Woolhope Secondary College scholar chief, Beyonce Jacobs (centre) and Grade 12 classmate, Sinovuyo George (second from proper), had been delighted to obtain their Odin Training e-learning units from sponsors (from left) Grant Watkins and Devendree Ankiah of Rockwell Automation, Brenden Adriaanzen of DG Capital, Rajes Padayachie of SJM Flex, and David Edwards, additionally of DG Capital. Photograph: SUPPLIED
NELSON Mandela Bay matrics have been given a kick-start to their closing faculty yr, because of a cutting-edge, South African-developed e-learning system.
Developed by ed-tech enterprise, Odin Training, a division of Jendamark Automation, the distinctive e-learning system contains a locked digital pill that may solely be used for instructional functions, curriculum-aligned content material tailor-made for every person, and full-time on-line assist.
Loaded with cellular information, main instructional apps and studying platforms, and tailor-made to every learner’s topic selections, the system additionally gathers info from its person’s interactions and serves the the learners extra of the tutorial and extramural content material by which they’re .
Due to a sponsorship by SJM Flex, DG Capital and Rockwell Automation, some 215 Grade 12 learners at Malabar’s Woolhope Secondary College just lately (January 25) obtained their digital units.
Talking on the handover occasion, Woolhope principal, AJ Jaram, stated Odin Training’s ed-tech system would assist to equip learners for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which was altering the way in which the world lived and labored.
“That is magic,” Jaram stated, in reference to the digital system. “I do know that if that is used successfully, each learner who has one will profit.”
Scholar chief, Beyonce Jacobs, who, along with a few of her classmates, had the chance to trial the Odin Training system within the latter a part of the disrupted 2021 faculty yr and described the expertise as “superb”, saying that it helped ship a 100% move fee for her Grade 11 class.
Jacobs stated she and her fellow learners felt the stress heading into their closing yr of education amid a 3rd yr of doable Covid-related disruptions.
“It’s fairly hectic, not coming to high school on daily basis and understanding that there are trials and closing exams arising. The Odin Training system will take a little bit of the stress off as a result of our textbooks are on it, plus it additionally has many extra methods to discover and study,” she stated.
Classmate, Sinovuyo George, added that the system represented a big leap ahead from the WhatsApp chat boards they’d beforehand used for studying throughout lockdown.
“That is higher, as a result of there are movies explaining the whole lesson, amongst different studying assets.”
SJM Flex human assets supervisor, Rajes Padayachie, herself a Woolhope alumna, stated lots of the firm staff’ kids attended the college.
“Our social accountability initiatives are aimed toward empowerment – of each our staff and the broader neighborhood.
“Once we received this chance with Odin Training, we jumped in with each toes. We consider that enriching the lives and minds of younger individuals is investing in a self-reliant, dynamic and unbiased era.”
Padayachie stated the corporate, which manufactures versatile couplings, utilized in exhaust methods, would additional incentivise the Grade 12s to get essentially the most out of their units and in addition discover methods to place extra units in additional learners’ fingers.
For Rockwell Automation, one of many standout options of the Odin Training system was that it was designed in such a manner that learners couldn’t use the cellular information for social media or purposes apart from e-learning.
“Due to this fact, we’re in a position to monitor the true worth of this system to learners,” stated business account supervisor, Devendree Ankiah.
Ankiah stated making a tangible distinction by offering entry to instructional assets, and having the chance to decide on the beneficiary faculty they wished to work with, had been two of Odin Training’s essential points of interest.
“As a worldwide chief in industrial automation and digital transformation, Rockwell Automation connects the imaginations of individuals with the potential of know-how to increase what’s humanly doable.
“We have now invested closely in STEM schooling and to collaborate with an organization centered on schooling is one thing that speaks to our hearts.”
DG Capital director, David Edwards, stated the nationwide, specialised monetary companies group was happy to contribute to a worthy and sustainable initiative corresponding to this.
“Via schooling is the place our future alternatives lie and we regard schooling because the spine of any promising profession. Having the ability to assist this trigger by means of technological funding is an effective way for DG Capital to help in shaping the lives of our future leaders.”
In keeping with Jendamark’s head of Odin Training, Ajit Gopalakrishnan, company social funding was key to getting extra digital units rolled out countrywide.
“It’s a CSI programme that has a quantifiable influence and could be tailor-made to any firm’s regional footprint, whereas additionally delivering real-time ROI influence studies and B-BBEE factors in return.”
– ISSUED ON BEHALF OF
JENDAMARK AUTOMATION