By Mikhail Pillay |
A Glimpse Into the Future
It's the year 2025. You begin your day by drinking your morning cup of coffee in Belgium, visit family in Australia, fight aliens on Mars during your…
By Louis Neilson |
As Josh Taylor puts it, in Half•Alive’s song ‘Rest’,
“Living busy isn't giving you your worth.”
Our goal for this week has been to help our Construct colleagues understand the concept and value…
By Elle Olivier |
I never played with dolls when I was a kid. I had dolls, but I didn't play with them. It would frustrate my mom endlessly. I would beg for a new doll,…
By Nadine Hamman |
The global pandemic’s impact has been felt worldwide, causing many people to reach the end of 2020 with a sigh of relief. This is true for many teachers, lecturers, and learners who…
By Michael Passetti |
Education and Technology
Education and technology have always influenced each other. With advances in technology, we usually see parallel advances in education, as new technologies are used for educational purposes. A particular…
By Melissa Taljaard |
Online Universities, remote learning, and online courses are not foreign concepts, nor are they direct results of the recent pandemic we find ourselves in.
However, online education demands are high; manufacturing of…
By Ross Taylor |
Higher education is critical to our social and economic success; it empowers people to become capable, well-educated, and skilled citizens who can compete in a sustainable, diversified and knowledge-intensive international economy. The…
By Sinethemba Nomatye |
For the past year, our lives have changed in a drastic way in which we did not see coming where we had to change the way we live, the way we work,…
By Sone Thasi |
A job is not just the daily duties that one performs for a company; it is the very clothes that we wear, the food we eat, the house we call home, and…
By Carmenita Oersen |
I began my Master’s journey during the year that I saw the world go into lockdown due to Covid-19. This meant no contact sessions, no physical presence on campus, and initial struggles…
By Richard Mee |
What is it that draws a student into learning? Why would they invest time and resources, time away from family, mental energy, into the piece of learning that I produce? Why would…
By Carolyn Taylor |
It was the height of 1922 when William Addison Dwiggins first coined the term ‘graphic design’ to communicate his technical abilities to lay out type settings and imagery for the books he…
By Firdous Sonia Butoni |
“Why do I need to know this?”
If you've asked this question during a class you were taking you surely are not alone. One of the implications of education is the disconnect…
By David Atherstone |
Before I begin, I need to acknowledge that this is not a one size fits all approach. I realize that companies require office space for their business to run in the manner…
By Cara O'Malley |
I fully believe that online learning has the power to democratize education and change the world.
We’ve never had a time like this before. One where humankind’s collective knowledge is a click away…
By Ofentse Mabiletsa |
Studying and going to school has become a chore. Personally, I day-dreamed through school and university. Apart from not understanding why I was going to school except to ”get a job,” I…
By Laura Meredith |
I started my new job at Construct in July when South Africa was in Level 3 of our lockdown. By that time, most businesses had moved to a fully remote setup. I…
By Justin Lawrence |
When creating a course, you want to make sure that the learner can easily grasp the concept. Crafting perfect learning outcomes that align with the course content often takes precedence over content…
By Tauriq Latief |
The Master and The Student
“You must unlearn what you have learned." - Yoda
If you love Star Wars, you’ll most definitely recognize the above phrase. Yoda schools a young Luke Skywalker in…
By the Construct PR & Marketing Team |
Online Education Services (OES), the leading online education enabler in Australia, has expanded its operations in the US, UK, and South Africa through a majority stake investment in…