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is an Instructional Technology Designer at NUST in Namibia and a PhD candidate at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. Her research focuses on exploring and co-designing emerging technologies to enhance the reading experience of primary learners in Namibia. Through collective research, Helvi worked with young learners from Primary Schools. She ventured in co-facilitating online and in-person workshops. The collaboration with learners, entails exploring emerging technologies, redesigned the reading space, and co-designed reading technology tools. A multitude of technology tools have been created by using co-designing as a development and ideation approach.

last update: April 2022

Articles published on IXD&A:

• ‘Creating Smart Connected Learning Ecosystems: A Hybrid Model for Design-Based Learning’, N. 52, 2022, pp. 81 – 100, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-052-005), Google Scholar
"Emerging technologies and new pedagogies, such as design-based learning, have the potential to revolutionize formal education systems. We postulate that smart learning ecosystems can be co-created thr..."

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