Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Mariam Akinlolu is a Lecturer and the Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange at the School of Built Environment at London Metropolitan University, UK. She holds a PhD in Construction Management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.  Mariam publishes in the areas of sustainable built environment education, EDI issues in construction, and construction health and safety.Manyane Makua is the Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor in Teaching and Learning, and the Senior Director at the Teaching and Learning Development Center at the Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa. He is the Founder and Chair of the flagship Teaching and Learning Focus Conference. He publishes in the scholarship of teaching and learning, language policy, and academic development.Nomalungelo Ngubane is the Director of the University of the Free State Academy for Multilingualism, South Africa. She is a former Senior Lecturer at the Nelson Mandela University Medical School, South Africa. She has also worked as a Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Education, South Africa. Her research interests are Multilingualism, Teaching, and Learning of English FAL, and Ubuntu pedagogy.

• Blended and online learning experiences and expectations.- Learning design models.- Professional development imperatives for blended and online learning.- Resource implications of moving to online learning platforms: the case for social justice.