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(for UniSA see University of South Australia)

(for UNISA see University of South Africa)

UNISA Online Campus is a now-defunct colloquial term for the online components of learning at UNISA (University of South Africa). It was presumably replaced by MyUNISA, described under University of South Africa.

UNISA Online Campus, also known as "Students Online" (SOL), facilitated both administration and early online learning transactions across the university, ranging from registration to submitting assignments and interacting with instructors.

The UNISA Online Campus web site was at http://sol.unisa.ac.za (The link is defunct)

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-The ''University of South Africa'' (UNISA) is a distance education university, with headquarters in Pretoria, [[South Africa]]. With approximately 200,000 students enrolled, it qualifies as one of the world's mega-universities.
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+(for ''UniSA'' see [[University of South Australia]])
-In January 2004 UNISA merged with [[Technikon SA]] and incorporated the distance education component of Vista University (VUDEC).
+(for ''UNISA'' see [[University of South Africa]])
-UNISA calls itself Africa’s leading Open Distance Learning institution with more than 223 000 students in 2006 and approximately 6 900 different courses. Under the web page for its [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=20551 vision] you can read “Towards the African university in the service of humanity”. "Our vision is to become Africa’s premier distance education provider, serving every country on the continent and transcending language and cultural barriers. In other words, we are a University committed to making a difference in the communities we serve."
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+''UNISA Online Campus'' is a now-defunct colloquial term for the online components of learning at [[UNISA]] ([[University of South Africa]]). It was presumably replaced by MyUNISA, described under [[University of South Africa]].
-As it states on the web page “[http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=19893 Spanning the age spectrum]”, UNISA focuses on adults as lifelong learning, but 285 of total registrations in the 2005 academic year were students aged 24 or younger.
-[https://my.unisa.ac.za/portal/ MyUNISA] is its portal for student services, and SAKAI is its learning management system. In MyUNISA learners can access "administrative information such as biographical details, academic and assignment records, examination results and dates, and financial records. Academic information comprises courseware, subject-related academic guidance, discussion groups, recommended books and more". Visit the site for [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=18129 more information about MyUNISA]
+UNISA Online Campus, also known as "Students Online" (SOL), facilitated both administration and early online learning transactions across the university, ranging from registration to submitting assignments and interacting with instructors.
+The UNISA Online Campus web site was at http://sol.unisa.ac.za (The link is defunct)
-The UNISA web site is at http://www.unisa.ac.za/
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