Academically Speaking

About Academically Speaking

Academically Speaking is a radio show, hosted by Professor of mathematics education, Vice chancellor and principal Mamokgethi Phakeng. The show is hosted on Radio Bop(RSA radio station) live every Thursday. The show is everything Academic.

Publisher

Msawenkosi Mkhize

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2021

Latest episode

5 Feb 2021

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Feb 2021

   Interview By FabAcademic with President of the University of the people Shai Reshef

   Shai Reshef is the President of University of the People (UoPeople) —the world’s first non-profit, tuition-free, American accredited, online university. UoPeople is the Education Revolution. It offers high quality, accessible, affordable American degrees through a groundbreaking online learning model. With volunteers from the world’s foremost academic institutions, UoPeople allows students the flexibility they need to earn college and graduate degrees and to build brighter futures, whoever and wherever they are. An educational entrepreneur, Shai has over 25 years of experience in the international education market. From 1989 to 2005, he served as Chairman of the Kidum Group, a for-profit educational services company. Between 2001 and 2004, Reshef also chaired KIT eLearning, the online learning partner of the University of Liverpool and the first online university outside of the United States. Shai has been widely recognized for his work with UoPeople, including being named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business; selected by OneWorld as one of its ‘People of 2009;' awarded an Ashoka fellowship; joined UN-GAID as a High-level Adviser; selected by The Huffington Post as the Ultimate Game Changer in Education; nominated as one of Wired Magazine’s 50 People Changing the World; and selected as a Top Global Thinker by Foreign Policy Magazine. Global media coverage includes the New York Times, Washington Post, Chronicle of Higher Education, NPR, and more. An expert at the intersection of education and technology, Shai has spoken internationally at numerous conferences including TED; DLD; TEDxOxbridge; World Economic Forum; EG5 Conference; TEDxKC; Google’s Higher Education Summit; EMV Human Values meeting; The Economist’s Annual Human Potential Summit and the Schools for Tomorrow Event for the New York Times. He has lectured at Yale, Harvard, Stanford and Oxford, among others. Specialties: Higher education, education technology, non-profit

2. 

   5 Feb 2021

   #StudentCornerwithMsa

   Student Corner is all about Student Matter, the commentary is done by Msa Mkhize

3. 

   4 Feb 2021

   Academically Speaking News (With Paballo Chauke)

   Academic News, cover news from South Africa and around the world about Academics. Paballo Chauke covers this segment

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