- Professor George Siemens
- Dr Lilia Cheniti Belcadhi
- Professor Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
- Jennifer Glennie
- Professor Romeela Mohee
- Dr Christine I Ofulue
- Professor Uchenna Udeani
- Dr Roze Phillips
- Professor Margaret F. Omidire
- Professor Piera Biccard
- Dr Anitia Lubbe
- Dr Denzil Chetty
- Dr Jacqueline Batchelor
- Dr Sibongile Similane-Mnisi
- Mr Hugo van der Walt
- Ms Thobeka Msengana
Open Distance and eLearning Conference
Keynote Speakers and Panellists
Professor George Siemens
Professor and Director: Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning UniSA Education Futures
University of South Australia
Dr Lilia Cheniti Belcadhi
Associate Professor
Head of Digital Learning and Pedagogical Innovation Unit, Sousse University, Tunisia
Professor Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Associate Provost and North Star Distinguished Professor at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Dr Christine I Ofulue
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director
Directorate of Research Administration and Advancement, National Open University of Nigeria
Professor Uchenna Udeani
Director, Distance Learning Institute
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Dr Roze Phillips
Non-executive Director at GIBS Business School
Johannesburg, South Africa
Professor Romeela Mohee
Higher Education Commissioner
Mauritius
Jennifer Glennie
Founding Director, South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)
South Africa
Professor Margaret F. Omidire
Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria
South Africa
Professor Piera Biccard
Department of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, Unisa
South Africa
Dr Anitia Lubbe
Research Unit Self-Directed Learning, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom
South Africa
Dr Denzil Chetty
Head: Academic Development Open Virtual Hub, Unisa
South Africa
Dr Jacqueline Batchelor
Senior Lecturer: Mobile Learning, University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Dr Sibongile Similane-Mnisi
Department of Curriculum Development: e: Learning, Tshwane University of Technology
South Africa
Mr Hugo van der Walt
ODeL Researcher, Institute for Open and Distance Learning (IODL) / Institutional Intelligence, College of Education, Unisa
South Africa
Ms Thobeka Msengana
UFH Counselling Psychologist and head of the Student Counselling Unit (SCU), University of Fort Hare
South Africa