John Traxler, Professor of Mobile Learning at University of Wolverhampton, visits UKZN
The School of IS&T, with financial support from the UKZN Teaching & Learning Office, hosted Prof. John Traxler at UKZN on Wednesday 19 October 2011. John Traxler is Professor of Mobile Learning, (probably the world’s first). He is a full professor and Director of the Learning Lab at the University of Wolverhampton. Prof. Traxler gave a seminar entitled "Mobiles and Education in Africa - a Sustainable and Appropriate Ecology". Read more ... |  |
| SCHOOL OF IS&T HOSTS SACLA CONFERENCE 2011 UKZN's School of Information Systems and Technology hosted the annual Southern African Computer Lecturers Association (SACLA) conference between 6-8 July 2011 at the Fairmont Zimbali Resort, close to Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal. The Conference's theme was "Innovate - Educate". A wide range of papers, discussing various aspects of computing education, were presented at the conference. 27 of the 29 papers presented underwent a double blind peer review. The keynote address, entitled "King 3 and IT Governance", was presented by Binesh Rajkaran of PWC. In this talk he highlighted the need for good IT governance in organisations. A multi-institution panel discussion was also held at the conference, discussing the "Graduateness of computing students in South Africa". 48 Computer Science, IT and Information Systems academics, representing 14 Southern African higher education institutions, attended the event. The 2012 conference will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Informatics at the University of the Free State. | |
| INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT AND DESIGN CONFERENCE AT UKZN Inspired by the sharing of ideas and a shared future, UKZN’s School of Information Systems and Technology hosted the prestigious Technology, Entertainment and Design Conference (TEDxUKZN) at the Graduate School of Business on 14 May 2010... read more |  |
| IBM STUDENT AWARDS CEREMONY The School of Information Systems and Technology honoured its top achievers at 2nd IBM Students Awards Ceremony on 7 May 2010...read more
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| MADE FOR INDUSTRY School of IS&T has an important partnership with IT/IS industry IBM, Apple, SAP, KPMG, PWC and Ernest & Young....read more. |
| IBM AND THE UKZN SCHOOL OF IS&T PARTNERSHIP The relationship between IBM and the UKZN School of IS&T goes back a number of years. Over that period, IBM has delivered guest lectures, an optional module in IT Architecture as well as participation in the NextEd project…read more |
| UKZN PROMOTES PODCASTING UKZN will soon become the first university in South Africa to use Podcasting in higher education as a fully featured solution...read more |
| BEWARE OF PHISHERS AND PHARMERS ON THE INTERNET
Phish Pharming, Beware Sharks on the Net, was the title of a public lecture at UKZN which focused on internet security and its impact on society, especially families with young children...read more
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| POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ENHANCED
The School of Information Systems &Technology (IS&T) and the Department of Telehealth at UKZN are working together to enhance the post graduate programme in Medical Informatics...read more
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| STUDENTS DESIGN A SOFTWARE PROGRAMME FOR SMALL AUTO DEALERS Third year students from UKZN’s School of Information Systems and Technology (IS& T) have created and implemented a user-friendly software programme to benefit operators of small sized used vehicle dealerships...read more |
| ICTS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AT TECHNOLOGY FORUM The possibilities and pitfalls offered by information and communication technologies (ICTs) in advancing teaching and learning at Higher Education institutions was the focus of a recent Technology Forum organised by the University Teaching and Learning Office (UTLO) and the Open Learning Initiative...read more
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| VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY
The School of Information Systems and Technology’s (IS&T) NextEd Program (Next Education) has received a boost of R1, 3 million from the Association of African Universities...read more |
| INNOVATION AWARD
The School of Information Systems and Technology (IS&T), at UKZN was recently awarded the IBM Faculty Award with a further boost of $12 000 for their highly innovative and successful NextEd Programme...read more |