Akademia's teaching-learning models
Akademia offers many solutions to the thousands of Afrikaans speakers who want to receive education in their mother tongue in a friendly, comprehensible and quality environment.
Students have a choice between part-time studies across a network of centres or via e-learning and full-time studies at one of campuses in Centurion.
Akademia has two teaching-learning models.
What are the differences between these models?
FULL-TIME CAMPUS MODEL
Offered in Centurion.
Ideal for school-leavers who want to study full time.
Students attend class during the day.
Lecturers teach in the traditional way.
Active student life.
AFTER-HOURS DISTANCE MODEL
Offered through a nationwide network of centres or via e-learning.
Ideal for working people who want to study after hours.
Students attend class on weekday evenings and Saturdays.
Advanced technology connects lecturers and students in the virtual learning space.
Limited student life.
FULL-TIME CAMPUS MODEL
Offered in Centurion.
Ideal for school-leavers who want to study full time.
Students attend class during the day.
Lecturers teach in the traditional way.
Active student life.
AFTER-HOURS DISTANCE MODEL
Offered through a nationwide network of centres or via e-learning.
Ideal for working people who want to study after hours.
Students attend class on weekday evenings and Saturdays.
Advanced technology connects lecturers and students in the virtual learning space.
Limited student life.
HOW DO I STUDY VIA THE FULL-TIME CAMPUS MODEL?
Via Akademia’s campus model, students study full time in the traditional way. Students attend compulsory contact sessions at one of the campuses in Centurion during the day. As with the after-hours distance model, students gain access to Akademia’s digital learning space, the Spens, where learning materials and support are offered. Contact sessions are interactive, and students can ask the lecturer questions directly or connect with fellow students in class. The campus model is set up with, among other things, a cafeteria, customer service centre, a library, as well as various student support initiatives. Students in this model will be included in an active student life.
HOW DO I STUDY VIA THE AFTER-HOURS DISTANCE MODEL?
Akademia’s after-hours distance model is attractive to students who cannot or do not want to study full time on campus. Many students choose to work or pursue other interests while studying. Akademia’s centres, where after-hours distance students attend class with their own laptops and headphones, are set up as neat co-working spaces with hot desks. Co-working spaces offer stable power and free broadband internet access on secure premises. The ideals of Akademia as a community university are embodied through these centres, as bonds are forged, conversations are held, and friendships are built. Akademia students (known as Fonties) who received approval to take classes via the e-learning option also join contact sessions online. In the times between contact sessions, the students’ learning process is guided by a leading learning management system called the Spens. After class contact sessions, the recordings are made available to students on the Spens within a few days. Here students can download video recordings of the contact session or study archive material. *Students are automatically allocated to a centre to attend compulsory contact sessions there. A special application can be completed to be considered for e-learning.
Akademia’s after-hours distance model is attractive to students who cannot or do not want to study full time on campus. Many students choose to work or pursue other interests while studying. Akademia’s centres, where after-hours distance students attend class with their own laptops and headphones, are set up as neat co-working spaces with hot desks. Co-working spaces offer stable power and free broadband internet access on secure premises. The ideals of Akademia as a community university are embodied through these centres, as bonds are forged, conversations are held, and friendships are built. Akademia students (known as Fonties) who received approval to take classes via the e-learning option also join contact sessions online. In the times between contact sessions, the students’ learning process is guided by a leading learning management system called the Spens. After class contact sessions, the recordings are made available to students on the Spens within a few days. Here students can download video recordings of the contact session or study archive material. *Students are automatically allocated to a centre to attend compulsory contact sessions there. A special application can be completed to be considered for e-learning.
AFTER-HOURS DISTANCE MODEL
CENTRES
Students continuously attend contact sessions at a registered Akademia centre.
*Students are automatically allocated to a centre to attend compulsory contact sessions there. A special application can be completed to be considered for e-learning.
E-LEARNING
Students attend classes online.
Assessment centres in the students’ areas are confirmed after the registration process. Therefore, students do not need to travel to the nearest centre to take tests or exams.
The terms regarding assessments will be confirmed with the student after registration.
Students follow an application process to qualify for e-learning.
