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The Sharing Economy in Higher Education

October 31, 2022
By Meg Knight | There’s nothing like a crisis to stimulate fresh ideas and thinking. What was unthinkable previously suddenly becomes more palatable and unusual solutions to problems find traction. Back in 2012, Lisa Gansky highlighted an interesting trend developing in business in her book (and subsequent TED Talk) The Mesh:…
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Let’s Move Away From Binary Thinking in EdTech

October 6, 2022
Image by GarryKillian on Freepik By Meg Knight | Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Hybrid vs. on Campus Fast vs. Effective The answer always depends on who you ask. Much of the EdTech commentary seems to be stuck in the binary, trying to analyze if the best solutions are this or that.…
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The Value of Cultivating a Deep Listening Mindset

September 27, 2022
When I accepted the position of Chief Operations Officer for our global team, I didn't appreciate the role deep listening would play in my and our team's success. Deep Listening involves listening, from a deep, receptive, and caring place in oneself, to deeper and often subtler levels of meaning and…
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Media Training and Capacity Building of Lecturers in Rwanda

September 21, 2022
Written by Michelle Dolphin In July this year, our senior producer, Gert Steyn, and I traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, to provide in-person capacity training to lecturers from the University of Rwanda. At first, we were sure we could facilitate the training remotely, but once on the ground, we soon realized that an…
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The Unexpected Power of a Walk and Talk

August 24, 2022
The perennial problem of someone in my position with my title is the ability to move beyond the title and access a more fundamental level of communication. Often when I am in meetings with people, there is a subtle but significant power imbalance. The result of this is that the…
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Designing to Empower Learners through PBL

August 18, 2022
Have you ever faced a problem thinking that you would never be able to solve it as you do not have the skills or competencies to come up with a solution? Have you ever taken a course and come across content and thought “Well great, thank you for telling me…

Stakeholder Tetris

August 12, 2022
A new aspect of project management In the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new aspects, considerations, and dynamics to the way of life and the way we do business. While some of these we quickly adapted to and others have taken slightly longer to become accepted practice. Fortunately…
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Five Building Blocks to Successful Course Development and Delivery

August 1, 2022
Course Development: Lessons learned from renovating a house 2021 was a year of home improvement projects in my house. We installed new kitchen flooring, remodeled the basement, and gave our whole house a fresh coat of paint. The process was long, tedious, and messy, but the results were spectacular! So, what…
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Beyond Authenticity

July 22, 2022
Values that drive good online learning experiences At Construct, authenticity is fundamental to our design and development methodology. More importantly, authenticity is the key that opens the door to our employment of values that serve as a means of extending our understanding of clients' and learners' needs into meaningful…
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Construct announces partnership with The Homestead to support vulnerable youth in Cape Town.

July 18, 2022
Construct Education is pleased to announce our partnership with The Homestead, a South African Non-Profit Organization that has been providing care and support for children who are from the streets since 1982. Our company was founded on the belief that what we do needs to improve society. We do this daily…
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Six Tips on How to Delegate More Effectively

May 30, 2022
Delegation is a key management skill. In principal delegating sounds easy and there are people who can do it so well they make it look effortless. However, passing the baton in a work environment requires trust and effective communication. For some of us, delegation may be the hardest to put…
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Leadership by Stealth

May 9, 2022
By Meg Knight Leadership can come with a formal title, or it can be below the radar and largely by stealth. How I have experienced and interacted with what it means to be a leader has changed over the course of my career. Initially, I assumed that the people in front…

Mindfulness in the Workplace: Fluffy, Foreign, or Fruitful?

April 20, 2022
Illustration created by upklyak - www.freepik.com By Kate Lehnerdt Each day we bring a certain amount of energy to work. Some days may be high-energy days, and some days you may feel like you’re running on empty. Typically, this happens on a Monday or Friday! We’ve all had the experience…
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The Future of Quality Learning Design: Values In = Value Out

April 6, 2022
The post-COVID era has seen more learners shift online, opting for quality blended learning journeys, and with institutions scrambling to meet these increasing demands, the need for good learning design is more crucial than ever. However, creating successful learning journeys, journeys that meet the competitive expectations of an ever-expanding online…
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Augmented Reality and Haptic Technology: Is this the Future of learning?

March 15, 2022
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Already with our access to information and ability to communicate with massive bodies of other people, we have seen the average human IQ jump 3 points per decade, 15 points since 1970. We…
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Making Learning Memorable

February 25, 2022
How to Design Better Courses and Improve Learner Retention By Jacques Fourie Memory is a fundamental aspect of all learning since it stores and retrieves learned information. Conversely, learning also depends on memory because stored knowledge in your memory provides the framework to link new knowledge. Subsequently, high-quality learning experiences should…

Our Top 5 Trends for Edtech in 2022

January 31, 2022
Construct works globally; from emerging economies to Ivy league schools. This means I get to work on so many exciting projects from the University of Michigan, to the IFC - International Finance Corporation, VVOB to University of Oxford. Since 2013, Construct has also been a small but growing cog in…
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A message from our CEO

January 18, 2022
When I look ahead I am sure that the digital transformation we have been experiencing will continue to accelerate in 2022. The traditional education market is being reformed through digitization whether fully or as part of a blended learning approach. There is a significant and growing demand from a cost,…

A Pandemic of a Different Kind

January 3, 2022
By Alice Cropper | Anyone with an interest in education (hopefully that's all of us!) and its relation to socioeconomic systems should watch the Netflix series ‘Daughters of Destiny’.  A poignant, heartfelt documentary, it follows the lives of five girls from impoverished families in India who are given the opportunity to…
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Lights. Camera. Covid.

April 30, 2021
By Anel Hugo | How the Pandemic Disrupted Video Production I joined Construct Education in February 2020. I joined as a Video Producer, with my main responsibilities ranging around everything to do with filming. It was standard procedure: with our Production Team working from Cape Town, South Africa, but most of our…

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