Cutting-edge smart classroom launched
SMART VENUE: CPUT recently celebrated the launch of the new smart classroom.
Monday, 04 December 2023
The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences’ (FBMS) newly launched state-of-the-art smart classroom is set to redefine the learning, teaching and assessment landscape.
At the launch of the cutting-edge venue, situated on the District Six Campus, Prof Paul Green, Dean of the Faculty, welcomed the attendees and said the innovative space was not merely a room but “a hub designed to transcend traditional boundaries, facilitating a spectrum of academic and collaborative activities.”
“Our collective vision of One Smart CPUT, as envisaged in the Institution’s Vision 2030, has been met with resounding enthusiasm in the FBMS and the action of the faculty expresses that this morning.”
He said the venue had been purposefully designed and would be able to host a myriad of functions including advanced postgraduate classes, webinars, colloquia as well as facilitate hybrid academic events and advisory board meetings, among other things.
“The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences is immensely proud to pioneer this transformative initiative in line with CPUT's ambitious Vision 2030. This smart venue embodies our commitment to excellence in education and serves as a beacon of innovation for the entire institution.”
Attendees were treated to a demonstration of the smart venue’s functions and capabilities.
Prof Rishidaw Balkaran, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning, said the facility “creates the conditions for much more production and productivity in terms of our academics”.
He thanked Green and the Faculty for their commitment to the project.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Chris Nhlapo said what was key about the mission of the institution “is that we are saying CPUT transforms its students through world class researchers who inspire knowledge production and innovation that are cutting-edge”.
Nhlapo said CPUT was ready to be the MIT equivalent in Africa.
He said he anticipated that other faculties would follow suit.
Written by Ilse Fredericks
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