Iphrojekthi Ye-UKZN Yokuguqukela Kwikharikhulamu Yedijithali Ikhula Ngamandla

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INyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natali (UKZN) isiqhubekisele phambili ukuzinikela ekufundiseni nasekufundeni ngokwenza kahle ngohlelo lwe-Digital Curriculum Transformation (DCT).

Lesi sinyathelo esijulile sibuyekezaukuthi amamojula aqanjwa kanjani, aklanywa kanjani futhi athulwa kanjani endaweni yemfundo yedijithali eya ngokuya ikhula.

Umcimbi wakamuva wokubandakanya ababambiqhaza, obuhlelwe ngaBaklami BokuFundisa Bezifundo Benyuvesi, ididiyelwe kahle ngabasebenzi abethula izifundo, ochwepheshe bokuthuthukiswa kwezemfundo, abafundi kanye nabeluleki. Abahlanganyeli bachaze umcimbi njengokuhlangana okukhiqizayo nokuvuselela ubuhlakani nokufundisa okuthuthukisiwe kwedijithali.

Iphrojekthi ye-DCT isebenza ngesisekelo sokuthi inguquko ephusile idinga ukucatshangelwa kabusha komklamo wohlelo lwezifundo, hhayi nje ukwamukelwa kwamathuluzi amasha kuphela. Isebenzisa indlela yokuklama eyaziwa ngele- design sprint methodology, iphrojekthi iqondise amamojula anomphumela omkhulu futhi ihlomisa oThisha ngamasu okufundisa anolwazi ngedatha kanye nezinhlaka zokufundisa ezintsha.

OThisha baphinde bathuthukise ulwazi lokufunda nokubhala olubalulekile oludingekayo ukuze kuhlanganiswe ubuchwepheshe obusafufusa, okuhlanganisa ubuhlakani bokwenziwa yi-Artificial Intelligence (AI), ekusebenzeni kwabo ngokuzibophezela. UDkt Zwelisha Mfishi, ohola lo msebenzi, uwuhlobanise namasu abalulekile ase-UKZN ezentuthuko yezemfundo.

“Iphrojekthi ye-DCT iguqula amamojula anomphumela omkhulu kusetshenziswa indlela yokuklama ye- Design sprint ukuze kuqiniswe izindlela zokufundisa nokufunda, ukufundisa okusha, namasu aqhutshwa yidatha,” kusho uMfishi. “Le ndlela yeseka izinhloso zamasu zase-UKZN Zokufundisa Nokufunda Okuhle Kakhulu kanye Nokuzoba yinzuzo Kubafundi.”

Umthelela walolu hlelo ubonakale ezimpendulweni zabahlanganyeli. UNkz Mandisa P Dlamini, oyisikhulu sokuThuthukiswa kwezemfundo, uchaze lo mhlangano njengomenze washintsha ngendlela abona ngayo umsebenzi wakhe. Ubeke le phrojekthi ngaphansi kwesidingo esibanzi emhlabeni jikelele esibhekene nezikhungo zemfundo ephakeme.

“Njengoba umhlaba uya ngokuya uhlanganisa i-AI kanye nezinkundla zokufundisa nokufunda zedijithali, imizamo efana nalena ibalulekile,” kuphawula yena. "Le phrojekthi ihlomisa oThisha ngamathuluzi nengqondo edingekayo ukuze bazivumelanise ngokunengqondo kanye nokuhambisana nesimo semfundo esithuthukayo."

Okuhlukanisa iProjekthi ye-DCT ezinhlelweni ezijwayelekile zokuthuthukiswa kochwepheshe wukuqondiswa kwayo ekusimameni nasekushintsheni kwesakhiwo. UNkz Gugu Madlala, onguMeluleki Wezemfundo kanye Nesikhulu Esibhekele Ukuthuthukiswa Kwezemfundo, uvumile ukuthi kunezinselelo zokuqalisa ukusebenza kodwa futhi  eqinisekisa isidingo sesikhathi eside salolu hlelo.

“Umhlaba uyashintsha futhi ikusasa lisemandleni edijithali,” ephawula. Umbono wakhe uveza ukuphuthuma ngamandla kwephrojekthi kanye nokwenza isikhungo sibe sematheni.

Umthelela kubasebenzi bezemfundo wawuphawuleka kakhulu. UDkt Levin Chetty, uThisha osemnkantshubomvu, ubike ukuthi ukusebenzisana nekharikhulamu edidiyelwe ye-AI kukhulise kakhulu ukuzethemba kwakhe ekusebenziseni amathuluzi edijithali. Ugcizelele ukuhambisana phakathi kwendlela yephrojekthi kanye nezidingo zokuhambisana nemigomo kwezemfundo ephakeme yesimanje.

"Imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi iqinisekisa ukusheshisa ukusetshenziswa, nookuhlanganisa imihlahlandlela yokuziphatha ekuhloleni kwedijithali," kusho u-Chetty. Uhlose ukuhlanganisa amasu okufunda asebenzayo kanye nokucatshangelwa kwezimiso zokuziphatha ze-AI ngokuqondile kumamojula akhe esayensi yezemidlalo.

Umcimbi wokuxoxisana nababambiqhaza usebenze njengendawo yokwabelana ngolwazi kanye nokungubufakazi bentando yesikhungo. I-UKZN izibeke phambili ekusunguleni ukufundisa okuhamba phambili kwezeMfundo ePhakeme eNingizimu Afrika.

Ngokwandulela ukuklanywa kabusha kwekharikhulamu njengomsebenzi wezemfundo nolandela imigomo efanele, iphrojekthi ye-DCT ithuthukisa umbono oqinile wokufundisa nokufunda, ophendulayo futhi ohlela ikusasa ngendlela. Ukuxoxisana okubalulekile kwabahlanganyeli kubonisa ukuthi lo mbono usuvele ubumba ubungcweti kanye nezinqubo zomphakathi wezemfundo wase-UKZN.

Umbhalo: wuNombuso Dlamini

Isithombe: Sithunyelwe