strategy and structure for eLearning in Botswana during National Development Plan 9 - 2003 to 2008. He was contracted from February 2001 to January 2005 by the University of Botswana where he led and managed the University-wide implementation of educational technologies, and in particular online learning.

He is closely involved in the paradigm shift in higher education from traditional (face-to-face or distance) education to using blended (integrating various media, modes and technologies) and flexible (convergent) learning-teaching processes in which educational technologies are blended with other learning approaches and media towards effective learning by targeted audiences. The blended and flexible/convergent learning approaches are guided by pedagogy and principles of quality.

He believes that the rapid growth, wide application and open architecture of the Internet and wireless technologies will continue to have a profound effect on the way teaching, learning, research and life in the emerging knowledge society are being conducted.

He has an interest in progressing the appropriate use of modern educational technologies in Christian educational settings.

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Career development

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Manager, Education Design & Educational Technology at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia since February 2005 where he has University-wide responsibility for evaluating new educational technologies in terms of their impact on learning and teaching and plays a leading role in adoption and implementation of new technologies and methods. He also leads and manages a team of learning media laboratory coordinators and educational designers based at the Bathurst, Orange and Goulburn campuses of the University.

Academic year January 2006 – December 2006 (Charles Sturt University). Teaching the distance education cohort of ESC512, Information Technology and the Curriculum of the Master of Education in the School of Teacher Education. Teaching the only and distance education cohort of MGT572, Managing Organisational Change of the Master of Management and the Graduate Certificate of Management in the School of Marketing and Management.

Team leader for the British Council in doing a five month, European Union funded, feasibility study as a first step towards creating a national strategy and structure for eLearning in Botswana during National Development Plan 9 - 2003 to 2008 (July 2003 to February 2004).

He was on contract, from February 2001 to January 2005, as Deputy Director, Centre for Academic Development (Educational Technology) with the University of Botswana with a view to ensure the wide, effective and appropriate use of educational technologies at the university, and in particular eLearning.

Formerly Senior Lecturer and Project Director: Educational New Media at Massey University, New Zealand where he directed the hydi Educational New Media Centre on the Wellington Campus. He taught in the Masters of Education (MEd) and Bachelor of Education (BEd) programmes in the College of Education in the areas of Computer Mediated Learning as well as Educational Leadership and Management.

Director of an organisational and educational change management and elearning consulting group Globe-Online.

He was contracted, from 17 July 2000 - 15 December 2000, for a five month consultancy as the project manager for eLearning at the Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa to establish a sound foundation for progressing eLearning in the years ahead through conducting a number of pilot projects and creating an extensive infrastructure and support systems.

In September 1995 he was appointed Project Manager for the Massey University at Wellington, New Zealand Hypermedia project (which in January 1997 became the hydi Educational New Media Centre) to lead the research and implementation of using hypermedia in open and flexible learning for global education on this campus. The centre did national and international consulting and development as well as research and teaching in this area and have been developing the Massey University at Wellington On-line Campus which hosts the campus's on-line courses, and also initially the Massey University at Wellington Website.

He was a senior lecturer in Educational New Media and course convenor in the Masters of Education (M.Ed) programme of "Leadership & Communication in Tertiary Education & Training" until January 2001. In the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) he convened "Developing On-line Learning", "Computer Mediated Learning" and "Advanced Studies in Academic Leadership".

He conduct various workshops on aspects of online learning/networked education such as "Educational uses of Telecommunications and the Internet", "Teaching online: Tips, tricks & techniques", "Finding things on the Web fast", "Creating a Web page" and "Managing a Virtual Team/Class Environment".

He joined Massey University at Wellington, New Zealand in May 1994 as a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer studies with teaching responsibilities in the areas of systems analysis, computer ethics, multi-media, computer training and general systems overview courses. In 1997 he was the course convenor for "Information Systems Management" (third year), "Evaluation of Systems Requirements" (second year) and "Principles of Information Management" (first year) on the Bachelor of Business Information degree (B.BusInf), as well as course convenor for "Multimedia Applications" (third year) on the Advanced Diploma in Business Computing.

Before coming to New Zealand, he managed the Management Information Department of the Port Elizabeth Technikon in South Africa since 1993. Leading up to that position, he had been the Systems Development Manager in the Computer Services Department for three years and before that analyst programmer and senior programmer at the Technikon.

