Dr Jako Olivier joined COL as Adviser: Higher Education on August 15, 2022.
Jako Olivier has over 10 years of teaching and research leadership in higher education within the Southern Africa context. Before joining COL, he served as a professor at the Faculty of Education, North-West University in South Africa. He also led the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER at this institution.
He holds a PhD in Education, MA, BA Honours and Postgraduate Certificate in Education from North-West University, South Africa.