Who We Are:
• Vista University, Pretoria,
South Africa, www.vista.ac.za
• University of Central Florida,
Orlando, Florida, USA,
www.ucf.edu
• Bethune-Cookman College,
Daytona Beach, Florida,
US www.cookman.edu
• Daytona Beach Community College,
Daytona Beach, FL, USA,
www.dbcc.edu
What We Are About:
For the past three years,
Vista University and the University of Central Florida Consortium
have partnered their energies and talents under the auspices
of a $197,000 grant from USAID. During this time we have developed
a mutually interactive program designed to:
1) Create a technologically based distance education
program by enhancing Vista University’s Distance Education
Campus Student Support Centres;
2) Enrich the content, pedagogy and capacity
of Vista University’s HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Program
Selected Accomplishments:
• Established Video Conferencing
System at Vista University
• Provided Critical Capacity
Building Workshop on HIV/AIDS in South Africa
• Involved Community-Based NGOs
in HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Programs
• Delivered Numerous Workshops
on Distance and Web-Based Instruction
• Provided Computers and Developed
Network at 28 of Vista University’s Remote Learner Support
Centres Throughout South Africa
• Developed & Distributed
HIV/AIDS Course Materials for Vista’s Students
Our Goals:
• Create and Extend Technology-Based
Distance Learning Models in South Africa
• Enhance the Capacity of South
Africa’s Learner Support Centres
• Enrich the Capacity of HIV/AIDS
Health Promotion Programs in South Africa
• Improve Curriculum Development
and Evaluation of Web-Based Instruction in South Africa
• Shared Web-Based Instruction
Between U.S. and South African Universities
• Shared Research on Web-Based
HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Programs
How to Contact Us:
• Vista University: Ms. Charlotte
Motha,
Motha-kc@staff.visa.ac.za
, 27-12-337-6105
• University of Central Florida:
Dr. Karen Biraimah,
Biraimah@mail.ucf.edu,
(407) 823-2428
• Bethune-Cookman College: Ms.
Margaret Massey,
masseym@cookman.edu,
(386) 481-2020
• Daytona Beach Community College:
Dr. Don Mathews,
matthews@dbcc.edu
, (386) 255-8131 ext 3675