He started his career in Information Technology in 1978 with SANLAM (one of the big life insurance companies in South Africa) - near Cape Town- as assistant programmer in the Computer division and was a senior programmer when he moved to Port Elizabeth in 1985.

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Qualifications

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Has been awarded a PhD in Communications in October 2000 by the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The title is "Towards The Virtual Class: Key Management Issues In Tertiary Education". His thesis is that the effective and widespread use of online learning/networked education in an institute requires a new form of management for all aspects of its operations: networked educational management. The thesis further presents a set of heuristics for managing the implementation of online learning/networked education in conventional tertiary education. In 2001 these heuristics have been incorporated into the new "LASO (Leadership, Academic & Student Ownership and Readiness) Model for Technological Transformation in Tertiary Education". Background to the LASO model appears in a paper below.

Graduate Certificate in University Leadership and Management at Charles Sturt University, Australia. July 2007.

Advanced Diploma in Tertiary Teaching at Massey University at Wellington, New Zealand in 1997.

Completed a B.Comm.Hons in 1994 at the University of South Africa in Business Economics focussing on Information Management, Strategic Management and Management Science.

Completed a B.Comm (majoring in Mathematics and Economics) at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 1978.

Completed the first year of a Bachelor in Theology (B.Th) in 1984 at the University of South Africa. A number of smaller courses in Christian ministry have also been completed.

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Publications, Papers and Panels

