Neil Butcher

Nationality: South African

Neil Butcher has provided policy and technical advice and support to a range of national and international clients regarding uses of educational technology and distance education. This has been both as a full-time employee from 1993 to 2001 at the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) and as Director of Neil Butcher & Associates. He has worked with various educational institutions, assisting with institutional transformation efforts that focus on harnessing the potential of distance education methods and educational technology as effectively as possible. Neil has travelled extensively throughout Africa conducting research on distance education and educational technology for a range of organisations. He is currently working as an OER Strategist with SAIDE on its new OER Africa Initiative, which is funded by the Hewlett Foundation.

Neil has developed a range of instructional materials for various types of educators, including education policymakers, development agency staff, teachers, and universities. In the field of IT applications, he is leading the development of South Africa's national education portal for the Department of Education (see: www.thutong.org.za). He has managed a range of online database and web development projects for various organisations, including a student portal for the Federation of Tertiary Institutions of the Northern Metropolis (FOTIM), Higher Education South Africa, International Association for Digital Publications, UNESCO, and the Southern African Regional Universities' Association.

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Areas of specialization:

• Vision
• Policy and Plan
• Organizational Capacity and Development
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Digital Inclusion
• Innovative Solutions
• Support strategies
• K12
• Higher Education
• Learning Methodologies
• Innovative Teachers

Regions of specialization

• Africa