Nana, Keshni

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Keshni Nana received a Masters of Technology qualification in Fashion from the Vaal University of Technology in 2019. She is currently employed by the Villioti Fashion Institute in the position of Programme Manager and Lecturer. Keshni’s academic interests lay in exploring pedagogies for programme development to ultimately boost student interest and engagement with content and each other, with consideration to the facilitator’s role.

Her research interests surround business skills, fashion and training in South Africa for the upliftment of fashion entrepreneurial communities.

Keshni Nana

Overcoming educational inequalities associated with online learning in light of a pandemic: A private higher education approach.

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Fashion, Jewellery & Textile Design

The COVID-19 pandemic has been declared a global pandemic forcing many countries into a widespread lockdown. In South Africa, contact higher education institutions were forced to develop and introduce online learning and teaching platforms. Considering the fourth industrial revolution, patterns of digital access are unequal across South Africa whereby rural areas are likely to be most disadvantaged. Students who returned home during the national lockdown may not have been equipped for online learning due to a lack of resources.

DEFSA conferences

DEFSA promotes relevant research with the focus on design + education through its biennial conferences, to promote professionalism, accountability and ethics in the education of young designers. Our next conference is a hybrid event. See above for details.

Critical skills endorsement

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