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• Created the "LASO (Leadership, Academic & Student Ownership and Readiness) Model for Technological Transformation in Tertiary Education" based on his doctorate research and subsequent engagements. A number of papers below refer to the LASO model.
• Refereed paper: Uys, P.M. (2007). Enterprise-Wide Technological Transformation in Higher Education: The LASO Model. International Journal of Educational Management (ISSN: 0951-354X), Emerald, UK.
• Presented a paper titled Change Management in the Introduction of Sakai at Charles Sturt University at the AuSakai conference on 5th November 2007; Canberra, Australia.
• Presented an invited paper titled Energising employees for organisational change at the Strategic HR Management in the Public Sector. Improving Human Resource Frameworks to Align with Organisational Objectives and Achieve Employee Satisfaction on 9th August 2007; Sydney, Australia.
• Presented a key note address titled Enterprise-wide technological transformation and change management: A complex landscape at the LEARNX Asia Pacific eLearning and Training conference and expo on 26th July 2007; Sydney, Australia.
• Presentation a seminar to Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET) staff of Cambridge Univeristy, as well as to staff of Manchester Metropolitan University staff in June 2007. Appropriate Change Leadership for the Introduction of Flexible Learning within University Governance and Strategic Leadership Frameworks.
• Uys, P.M. & Tulloch, M (2007).Appropriate Change Leadership for the Introduction of Flexible Learning within University Governance and Strategic Leadership Frameworks: A Comparative Analysis of Case Studies in Developed and Developing Countries. Paper presented at the Integrating for Excellence Conference 2007. Sheffield, UK
• Refereed paper: Campbell, M. & Uys, P.M. (2007). Identifying factors that influence the success of ICT in developing a learning community: the CELT experience. Campus-Wide Information Systems (CWIS), Emerald, UK, Volume 24, Number 1, 2007.
• Uys, P. M. (2006). LASO, LAMS and Learning Designs: Reflections on Strategic Change in Digitally-Enhanced Learning Environments. Invited paper. LAMS 2006 Proceedings of the First International LAMS Conference 2006. Sydney, Australia
• A Chapter with Giannini-Gachago, D., Molelu, G.B, Uys, P.M. (2005). “Analysing the impact of introducing e-Learning in higher education within developing settings: the case of the University of Botswana”. In the book Grabowska, A., Cellary, W. (Eds). E-learning: experiences, cases, projects. Poznan: The Poznan University of economics publishing house. ISBN 83-7417-122-7, pp. 29-38.
• Refereed paper Campbell, M. & Uys, P.M. (2006, July). “Identifying factors that influence the success of ICT in developing a learning community: the CELT experience.” Seventh Annual International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education & Training (ITHET 2006). July 10 - Thursday July 13, 2006. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
• Tulloch M, Relf S, & Uys P. (Eds). (2006). “Breaking down Boundaries. International experience in open, distance and flexible learning. Selected Papers.” The Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) Annual Conference Breaking Down Boundaries, November 9-11 2005. CSU, Australia.
• Refereed paper Uys, P.M. & Campbell, M. (2005, December). “Structure and sustainability: an analysis of the organisation of educational technology leadership and support at Australian universities.” The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Annual Conference Balance, Fidelity, Mobility: Maintaining the Momentum? December 4-7, 2005. Brisbane, Australia.
• Refereed paper “Developing eLearning Materials in Developing Settings: Reflections on the Team Development Approach at the University of Botswana”. Proceedings of the ED-MEDIA 2004-World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications. 22 – 26 June 2004, pp. 4646 – 4649. Lugano, Switzerland: AACE
• Refereed paper published with Kiravu, C and Mothibi, J in Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) "Implementing the LASO model: Development of a pilot online course at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Botswana", Volume 21, Issue 3 (2004), pp. 125-131.
• Refereed paper Uys, P.M. published in Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) "A Syntagm of Networked Educational Management: Case Study University of Botswana", Volume 21, Issue 1 (2004), pp. 22-28.
• Refereed paper Uys, P.M. (2003) published in The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL). Critical Success Factors in The Infusion of Instructional Technologies for Open Learning in Development Settings: The Case of the University of Botswana.
• Refereed paper "Quality in the Management of Technological Transformation: A Framework for Developed and Developing Environments" published in the proceedings of 2003 EDEN (European Distance Education Network) Annual Conference, 15-18 June 2003, Rhodes Island, Greece.
• Refereed paper published in Educational Media International (EMI) with Nleya, P and Molelu, G.B. "Technological Innovation and Management Strategies for Higher Education in Africa: Harmonizing Reality and Idealism", Volume 40, 2003.
• Uys, P.M., Magetse, T.L, & Tladi, L. (2003, September). An Overview of Open, Distance and eLearning in Botswana. Workshop on “Distance Education and Network Communication”, Jilin University, China.
• Molelu, G.B & Uys, P.M. (2003). Development of eLearning at the University of Botswana: Challenges, Achievements, and Pointers to the Future. eLearning Conference, MORUO Communications, Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa, 27 August 2003.
• Molelu, G.B & Uys, P.M. (2003). Technological Change in Learning Environments: The Case of the University of Botswana. NTESU Conference, Durban, South Africa, 9 July 2003.
• Uys, P. M. (2003). eLearning at the University of Botswana: A Bi-Annual Reflection on Progress. Lonaka Bulletin, Centre for Academic Development, University of Botswana, Special Edition on educational Technology, March 2003, pp.5-12.
• Refereed paper published in Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) "Networked Educational Management: Transforming Educational Management in a Networked Institute", Volume 19 Number 5O, October-November 2002, pp. 175-181.
• Presentation to IFIP delegation on 6 June 2003 that visited Botswana in preparation for the 2005 WITFOR Conference to be held in Gaborone “eLearning in Botswana and at the University of Botswana”.
• Presentation as a Member of the Botswana National eLearning Steering Committee on "eLearning at the University of Botswana 2002 - an overview of 2001 and 2002” at the "2nd Meeting of the Botswana National eLearning Steering Committee" on 28 April 2003.
• Presentation on "eLearning in SADC and the University of Botswana 2002 at the "6th Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Technical Committee on Distance Education" hosted by Botswana in Gaborone, Botswana on 6 September 2002.
