MICRO-BIO

• Professor in Multimodal Learning and UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER at the North-West University (South Africa)

  Professor in Multimodal Learning and UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER at the North-West University (South Africa) Less

EXPERIENCE

• North-West University

  • Professor
  • Faculty of Education
  • September 2010 to Present

• Free State Department of Education

  • Teacher
  • Sasolburg High School
  • April 2007 to August 2010

• Hays Education, London, UK

  • Teacher
  • Various schools
  • September 2005 to March 2007

• Free State Department of Education

  • Teacher
  • Sasolburg High School
  • January 2003 to August 2005

EDUCATION

• North-West University, South Africa

  • PhD
  • January 2005 to May 2011

  PhD (Education: teaching and learning) Thesis title: Accommodating and promoting multilingualism through blended learning

• North-West University, South Africa

  • MA
  • January 2002 to May 2004

  Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics - Afrikaans & Dutch) - Dissertation title: The possibilities provided by subtitling to the SABC-TV in the recognition and protection of language rights (Original Afrikaans title: ‘Die moontlikhede wat onderskrifte die SABC-TV bied in die erkenning en beskerming van taalregte’)

DISCIPLINES

• Online Educator/Online Teaching

• Multicultural Education

• Bilingual, Multilingual, And Multicultural Education

• Education, General

Interests

• Self Directed Multimodal Learning

• Multimodality

• Open Education

• Open Educational Resources

• Multimodal Learning

• Self Directed Learning

• Multilingualism In Education

• E Learning

• Blended Learning

Languages

• Dutch

• English

• Afrikaans

Links

• UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and Open Educational Resources
• Jako Olivier personal website

Resume

• CV.pdf

  Added February 02, 2021