Adding Value to Open and Distance Learning Programmes …
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UN (United Nations) (2015) Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
(A/RES/70/1). United Nations. Retrieved from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/
transformingourworld/publication
Van Rooyen N (2010) Veld management principles and procedures. In du P Bothma J, du Toit JG
(eds) Game Ranch Management, 5th edn. Van Schaik, Pretoria
Waheed H (2017) What is a living lab? Environ Sci 26(4):4–6
Wall T, Hindley A, Hunt T, Peach J, Preston M, Hartley C, Fairbank A (2017) Work-based learning
as a catalyst for sustainability: a review and prospects. High Educ Skills Work Based Learn
7(2):211–224
Wilson G, Pretorius RW (2017) Utilising Work-Integrated Learning to enhance student participation
and engagement in sustainability issues in open and distance learning. In: Leal Filho W, Skanavis
C, de Paço A, Rogers J, Kuznetsova O, Castro P (eds) Handbook of theory and practice of
sustainable development in higher education, vol 2. Springer, Cham
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2011) Conservation training on Telperion, Mpumalanga: Addressing critical and scarce skills shortages in the environmental sector, n.p. In: Diamond Route Research
Conference. Retrieved from www.diamondroute.com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2013) The success of a communications based, nature conservation workintegrated learning simulation through a Unisa and Ernest Oppenheimer and Son partnership on
Telperion Nature Reserve, n.p. In: Diamond Route Research Conference. Retrieved from www.
diamondroute.com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2014) Taking stock: seven years of conservation skills development and
training on Telperion, Mpumalanga, n.p. In: Diamond Route research conference. Retrieved
from www.diamondroute.com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2015) The Telperion Unisa Conservation Mentorship Project, a growing
success story, n.p. In: Diamond Route research conference. Retrieved from www.diamondroute.
com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2016) Unisa and work-integrated learning provision on Telperion: Where
has all the experience gone? n.p. In: Diamond Route research conference. Retrieved from http://
hdl.handle.net/10500/21759
Zen IS (2017) Exploring the living learning laboratory: an approach to strengthen campus sustainability initiatives by using sustainability science approach. Int J Sustain High Educ 18(6):939–955
Graeme Wilson is a member of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of
South Africa since 2012, where he is the WIL Coordinator for the Diploma in Nature Conservation. Prior to this position, he worked in the fields of conservation and environmental education in South Africa and Namibia for 18 years. He holds a Bachelors of Education (hons) degree
from Rhodes University and is currently completing a Master’s of Education in Distance Education and eLearning through Unisa. He also has a National Diploma in Nature Conservation and
Higher Certificate in Environmental Education. He is currently the vice chair and a board member
for the Lapalala Wilderness School, which focuses on biodiversity and education for sustainability
related issues by engaging primarily with local rural school children.
Rudi Pretorius started his career in 1981 as a research assistant at the former Atmospheric Sciences Division of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, lectures Geography since
1987 at Unisa and has been promoted to Associate Professor from January 2018. Apart from coordinating the undergraduate program in environmental management at Unisa, he currently lectures
Geography to first year students and assists with post graduate supervision. In 2009 he was one of
the recipients of the Unisa Excellence in Tuition Award. His qualifications include a M.Sc. (on air
pollution dispersion in the Eastern Highveld of Mpumalanga), a Masters in Business Leadership
and a Ph.D. (obtained in 2017 and which explores the links between undergraduate Geography
and Education for Sustainability).
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UN (United Nations) (2015) Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
(A/RES/70/1). United Nations. Retrieved from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/
transformingourworld/publication
Van Rooyen N (2010) Veld management principles and procedures. In du P Bothma J, du Toit JG
(eds) Game Ranch Management, 5th edn. Van Schaik, Pretoria
Waheed H (2017) What is a living lab? Environ Sci 26(4):4–6
Wall T, Hindley A, Hunt T, Peach J, Preston M, Hartley C, Fairbank A (2017) Work-based learning
as a catalyst for sustainability: a review and prospects. High Educ Skills Work Based Learn
7(2):211–224
Wilson G, Pretorius RW (2017) Utilising Work-Integrated Learning to enhance student participation
and engagement in sustainability issues in open and distance learning. In: Leal Filho W, Skanavis
C, de Paço A, Rogers J, Kuznetsova O, Castro P (eds) Handbook of theory and practice of
sustainable development in higher education, vol 2. Springer, Cham
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2011) Conservation training on Telperion, Mpumalanga: Addressing critical and scarce skills shortages in the environmental sector, n.p. In: Diamond Route Research
Conference. Retrieved from www.diamondroute.com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2013) The success of a communications based, nature conservation workintegrated learning simulation through a Unisa and Ernest Oppenheimer and Son partnership on
Telperion Nature Reserve, n.p. In: Diamond Route Research Conference. Retrieved from www.
diamondroute.com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2014) Taking stock: seven years of conservation skills development and
training on Telperion, Mpumalanga, n.p. In: Diamond Route research conference. Retrieved
from www.diamondroute.com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2015) The Telperion Unisa Conservation Mentorship Project, a growing
success story, n.p. In: Diamond Route research conference. Retrieved from www.diamondroute.
com/research-database.htm
Wilson GA, Wilson A (2016) Unisa and work-integrated learning provision on Telperion: Where
has all the experience gone? n.p. In: Diamond Route research conference. Retrieved from http://
hdl.handle.net/10500/21759
Zen IS (2017) Exploring the living learning laboratory: an approach to strengthen campus sustainability initiatives by using sustainability science approach. Int J Sustain High Educ 18(6):939–955
Graeme Wilson is a member of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of
South Africa since 2012, where he is the WIL Coordinator for the Diploma in Nature Conservation. Prior to this position, he worked in the fields of conservation and environmental education in South Africa and Namibia for 18 years. He holds a Bachelors of Education (hons) degree
from Rhodes University and is currently completing a Master’s of Education in Distance Education and eLearning through Unisa. He also has a National Diploma in Nature Conservation and
Higher Certificate in Environmental Education. He is currently the vice chair and a board member
for the Lapalala Wilderness School, which focuses on biodiversity and education for sustainability
related issues by engaging primarily with local rural school children.
Rudi Pretorius started his career in 1981 as a research assistant at the former Atmospheric Sciences Division of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, lectures Geography since
1987 at Unisa and has been promoted to Associate Professor from January 2018. Apart from coordinating the undergraduate program in environmental management at Unisa, he currently lectures
Geography to first year students and assists with post graduate supervision. In 2009 he was one of
the recipients of the Unisa Excellence in Tuition Award. His qualifications include a M.Sc. (on air
pollution dispersion in the Eastern Highveld of Mpumalanga), a Masters in Business Leadership
and a Ph.D. (obtained in 2017 and which explores the links between undergraduate Geography
and Education for Sustainability).