• Presentation on "eLearning in Southern Africa" at the Applied Research Science Institute - Africa (aRSI-Africa) hosted by the University of Botswana in Gaborone, Botswana on 25 June 2002.
• Presented an opening key note address titled "Towards eLearning in Africa: Vision and Imperatives, Myths and Realities" at the "Southern African Network for Training and Research on the Environment (SANTREN)" eLearning workshop from 3 - 7 September 2001 in Gaborone, Botswana hosted by the University of Botswana.
• A Chapter "Managing Tertiary Education in a Global Virtual Environment: Networked Educational Management" for the book "The Digital University:Building a Learner Community" published November 2001 by Springer-Verlag. Editors: R. Hazemi & S. Hailes.
• Contributed on invitation by researchers of the University College of London a chapter called "Towards the Virtual Class: On-line Hypermedia in Higher Education" for the book "The Digital University: Reinventing the Academy" published in August 1998 by Springer-Verlag. Editors: R. Hazemi & S. Hailes.
• Contributed on invitation by Dr David Woodhouse, director of the NZ Universities Academic Analysis Unit (AAU) to the AAU publication "External Quality Assurance for the Virtual Institution) " (ISSN: 1174-8826), July 1999.
• Co-author of paper published in the proceedings "A Study of How Engineering Students Share Learning" in Durban, South Africa from 3 to 4 October 2002 at the "3rd Southern African Conference on Engineering Education".
• Presented a refereed poster published in the proceedings "Breaking the Silence Online: Using Web-based Threaded Message Boards at the University of Botswana as Anonymous Q&A Forums for Open Discussion and Entry-level Counselling on HIV/AIDS" in Barcelona, Spain from 7 to 12 July 2002 at the "XI World HIV/AIDS Conference".
• Presented a paper on invitation "The Use of ICT in the Teaching-Learning Process: Staff Development for Online Teachers; in Maputo, Mozambique on 27 November 2001 at the "International Conference on Staff Development in Higher Education" hosted by Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM).
• Co-Presented a paper published in the proceedings "Technological Innovation and Management Strategies for Higher Education in Africa: Harmonizing Reality and Idealism" in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2001 at the "International Conference On Transformation On Higher Education Management And Leadership For Efficacy In Africa".
• Refereed paper in the proceedings "Networked Educational Management: Transforming Educational Management in a Networked Institute" in Tampere, Finland in June 2001 at the "World Conference on Educational Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA)".
• Presentation at the 2001 National DVET Seminar “E-Learning at DVET: The First Step” titled "Towards eLearning in Southern Africa: Vision and Imperatives, Myths and Realities" on 10 October 2001 in Gaborone, Botswana.
• Joint presentation with Ms Alice Shemi of the Faculty of Business, University of Botswana at the 2001 Knowledge Exchange Learning Partnership (KELP) Seminar organised by the University of Pretoria titled "Towards eLearning in Southern Africa: Vision and Imperatives, Myths and Realities" on 4 October 2001 in Gaborone, Botswana.
• Refereed paper published in the proceedings "Managing Technological Transformation In Higher Education: A Southern African Perspective" at the "22nd World ICDE (International Council for Distance Education) Conference" in Dusseldorf, Germany. April 2001.
• Presented a paper published in the proceedings "Managing Tertiary Education in a Global Virtual Environment: Networked Educational Management" in Cape Town, South Africa on 18 April 2000 at the "Towards the Global University II: Redefining Excellence in the Third Millennium" Conference.
• Refereed paper published in the proceedings "Towards the Virtual Class: Technology Issues from a Fractal Management Perspective" in Seattle, USA in June 1999 at the "World Conference on Educational Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA)".
• Presented a key note address titled "Towards the Virtual Class in Southern Africa: Vision, Myths and Realities" at the "Technology in Interactive Education (TIE)" conference from 27 - 29 January 1999 in Durban, South Africa organised by the University of Natal.
• Presented a paper published in the proceedings "Towards the Virtual Class: Technology Issues from a Fractal Management Perspective" at the "Annual Research Symposium of the South African Institute For Computer Scientists And Information Technologists(SAICSIT)" from 23-24 November 1998 in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Presented a case study on the growth and work of the hydi Educational New Media Centre titled "From Vision To Reality: The Development Of Distributed On-Line Education At Massey University at Wellington" at the "Open and Flexible Learning Technologies" conference at Massey University in June 1998.
• Refereed paper published in the proceedings "New Educational Technology And The Global Village: Key Management Issues In Higher Education" in Tours, France on 9 April 1998 at the "Towards the Global University: Strategies for the Third Millennuim" Conference.
• Presented a seminar called "The hydi Educational New Media Centre: Findings In Distributed On-line Education" on 2 April 1998 at the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University in the UK.
• Member of discussion panel on "The Culture of On-line Learning"at the "Adult Learning Cultures: Challenges and Choices" conference in Wellington, New Zealand. February 1998
• Paper published in Connections, 47, Wellington, New Zealand, 1998 "Towards the Virtual Class: Trends in Cyberspace Education" first presented at the "Virtual Technologies in Tertiary Education: A Vision for New Zealand?" conference in Auckland, New Zealand. 11-12 October, 1997.
• Paper "Internet Developments" presented at the "NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science Inc. annual Conference" conference in Wellington, New Zealand. September, 1997.
• Refereed paper published in the proceedings "Supporting Cyber Students Over The Web: The On-line Campus of Massey University at Wellington" at " the 18th World ICDE (International Council for Distance Education) Conference" in Pennsylvania, USA. June 1997
• Refereed paper published in the proceedings "Managing a Hypermedia Courseware Development Project: Dynamics and Conclusions" at " the 18th World ICDE (International Council for Distance Education) Conference" in Pennsylvania, USA. June 1997
• Member of discussion panel on "An Infrastructure to Support the Use of Education Technology for Sustainable Development" at the "18th World ICDE (International Council for Distance Education) Conference" in Pennsylvania, USA. June 1997
• Member of discussion panel on "Moving Course materials from Paper-Base To Screen-Base" at the "18th World ICDE (International Council for Distance Education) Conference" in Pennsylvania, USA. June 1997

