Mukhtah Raban - Researcher 

Email: mukhtar.raban@mandela.ac.za

Academic Profile: https://applang.mandela.ac.za/Staff/Mukhtar-Raban

 

Academic background and areas of specialisation

Diploma, BA, BA Honours (Arabic Linguistics, Education, Islamic Studies) - University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia; MA (Technology-Enhanced Language Learning) - Stellenbosch University, PhD Candidate (Education) researching critical digital pedagogies - University of Cape Town

Primary research interests and areas of expertise within digital humanities

Technology-enhanced language learning and teaching, digital pedagogies, critical and humanising pedagogies in digital learning and teaching, ICT-mediated learning and teaching

Background overview, research, and role within the hub

Mukhtar Raban is a lecturer and researcher in the Faculty of Humanities at Nelson Mandela University. He is the institutional coordinator of the Humanising Pedagogy project. He is also a former research fellow of UCT’s Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching. After teaching in English as a Second Language (ESL) programmes in colleges in the Middle East, he joined the university’s Linguistics and Applied Linguistics department. He currently lectures in professional English communication and language learning and teaching modules. He was awarded the university’s ‘Excellent Teacher of the Year’ in 2015 for his innovative in blended learning and teaching. His research interests include technology-enhanced language learning, digital humanities, humanising pedagogies and open learning. He has presented at a few conferences, and is currently completing a PhD in education with a focus on critical digital pedagogies. He is an associate director of teaching and learning at the International Open University. 

Notable publications or research projects related to digital humanities

Journal Papers

  • Raban, M., & Mayisela, T. (2022). Blended learning as a means of opening up learning at Northlink TVET College in South Africa: A social justice perspective. In T. Mayisela, S. C. Govender & C. A. Hodgkinson-Williams (Eds.), Open learning as a means of advancing social justice: Cases in post-school education and training in South Africa (pp. 86–105). African Minds. doi: 10.47622/9781928502425_4.
  • Raban, M., & Mayisela, T. (2022). Enabling open learning and participatory parity through increased e-learning: The case of leadership at Gert Sibande TVET College, South Africa. In T. Mayisela, S. C. Govender & C. A. Hodgkinson-Williams (Eds.), Open learning as a means of advancing social justice: Cases in post-school education and training in South Africa (pp. 269–290). African Minds. doi: 10.47622/9781928502425_12.