Document from the year 2020 in the subject Pedagogy - General, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: This book is partly a report from EPICA Project, a new EU- African strategic plan which aims to bring together businesses, public sector organizations and universities to co-design an innovative and scalable e-Portfolio. The book will be of great importance to all university lecturers, teachers from different higher learning institutions and other tertiary level instructors as we embark into online teaching and learning including my-documenta e-portfolio as a marketing strategy for our students. Teachers, instructors, and faculties are facing extraordinary challenge due to paradigm shift from content based to the learner cantered, competence based approach that aims at bridging the gap between graduates and the labour market. This is a worldwide move of which Universities and colleges needs to improve their teaching methods in response to the demand for more highly skilled workers; students and workers need to obtain more visible, transferable skills, acquired in both formal and informal education while employers and business men are expected to identify and recruit the most suitable candidates for jobs.

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Dr. Hyasinta Kessy works with The Open University of Tanzania, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology and Special Education. She has been trained in several professions including: Diploma in Agriculture, Diploma in Education, Diploma in Educational Management & Administration (ADEM), Bachelor of Education (Psychology & Geography), Masters in Psychology as well as PhD in Learning and Multimedia. Dr Hyasinta Kessy has been a teacher in Secondary Schools, Teacher Training Colleges, and several Universities. She has also undertaken trainings in Agriculture, Agro Forestry, Educational Management, ICDL, Online Facilitation, and many others Her projects include: integration of HIV/AIDS in Secondary Schools Curriculum, Integration of ICT in teaching and learning, OER, Teacher's Facilitation in Preparation of Multimedia Instructional Materials and EPICA Project. She has published several papers in Psychology, ICT, ODL, & ICT for students with disabilities and learning in Multimedia. Dr Hyasinta Kessy has supervised many students in undergraduate, Masters, and PhD levels in Tanzania, Africa, and Overseas. Dr Hyasinta Kessy has written several books including Social Psychology, Language & Literacy in Early Childhood Education, Managing Special Needs in Special and Inclusive Settings as well as Competence Based Curriculum & E-Portfolio