 

Unpublished Reports

• Tulloch M, Uys P, Arthur J & Buckland E, (2005). Towards a leading edge learning environment at CSU: maximising responsiveness and flexibility through blended  and convergent learning approaches. Centre for Enhancing Learning and Teaching (CELT), Charles Sturt University.
• 2004, March. Final Draft Report on Result Area 4. Feasibility Study to Develop a National Strategy for eLearning in Botswana. Government of Botswana.

• 2002, July. Co-developed on invitation a Southern African Case Study for the Masters Degree course Educational Technologies for Distance Education in Developing Countries at the Carl Von Ossietzky University Of Oldenburg, Germany.
• 2001, December 18. "Consultancy Report for New Facility to House an Open Elearning Centre / Learning Resource Centre and a Library: Francistown CTVE / FTC. Project No 8.ACP.BT.003" to the Ministry of Education, Botswana.
• 2000, October. “Towards the Virtual Class: Key Management Issues in Tertiary Education”. Unpublished PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
  His thesis is that the effective and widespread use of online learning/networked education in an institute requires a new form of management for all aspects of its operations: Networked Educational Management. The thesis further presents a set of heuristics for managing the implementation of online learning/networked education in conventional tertiary education. In 2001 these heuristics have been incorporated into the new "LASO (Leadership, Academic & Student Ownership and Readiness) Model for Technological Transformation in Tertiary Education".
• 2001, July 5. "Suggested Minimum Requirements for a Resource Centre” and “Considerations for Technological Transformation within Tertiary Educational Institutions in Botswana" to the Learning Resource Panel Meeting (Primary Teacher Training Colleges).
• 2001, June 5.  "Requirements for eLearning Centres in Botswana” to Mr Alex Cook, assessor of the Botswana European Union eLearning Project.

 

