Mrs Sukaina Walji

Ms Sukaina Walji is the Director: Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching – CILT at the University of Cape Town.

She oversees operational functions for the department, including supporting the growth and development of CILT’s capacity to design and develop blended and online courses.

Ms Walji provides strategic advice for university senior leadership for digitally enabled education, participates in university-level committees and initiatives, and is Chair of the Online Education sub-committee. She is also a member of the Assessment Framework Working Group and co-lead of the UCDG project ‘Transforming Undergraduate Assessment’.

In her previous role as Coordinator of CILT’s Curriculum and Course Design team, she oversaw the work of the Digital Media unit and the Learning Design team.

Her research interests include learning design, MOOCs, Unbundled Higher Education, and assessment practices. She holds a Master’s degree in Online and Distance Education from the Open University UK and a BA (Hons) in History from Oxford University.