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THE UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL
CORPORATE RELATIONS DIVISION
CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A PUBLIC WEBINAR
UNIVERSITY CAPABILITIES: CLASSROOM COURSES TO
COVID-19 CURRICULA
TUESDAY, 21 JULY 2020
TIME: 14H00-15H30
The COVID-19 pandemic has transmuted teaching and learning ominously, imposing histrionic conversion
on time-honoured university traditions. Traditional in person classes have evolved into socially constructed
online classes, signified by synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching approaches. Academics
have expeditiously operationalised online curricula, teaching via Zoom, Microsoft teams and Skype
classrooms. COVID-19 has compelled forward-thinking technological approaches to sustain the intellectual
project. Technological hardware, software and access to the world wide web, have revealed the veracities of
the digital divide.We look forward to seeing you there!
FACILITATOR
DR MARIAM SEEDAT KHAN
(UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL)
SPEAKERS
PROFESSOR PHILANI MOYO DR PUSPA MELATI, WAN PROFESSOR NELAGO INDONGO PROFESSOR KATHERINE LYON
(SOUTH AFRICA) (MALAYSIA) (NAMIBIA) (CANADA)
ENQUIRIES ONLY: SHAKILA THAKURPERSAD
thakurpersads@ukzn.ac.za
CLICK TO RSVP
PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES
Dr Mariam Seedat Khan is the academic leader for Society and Social Change in the
School of Social Sciences, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
She is one of only three AACS Certified Clinical Sociologist in South Africa, and the
founder of SMART. Dr Seedat is an executive member of the International Sociological
Association Research Committee ISA RC-46 for Clinical Sociology. She is the editor of
edition one and two of Sociology: A South African Perspective and numerous peer
DR MARIAM SEEDAT KHAN reviewed academic papers and book chapters.
Dr Puspa Melati, Wan is a Senior Lecturer at Taylor’s University, Malaysia. She holds
a PhD in Sociology and Anthropology from the International Islamic University
Malaysia and completed her MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford, UK
and BA in Sociology and Psychology from University of San Francisco, US. Her
community involvement, publication topics and research interests include people
with different abilities, single mothers, deviance, youth, and the media.
DR PUSPA MELATI, WAN
Professor Philani Moyo is the Director of the Fort Hare Institute for Social and Economic
Research, University of Fort Hare, South Africa. He has researched and published
extensively on the social dimensions of climate change, food security and migration.
His current research on ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’ is funded by the National Research
Foundation of South Africa
PROFESSOR PHILANI MOYO
Nelago Indongo, DPhil, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and
Population Studies and Director of the Multidisciplinary Research Centre at the University
of Namibia. Her key research focuses on population dynamics and reproductive health
in relation to urbanisation. She is well conversant with issue of population growth and
population ageing. Indongo has published award-winning journal articles and book
chapters. She has represented the University of Namibia at various platforms, including
NELAGO INDONGO, DPHIL being part of the Association of Commonwealth Universities steering committee of
SDGs. She has been awarded research funding through Namibia - South Africa NCRST-
NRF joint call. Indongo and her collaborators have conducted several research projects
that have contributed to national policies review and programme interventions,
especially in the areas of maternal and child health, adolescent health and teenage
pregnancy. She is a member of professional associations concerned with population
studies and has presented academic papers at international conferences.
Professor Katherine Lyon is Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of
Sociology at The University of British Columbia. Her area of research is in the Sociology
of Education and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, with a focus on experiential
pedagogies. She has published in the Canadian Review of Sociology, Teaching Sociology,
and Family Science Review. Katherine holds a Certificate on Curriculum and Pedagogy
in Higher Education from the International Program for the Scholarship of Educational
PROFESSOR KATHERINE LYON Leadership and is a recipient of the Vantage Educational Innovation and Teaching
Awards and the SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award
INSPIRING GREATNESS