Associate Professor Clement Simuja

Position: ICT and Educational Technology -Lead

Email: c.simuja@ru.ac.za

Tel:+27 (0)46 603 7728

Biography

Clement has worked for the past years researching the integration of digital technology into schools, universities and adult learning. His research uses critical social theories and philosophical thinking to examine ; constraints and problems
faced when technology-based education is implemented. His research interests are:

• Examining the complex roles and practice of reconceptualising  Technology Pedagogical content knowledge(TPACK).
• The interplay on technologies and self regulated learning
• The integration and practices of computational thinking across K-16 curricula, moving beyond syntax to focus on the underlying mental processes of abstraction, decomposition, and algorithmic reasoning
• Co-evolution of human and artificial intelligence, y focusing on how interaction with AI alters or can be reconceptualise with the fundamental mechanics of human learning.

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