Research Visits and Attendance-Only Conferences & Professional Meetings

• 2006, 4 – 8 December. Sakai Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, US.
• 2006 July 19 – 28. Conducted a study tour on the operations of a number of research institutes and centres. The London Knowledge Lab (LKL) and the London Centre for Leadership in Learning of the Institute of Education, University of London; The Institute for Educational Technology (IET); The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi); Computers and Learning Research Group in IET; User Lab in IET; Centre for the Study of Educational Technologies (CSET) in IET; The Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET ), Open University; eLINK research group and the Metadata research group, The Catholic University of Leuven.
• 2006, July 24 – 26. Moodle Conference. Hosted by the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
• 2005, September. Apple University Consortium (AUC) Academic & Developers Conference, September 25 - 28, 2005. Hobart, Australia.
• 2005, July. "HERDSA 2005: Higher Education in a Changing World " in Sydney, Australia.
• 2002, July 15-23. Conducted a study tour on strategic directions and the operations of online learning at Institutes in online learning in Western Europe: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands: Centre for ICT in Education (15 July); University of Twente, Netherlands : Development Institute for Knowledge, Education and Learning (DINKEL) (16 July); Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany: Distance Education in Developing Countries (17 and 18 July).; Catholic University Leuven, Belgium: eLINK, as well as EuroPACE (22 July); United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies [UNU/INTECH] Maastricht, Netherlands (23 July).
• 2002, February. "10th European Congress and Specialist Trade Fair for Educational and Information Technology (LearnTEC2002)" in Karlsruhe, Germany.
• 2001, September 16-28. Conducted a study tour on online learning, video-conferencing, training of academic staff in instructional technology, strategies for the wide diffusion of instructional technologies within the institute, as well as smart classrooms and staff training facilities in the USA: University of Washington, Washington State University, Oregon State University, University of Florida and Georgia State University.
• 2001, September 4. "SAP eLearning Seminar" in Johannesburg, South Africa .
• 2001, May. "World Education Market (WEM)" in Vancouver, Canada.
• 1996, October. "Teaching Information Technology" in Dunedin, New Zealand.
• 1996, June. "World Conference on Educational Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA)" in Boston, USA.
• 1995, November. "Annual Conference of the New Zealand Computer Society" in Wellington, New Zealand.
• 1995, October. "On-line Commerce" in Brisbane, Australia.
• 1995, October. "Australian National Telecentres Conference" in Bunbury, Western Australia.

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Experience

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Dr Uys is deeply involved in the use of modern educational technologies, included the Internet and intranets, in private enterprise, research areas, community and educational applications both for on-campus and distance education.

He is currently Manager, Education Design & Educational Technology at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia since February 2005 where he has University-wide responsibility for evaluating new educational technologies in terms of their impact on learning and teaching and plays a leading role in adoption and implementation of new technologies and methods.

International consulting in the field of online learning/networked education. Team leader for the British Council in doing a 5 month, European Union funded, feasibility study as a first step towards creating a national strategy and structure for eLearning in Botswana during National Development Plan 9, which is 2003 to 2008 (July 2003 to February 2004). In December 2001 consulted to the Ministry of Education, Botswana to determine the Educational Technology requirements for the Library/Open eLearning Centre/Learning Resource Centre at the proposed new Francistown College after full consultation with Ministry personnel and their appointed consultants. From 17 July 2000 - 15 December 2000 he was contracted for a five month consultancy as the project manager for eLearning at the Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa. Also did consulting work during December 1998 and February 1999 in Southern Africa at the University of Botswana, University of South Africa (UNISA), University of Natal, Pretoria Technikon, Mangosuthu Technikon, Technikon Natal, Eastern Cape Technikon, Port Elizabeth Technikon, Technikon OFS.

February 2001 to January 2005 on contract as Deputy Director, Centre for Academic Development (Educational Technology) at the University of Botswana to ensure the wide, effective and appropriate use of educational technologies at the university, and in particular eLearning.

January 2004 – December 2006: Member of a research team of a European Union funded research project “FILTER” that focuses on understanding and assessing regional and social practices for economic filtering of electronic knowledge. This team is based in Europe (except me) and is being led by Dr Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Assistant Professor Management and Organisation, Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

24th September 2004: Participated in the Maitlamo National ICT Policy of Botswana workshop to provide feedback, with other ICT professionals, on the National ICT Policy project documents and to find ways on how the ICT industry can get involved with the development and implementation of the policy.

January to December 2003: Project leader of a research project at UB funded by the Office of Research and Development aimed at creating a relevant and effective model for development of new eLearning materials at the University. The model is based on the results of a pilot study of eight representative projects at the University that was conducted between January 2003 and December 2003. The prominent team-model for development of eLearning curricula was analysed within the context and organisational culture of the University.

Organised the first National eLearning Kgotla in Botswana held at UB on Wednesday, 12 June 2002. Sixteen national organisations attended - there were 43 delegates. A number of important resolutions include the formation of a National eLearning Steering Committee, an Association for Educational Technology and eLearning in Botswana, a SchoolNET among all educational institutions and a Consortium of Libraries in Botswana. Lead the task team for the formation of a National eLearning Steering Committee in Botswana, as well as an Association for Educational Technology and eLearning in Botswana.

Formerly Senior Lecturer and Project Director: Educational New Media at Massey University, New Zealand where he directed the hydi Educational New Media Centre on the Wellington Campus. He also taught in the Masters of Education (MEd) and Bachelor of Education (BEd) degrees in the College of Education in the areas of Computer Mediated Learning as well as Educational Leadership.

