Prof Johannes Cronje

Navigating the Post-Disruption Landscape

We have just come through two era-defining disruptions in rapid succession: the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent Generative AI revolution. These events have both altered our instructional tools and fundamentally challenged the traditional structures of teaching, learning, and institutional viability. In collaboration with the University of Pretoria's FODES conference, the Elearning Update 2026 allows us to re-evaluate institutional progress and move beyond the reactive "emergency" mindset of the past few years. The conference will take the form of short Petcha-Kutcha presentations, 30 minute presentations, 45 minute workshops and two longer master classes by Prof Johannes Cronje: