Abstracts & Biographies

Conference Chairperson

Prof LL Lalendle

Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Welcome Address

Prof SK Ndlovu

Opening Address: The Changing Higher Education Landscape: Implications for Quality

Prof P LenkaBula

Garmin Quality Assurance Community of Practice:  Objectives and Reflections on the expedition

Prof LL Lalendle


Plenary Session 01

Session Director

Dr V Makuku

Keynote Address: Transformation and Quality 

Dr W Green

First Panellist: Implications for Decolonisation and Africanisation

Prof N Hlabangane

Second Panellist: Implications for Inclusivity 

Prof S Ngubane

Open Panel Discussion 

Dr V Makuku


Parallel Session 1.1

Session Chair

Ms LA Mabope 

The Lived Experience of Undergraduate Students in Creative (Design) Studies In Emergency Distance Education During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Dr C Stoltz-Urban, Mr P Harrison, Ms G Barry

Reporting and Reconstructing the Quality Debate using Institutional Audits in a COVID-19 Context  

Prof LL Lalendle, Prof M Mogashoa, Dr E Johannes, Ms H Matshoba

Addressing the Covid-19 grand challenge in higher education: A collaboration framework

Dr K Stander


Parallel Session 1.2

Session Chair

Dr M Fourie 

Academic Quality Assurance & Enhancement Unit and UNIDrive at the University of South Africa in the Midst of Covid-19

Mr JK Mashabela

Post Covid-19 Assessment as Correlates of School Adjustment Among Students with Special Needs in Ibadan North Area of Oyo State

Dr OO Oladimeji, Dr AN Molokwu

Repositioning Quality Teacher Education Programme through Innovative Pedagogies in South East States of Nigeria: Implication on Students Learning

Dr AS Azubuike


Parallel Session 1.3

Session Chair

Prof DM Farisani

Administration of Online Teaching in Nigerian Private Universities during Covid-19 lockdown: Evidence from Al-hikmah University

Dr Y Suleiman &  Dr ON Omofolakemi 

Learner Support in Open Distance Education

Dr C Tabane

Effect of Virtual classroom learning on academic achievement of Basic Science Students' amidst COVID -19 Pandemic 

Dr AT Gbenga


Thursday, 30 September 2021


Plenary Session 02

Session Director

Dr S Selematsela 

Welcome Address

Prof M Masemola

Day One Reflections 

Prof LL Lalendle

Keynote Address: Student Experience in COVID: A Quality Assurance Perspective

Prof R Mohee

Q and A 

Dr S Selematsela 


Parallel Session 2.1

Session Chair

Prof I Setlhodi 

Towards Cultural Change: Rethinking Quality as Impact in providing Epistemological Access in Higher Education 

Dr M Fourie

Ensuring Access and Inclusion Through A Blended Education Approach in The   Face of Pandemic

Dr JO Adeyanju

Mediatizing Practical Theatre Education: Challenges and Strategies for Nigerian Institution in Pandemic World

Mr A Akinsiku 


Parallel Session 2.2

Session Chair

Dr C Van Staden 

Ensuring equity, quality and retention of students with disabilities (SWD) in science fields during the Covid-19 pandemic

Dr E Johannes

An Assessment of University of Ibadan Undergraduate Students’ Knowledge and Disposition to ePeer-tutoring approach during COVID-19 Pandemic  

Dr IA Olasunkanmi, Dr AL Akinyemi

This is Quality as I see It: Straddling the Margins of Policies and Decolonial Works

Dr V Seti-Sonamzi


Parallel Session 2.3

Session Chair

Dr C Stoltz-Urban 

Experiences: How Covid-19 has impacted Student Support Services and lessons learnt

Ms LA Mabope 

Evaluating the Implementation of Online Instruction in Higher Institution: A Case Study of A College Of Education In Nigeria

Dr AJ Adedayo, Mr AT Oluwafemi

Tutors’ Perceptions of Digital Teaching and Learning of English Language during COVID-19 in Oyo State, Nigeria

Dr M Gbadegesin


Plenary Session 03

Session Director

Dr E Mhlanga

Keynote Address: The role of professional bodies in ensuring the quality of higher education offerings

Mr J Nel

First Panellist: Engineering Qualifications Perspectives

Mr L Lebea

Second Panellist: Law Qualifications Perspectives 

Prof D Farisani

Third Panellist: Quality Assurance professionalisation in Higher Education 

Prof R Ramphal

Open Panel Discussion 

Dr E Mhlanga


Plenary Session 04

Session Director

Prof  M Mogashoa 

Keynote Address: Quality Assurance and Accreditation in the African Higher Education: Promoting Continental Integrating Post COVID

Dr V Makuku

Open Panel Discussion

Prof M Mogashoa

Announcements and Closure

Prof LL Lalendle