Director of an online learning and eCommerce consulting, training and development company Globe-Online.

January to December 2003: Project leader of a research project at the University of Botswana funded by UB aimed at creating a relevant and effective model for development of new eLearning materials at UB. The model will be based on the results of a pilot study of ten representative projects at UB to be conducted between January 2003 and December 2003. The prominent team-model for development of eLearning curricula will be analysed within the context and organisational culture of UB.

January to December 2003: Member of a research team at the University of Botswana funded by UB to establish the degree to which eLearning is practiced in the private sector in Botswana so as to align eLearning projects and practices at the University to that of the graduates’ work place.

January to December 2002: Project leader of a joint research project between the University of Botswana and Georgia State University, US funded by UB. The project is a comparative study to encourage open discussion, information-sharing and entry-level counselling on HIV/AIDS by all staff and students by using public Web-based threaded message boards at OSU and UB respectively as an anonymous Q&A forum where an expert answered questions. Results of this research were presented in July 2002 at the "XI World HIV/AIDS Conference" and will be published in an international journal.

Until 31 January 2001 part of a research team at Massey University led by Professor Chris Jesshope (Computer Science) developing an Technology Integrated Learning Environment (TILE), which has been awarded $400,000.00 per year for the next 4 years from 2000 under the 2000 NEW ECONOMY RESEARCH FUND (NERF) in New Zealand.

General and project management experience in Information technology and education as Deputy Director, Centre for Academic Development (Educational Technology) at the University of Botswana, Director of own online learning and eCommerce company, Head: Management Information and Systems Development Manager at Port Elizabeth Technikon, and as Project Director of the hydi Educational New Media Centre at Massey University at Wellington.

Have been involved for more than nine years in researching and developing online learning materials on the World Wide Web as well as Websites for various organisations. This is often accompanied by consulting and training.

Have been teaching at tertiary level in Information Technology for over seven years and in Adult Education and computer Mediated Learning for over three years.

He has also been involved in the development and maintenance of various computer information systems in the following areas:

• administration systems of tertiary educational institutes
• life and short term insurance
• finance
• unit trusts
• recreation as well as
• human resources.

The platforms he worked on include UNIX, VM and MVS operating systems, ORACLE, COBOL, RPG and Assembler programming languages and IBM, ICL and HP computers from main frames to PC’s.

His responsibilities as Head: Management Information focused on fulfilling the information needs of the top and senior management of a tertiary educational institute; this included the development of an Executive Information System (EIS).

As Systems Development manager he was responsible for managing all computer systems development on mid-range computers as well as the training of the approximate 100 computer users.

Co-developed a computer-based training package for Oracle users which was purchased by seven Universities and Polytechnics in South Africa as well as a branch of Telecom (SA) and a computer consulting firm.

He was commissioned by the Rectorate of the Port Elizabeth Technikon in October 1991 to investigate information systems for top and senior management at universities and polytechnics in Europe and the United Kingdom and visited a number of these institutions including the University of Leuven in Belgium and the Imperial College in London.

Also see Career development.

