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CEES WEEKLY BULLETIN

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND EXTERNAL STUDIES

12th December 2017

Deputy Principal attended the special

meeting in the Higher Degrees

Committee in the EASHESD Board room

23rd November 2017, College Academic

board convened a meeting in the

principal office at 10:00am (special

meeting to consider the facilitation of the

Semester One Exams)

23rd November 2017, the Establishment

Appointment Committee held a meeting

at 2:30 pm in the College Board room

The Principal attended the Central

Management meeting at 8:30am in the

Main Building

30TH Nov, 2017 Teaching and Learning

Centre Committee held a meeting

Graduation lists for the College Of

Education and External Studies was

finalised and submitted to be included in

the Jan 2018 graduation book.

On 4th December,

2017 the College

principal received two

guests from the

University Of Pretoria,

South Africa, Prof

Johan Wassermann &

Dr Denise Bentrovato

Office of the Principal under the company of Dr. Dorothy

Ssebowa from the Department of

Humanities and Language Education,

School of Education, CEES, Makerere

University.

The guests indicated readiness to

collaborate with the College of

Education and External Studies in

various academic engagements.

The College Principal welcomed them to

Makerere University and

thanked them for organising

the Second International

Conference on History

Education.

CEES Mgt visits Mak Katungulu Campus

College Management team led by the

College Principal Prof F. Masagazi-

Masaazi visited the Makerere University,

Katungulu Campus in Bushenyi for a fact

finding mission. This has been an

arrangement by the University

Management to plan for the Opening of

that campus. The campus has facilities

like Lecture rooms, Computer

Laboratories, Student Hostels, Sick Bay,

Administration Block

and Staff Offices. The

report about this

visitation is expected

before the end of this

month (December

2017)

Institute for Education

Research

Institute for Education Research

in conjunction with the Centre For

Teaching and Learning Support

held ECD Conference on Thursday

23rd November 2017 in the new

Conference Facility in the School

of Distance and Lifelong Learning

at 8:30am. The Principal CEES

Addressed the Early Childhood

Teacher Training Colleges

Collaborating with CEES in the

Meeting. During the Training, Dr.

David Kabugo gave a presentation,

and Associate Professor Mugagga

also addressed participants on the

good in collaborating with CEES to

better early childhood Education

in Uganda. Officials from the

Ministry of Education also

addressed the participants

School of Education

On 5th December

2017 , the School held

Public Defence of Ms.

Marjorie Sarah Kabuye

Batiibwe in Room 26,

Curriculum Building at 10:00am .

Title: "Application of the

Technological Pedagogical Content

Knowledge Framework on the Use

of ICT in Pedagogy by Teachers of

Mathematical/ Quantitative

2

Disciplines in Universities in Uganda"

The candidate defended her PhD .

Graduate Exams in the School of Education is on going from Monday 11th - Saturday 16th December 2017 Department of Humanities and Language Education

On 4th December 2017, the preparation meeting for the International Conference on History Education was held in the Dean’s Office School of Education, It was Chaired by Dr. Athonny Mugagga who was delegated by the Dean, SoE. Team from the University of Pretoria, South Africa also attended the meeting ( Prof Johan Wassermann & Dr Denise Bentrovato)

On 7th and 8th December the Department held a very successful International Conference on History Education in Africa. The aim of the conference was to stimulate discussion and reflection, and consolidate extant knowledge on the state of history education in Uganda, Africa, while approaching the current debate in the teaching of history in Africa. The theme of the conference is “Teaching and learning history in a changing Africa: possibilities and challenges in the 21st century”. It was held at Makerere University, School of Food Technology. Key note speaker was Prof Ssekamwa

School of Distance and

Lifelong Learning

Open and Distance and e-Learning

1ST December 2017, the B.ED

Internship Supervisors Meeting was

held at the Open Distance and e-

Learning at 10:00am

Exam started and progressing well,

Bachelor of Commerce External

Students are doing their exams at

Multitech Business School, BED

External Students will start their

Exams after schools have closed.

Mr. Godfrey Mayende attended a workshop a workshop at Online Educa Berlin moderated by Prof. Gilly Salmon the originator of the Five Stage model

For more detailed information click on the links below http://www.gillysalmon.com/five-stage-model.html http://www.gillysalmon.com/. DELP Project was represented at the international Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and learning . Two Papers were presented and will be published in Springer. Presented a paper on “Contextualisation of Elearning Systems in Higher Education Institutions” by Gerald Gwamba , Jaco Renken, Paul Birevu Muyinda and Dianah Nampijja. Another paper was presented on “Towards Technology for supporting Effective Online Learning Groups” by Mayende Godfrey, Andreas Prinz, Paul Birevu Muyinda

On 5th December 2017, Dr. Samuel Ndeda Siminyu was a warded Doctor of Education in Higher Education, by University of Liverpool, UK.

Thesis title: Learner utilisation of open educational resources at Makerere University: a mixed methods study In the 140th meeting of Makerere University council, the Operationalisation of the open, Distance and E-Learning strategy was discussed and it was given a go-ahead.

CEES Conference Facility

With support from Distance

Education Leapfrogging Project

(DELP) in CEES, the former AVU

viewing room has been

transformed into ultra modern

DELP video conferencing room.

We take this opportunity to

invite you colleagues to make use

of this modern communication

channel and room for small

conferences and meetings of less

than 80 persons.

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East African School of

Higher Education Studies

and Development

Dr Ronald

Bisaso,

Dean,

EASHESD

The School will hold PhD Defence for

Ms. Josephine Lubwama scheduled

for 12th December, 2017 at

10:00am in Room 126, Curriculum

Building.

Title: "Influence of Management on

Quality Assurance in National

Teacher’s Colleges"

For more detailed information click

here: https://goo.gl/KwgtUU

The School will also hold another

PhD Defence for Etomaru Irene

scheduled for 14th December, 2017

at 10:00am in Room 126, Curriculum

Building.

Title: "Knowledge Translation

Strategies and Practices at

Makerere University"

For more detailed information click

here: https://goo.gl/CUoKmd

MUASA Elections

Dear Staff, we thank all staff who

participated in the MUASA

democratic free and fair elections and

we congratulate CEES Staff who contested for elective positions. To our very own CEES Staff, Dr. Walimbwa Michael, with great respect and pride from the college, we heartily congratulate you on winning the elections. We all trust you and your powers, we believe that you are going to be a great MUASA General Secretary and wish you success as you prepare to take up responsibilities and challenges of your new elective office. We wish you all the best as we build for the future. Congratulations! “YES, WE CAN”

To our out going CEES Staff that have been serving on MUASA Executive, we thank you so much too for raising the CEES and Makerere University flag high. DR. Muhammad Kiggundu, Outgoing Chair, MUASA and Mr. Kakinda Louis, Outgoing MUASA General Secretary, we thank you for the great achievements you attained during your term of leadership. Your diplomatic approach in solving problems benefited all at Makerere University.

DR. Muhammad Kiggundu, Outgoing Chair, MUASA

Mr. Kakinda Louis, Outgoing MUASA General Secretary

Compiled by

Isemaghendera Alex,

Web Administrator,

Ag. Communication Officer, CEES

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