Noel Mduduzi Makoni, www.linkedin.com/in/nmak

About

Learning Designer | Freelance Content Writer | Choral Music Performer | Digital Activist with demonstrable experience in civil society, entertainment, tech and education sectors.

Experience

Valenture Institute / UCT Online High School (UCT OHS)

Oct 2021 – Present

Remote

Learning Design Intern

• Collaborating with various subject Learning Designers and Learning Technologists to send, upload, and quality assure developed content onto Moodle. • Reformatting developed content according to the UCT OHS course style. • Implementing changes to course instances on the UCT OHS Online Campus (Moodle) based on feedback from key internal (Faculty) and external stakeholders (markers and learners). • Quality assuring and building modules for 3 isiXhosa Part-time Learning Designers from Google Suite onto Moodle. • Trained 6 isiXhosa full-time Learning Designers to build courses onto Moodle. • Collaborated with 2 isiXhosa Subject Matter experts to conceptualise isiXhosa Moodle conventions for the UCT OHS.

Rev.com

Apr 2020 – Oct 2021

Remote

Freelance Transcriptionist/Editor

Transcribed and edited audio-to-text for Rev's clients from various sectors such as education, health, legal, media, technology, science, and politics with 99% accuracy according to the Rev Style Guide and high standards.

Countryside project: University of Leicester, UK (The Commissioned Writers Project)

Jul 2021 – Aug 2021

Remote

Freelance Transcriptionist/ Lead Editor

The Colonial Countryside project is a child-led history and writing project working with 100 primary pupils, 16 historians, and 10 commissioned writers who explore the fascinating histories of Britain's colonial houses and their links to the British Empire. • Transcribed 65 minutes of poetry for the Commissioned Writers Podcast (Colonial Countryside project) with various British accents more accessible and ready to be included in a forthcoming book, with its core ideas being recently included in an online course available at https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/country-houses-british-empire/1?fbclid=IwAR0qUo4sMw4TMsAb8jlcA3K8DQ-aPwAR8PNzKnevh8skaJYjzgcQVs-oBc8 • Led a team of 2 editors who copy-edited the transcriptions to ensure quality.

International Youth Council South Africa (IYC-SA)

Apr 2018 – Dec 2020

Remote / Pretoria

Public Relations Officer

Engaged fellow youth leaders and partner organisations, leaders, and civil society members, particularly in Africa, and liaised with partner IYC chapters such as the IYC in France to share ideas on projects. • Leveraged IYC-SA virtual platforms and oversaw physical school outreaches to ethically collect data from 51 Grade 11 and 12 learners across SA provinces to obtain information on youth interest and knowledge on agriculture and artificial intelligence. Presented the data to policymakers virtually on social media and physically at summits such as the African Youth Development Summit to encourage interest and investment in these critical fields. • Co-authored the #EndViolence Youth Manifesto with other young leaders who were delegates of the Africa Youth Development Summit (2018), which was presented to world ministers at the Education World Forum in January 2019 (Available at https://www.unicef.org/end- violence/youth-manifesto).

International Youth Council South Africa (IYC-SA)

Jan 2018 – Apr 2018

Remote / Pretoria, South Africa

Research and Information Officer

• Wrote research specifications, undertook data collection, set project objectives, researched reference terms, and proofread and edited IYC-SA documents across teams. • Pioneered and led an effective social media strategy that increased engagement on the IYC-SA page, using organic and paid posts, growing the Facebook page from under 100 members to 1100+. • Elected official delegate for the IYC-SA at the Africa Youth Development Summit (2018) organised by Africa80 Foundation, and Junior Chamber International, in partnership with African Peer Review Mechanism and Global Citizen Festival.

Education

Google

Jan 2020 – Feb 2020

The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing , Digital Marketing

Rhodes University

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Political and International Studies

Rhodes University

Feb 2016 – Nov 2018

Bachelor of Arts (Law), Law (Legal Theory) and Political and International Studies

Noel Mduduzi Makoni

www.linkedin.com/in/nmak

Skills