The Kortext blog
Welcome to the Kortext blog, where you’ll discover insights, opinions and interviews from across the higher education sector.
Let students have a say in their learning
Let students have a say in their learning A Jisc survey of more than 21,000 higher education students has found that just 36 per cent agreed that they were given a chance to be involved in decisions about online learning – A decision that would undeniably have a...
Alexa, play ‘Independent Women’!
March 8th marks International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is #ChooseToChallenge, and we could not let this slide without celebrating some of the amazing women who challenged norms to achieve. A bone of contention is, they...
Remote learning for sustainable equity and access in higher education: insights from GOLA 2021
The GOLA meeting, co-hosted by Kortext, brought together over 100 African university leaders to discuss strategies for enabling remote learning in higher educatio
Your thoughts on eTextbook provisioning: results from our February 2021 survey
Discover key survey findings on the impact of the pandemic on course design, digital resources, and library services
The blurred lines of working from home
The blurred lines of working from home Many of us have been working from home for nearly a year now. At first, it was new, it was exciting, and we were grateful for the extra time not spent stuck in traffic, yet almost a year on we’re asking the question: “When...
What are you doing to keep your students engaged whilst teaching online?
It’s almost a year since the rapid response to the pandemic shifted all education to online learning, and there’s one topic that’s still being hotly debated, and that’s the controversial question of… “Cameras on or off?” There...
Kortext uplifts vulnerable families in a remote community in Nepal
Kortext uplifts vulnerable families in a remote community in Nepal Based on GDP per capita Nepal is ranked as one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2015 a massive earthquake struck the region of Listikot, affecting vulnerable families living in the...
Kortext reaches out to African HE institutions in response to the ongoing impact of Covid on education
Recapping the Global Online Learning Alliance (GOLA) conference, co-hosted with Brains Global, where over 100 top African Higher Education leaders gathered to discuss the future of education.
Latest lockdown should not lead to loss of learning
Latest lockdown should not lead to loss of learning Independent regulator of higher education for England, Office for Students (OfS), has written a letter to all higher education institutions in the country in response to the disruption caused by COVID-19 and...