2. About Us
3. What We Do
4. Education and Training
5. Education Innovation Department

Education Innovation Department

The Education Innovation Department (EID) is a support department and delivers a comprehensive, coordinated and integrated academic development service to the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD). EID has the vision to create innovative, high quality educational programmes to position FPD as a leading provider of higher education and training. The five critical performance areas of EID are as follows:

1. Accreditation of qualifications with the CHE and SAQA registration
2. Regulatory compliance
3. Instructional design of qualifications and short courses for e-learning
4. Monitoring and evaluation (M & E) of educational programmes and - projects
5. Professional Development of Academic Staff

Monitoring and Evaluation

The Education Innovation Department (EID) is responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of internal, donor-funded and commercial academic programmes, including short learning programmes and qualifications. Evaluation forms part of the programme development and quality assurance processes of this Department.

Evaluation of academic programmes and training interventions is a systematic process of collecting information about the teaching and learning activities and materials, which can then be used for guiding decision making and for assessing the relevance and effectiveness of various educational components. Reasons for conducting evaluations on academic programmes and training interventions include:

• improving the programme for future participants
• confirming that you are getting the training right
• proving the programme is adding value or having the intended impact

Monitoring & Evaluation Services offered:

• M&E of academic programmes and training interventions(including short courses and qualifications)
• M&E of academic and training innovations
• M&E of educational interventions and campaigns
• Rapid assessments and gap analyses
• Training needs assessments and Skills Audits
• Customer and Employee Satisfaction Surveys

2019/2020 Projects

Limpopo Department of Health

Type of programme: Training intervention

Title of project: Evaluation of the NIMART and Paediatric HIV Courses

Triple Eight

Type of programme: Health talk in clinic

Title of project: Evaluation of the Dettol New Mum Programme Evaluation

Johnson and Johnson Foundation

Type of programme: Training intervention

Title of project: Evaluation of the Mental Health Resilience Short Course for health care professionals

Sanofi

Type of programme: Training intervention

Title of project: Evaluation of the South African National Mental Health Education Programme

FPD

Type of programme: Internship

Title of project: Evaluation of the FPD Graduate Internship Programme

Jesuit Refugee Services and FPD

Type of programme: Training intervention

Title of project: Evaluation of the Higher Certifi cate in Management Scholarship Programme

USAID

Type of programme: Scholarship Programme

Title of project: Evaluation of the ASAP Scholarship Programme – Assessment of student satisfaction