marius.pienaar

I am an educational consultant at the University of Pretoria, Department for Education Innovation, assigned to the Faculty of Education and Theology and Religion. As an educational consultant, I provide strategic leadership and change management for curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment innovation and continuing opportunities for teaching development to build the capacity to implement a hybrid and inquiry-based approach. I also collaborate to create, implement, monitor and evaluate curriculum, teaching, assessment and learning platforms, systems and policies for the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Theology and Religion as they affect hybrid teaching and learning. I also build relationships within the faculties with the Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning, Departments, Teaching and Learning Committees and individual academics. I provide initial and continuing professional academic staff development for curriculum development, teaching and assessment as well as tutoring. Furthermore, I conduct personal research and research as a community of practice or in collaboration with academics to stay abreast of trends and knowledge in teaching, learning, assessment, open educational resources, learning experience, engagement and academic development as well as create new knowledge in these fields through the scholarship of teaching and learning.