Nawaal Deane

Nawaal leads the Course Curriculum Design (CCD) portfolio at CILT, providing strategic oversight of the design, development and delivery of online and blended learning initiatives at UCT. Her portfolio includes Amathuba Accelerate, learning analytics, the One Button Studio, and the Course Production Unit, where teams of learning designers and media production specialists support course development. She also oversees CILT’s design and communications team.

Her broader leadership extends to UCT’s AI in Education framework, the university’s blended learning strategy, and the development of AI literacies courses for staff and students. Nawaal represents UCT on the Potential for Microcredentials in Southern Africa project and contributes to institutional strategy across microcredentials, curriculum innovation and digital education.

Colleagues can engage with Nawaal on:

• Strategic direction and prioritisation of course curriculum design projects
• Online course production, including MOOCs and short learning programmes
• Microcredentials and the evolving credential landscape at UCT
• Amathuba Accelerate strategy, positioning and stakeholder communication
• Access to CILT’s digital design and media production services

Nawaal holds an MPhil in Inclusive Innovation from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining CILT, she spent over a decade as an award-winning journalist in print and broadcast media, and later ran her own online production company. Her work brings together curriculum design, digital media production, AI literacies and institutional strategy, with a focus on accessible, future-oriented education.