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Positions held

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• Manager, Education Design & Educational Technology at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia since February 2005
• Academic year January 2006 – December 2006 (Charles Sturt University). Teaching the distance education cohort of six ESC512, Information Technology and the Curriculum students of the Master of Education in the School of Teacher Education. Teaching the only and distance education cohort of 37 MGT572, Managing Organisational Change students of the Master of Management and the Graduate Certificate of Management in the School of Marketing and Management.
• Team leader for the British Council in doing a 5 month, European Union funded, feasibility study as a first step towards creating a national strategy and structure for eLearning in Botswana during National Development Plan 9, which is 2003 to 2008 (July 2003 to February 2004)
• Founding Chair of SANTEC (Southern African Network for Educational Technology and eLearning) (2003 - )
• Member of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on Education for the term 2003-2006
• Chair of the Learning Material Design Sub-Committee at Charles Sturt University (2005 - ); Member of the Information and Learning Systems Committee Operations Sub-Committee (2005 - ); CELT representative and Business Expert learning and teaching on the Online Learning Environment (OLE) Programme Team (2006 - )
• Member of the National e-Learning Steering Committee of Botswana (2003 - 2005)
• Member of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) (2004 - 2005)
• Member of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) (2005, 2006 - )
• Member of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) (2005 - )
• Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Learning Technology (IJLT) (ISSN (Online): 1741-8119 - ISSN (Paper): 1477-8386) from Inderscience Publishers. IJLT is an international, refereed, scholarly journal providing an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of important ideas, concepts, and exemplars that can influence the role of learning technologies in learning and instruction (2004 -)
• Member of the Editorial Review Board of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL). Athabasca, Canada. Online available: http://www.irrodl.org (2004 -)
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the 8th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET2007) that was held in Kumamoto, Japan from 10 -13 July 2007.
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2008) to be held in Crete, Greece from 29th September - 1st October 2008 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2007) held in Beijing, China from 8 - 10 October 2007 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2006) held in Lima, Peru from 4 - 6 October 2006 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the International Conference on Education and Technology (ICET 2006) held in Calgary, Canada from 17 -19 July 2006  and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
• Member of the Program Committee of the 2005 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Inc.(ODLAA) Conference, which took place in Adelaide, Australia in November, 2005
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2005) held in Oranjestad, Aruba from August 29-31, 2005 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the IEEE International Workshop on Technology for Education in Developing Countries (TEDC 2005), which took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on July 6, 2005
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Education and Technology  (ICET 2005), which is to take place in Calgary, Canada from July 4-6, 2005 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2004) held in Kauai, Hawaii from August 16- August 18, 2004 and organised by IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology Development)
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the e/merge 2004 - Blended Collaborative Learning in Southern Africa Conference. This is the first virtual conference on educational technology in the SADC region. e/merge 2004 will take place online from 28 June to 10 July 2004 and will include associated face to face events in a number of cities
• Deputy Director, Centre for Academic Development (Educational Technology) at the University of Botswana February 2001 – January 2005
• Director: hydi Educational New Media Centre of Massey University at Wellington, New Zealand (up to 31 January 2001)
• Senior Lecturer: Educational New Media and Adult Education, Massey University, New Zealand
• Senior Lecturer: Computer Studies, Massey University, New Zealand
• Project Manager: Open & Flexible Learning at the Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa (2000)
• Director of an organisational and educational change management and elearning consulting group Globe-Online operating in New Zealand as Globe New Zealand
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference "Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM-2001)" which was held in Hawaii, USA from August 13-16, 2001 and organised by IASTED
• Member of the Program Committee (IPC) of the "International Workshop on Advanced Learning Technologies (IWALT 2000)" held from 4-6 December 2000 in Palmerston North, New Zealand and sponsored by the IEEE Learning Technology Task Force and IEEE Computer Society
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference "Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM-2000)" held from November 20-23, 2000 in Las Vegas, USA and organised by IASTED
• Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of the international conference "CATE 2000: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education" held in May 2000 in Mexico and organised by IASTED
• Conference Chair of the International Program Committee (IPC)of the international conference "CATE'99: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education" held in May 1999 in Pennsylvania,US and organised by IASTED
• Had been invited by Dr David Woodhouse of the New Zealand Universities Academic Analysis Unit to be part of the six person "1999 Working Group on Quality Assurance for the Virtual University"
• Member in 1998 and 1999 of the "Computer Teaching Advisory Group" of Massey University at Wellington
• Chair in 1996 of the Board of Jireh Christian School, Wellington, New Zealand
• Member in 1996 of the "Computer Advisory Committee" of Massey University at Wellington
• Member in 1995 and 1996 of the Research Committee of the School for Business and Information Systems, Massey University at Wellington
• In 1993 and 1994 on the "Advisory Committee" to the senior management of the Port Elizabeth Technikon regarding computer related matters
• Chair in 1992 and 1993 of the "ITS User Group" which then consisted of 21 Southern African Universities and Polytechnics
• Chair of the "Non-lecturing Staff Association" of the Port Elizabeth Technikon in 1993

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Personal Information

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He is married with four children.

A favourite quote:

"In a time of drastic change it is the learners who survive;
the "learned" find themselves fully equipped
to live in a world that no longer exists"

Eric Hoffer

 

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