Biography
Dr Mohammad Issack Santally serves as Associate Professor in the field of Education Technologies and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Planning & Resources at the University of Mauritius. Dr Santally is an active researcher in the field of Education Technology and e-Learning and has been involved in a number of regional consultancies for institutions like the Commonwealth of Learning, COMESA and SADC. In 2006 he was elected the “Outstanding Young Person of Mauritius”, and in 2010 he led the University of Mauritius to be awarded the prestigious Commonwealth of Learning Excellence Awards in Distance Education. He has worked on innovative learning methodologies such as the Rapid e-Learning Technique, which helps educators and practitioners to develop their own e-learning and interactive materials without high-end ICT skills. In collaboration with Microsoft and Commonwealth of Learning, Dr Santally has been conducting capacity-building workshops in South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, India, Seychelles, Mauritius and Rodrigues.