Striving towards international academic and e-learning collaboration: an evaluation of a South African experience

The impact of any international academic or e-learning collaboration is immense and the possibilities endless for all involved. The success of such collaboration rests solely on the shoulders of the partners involved. Continuous evaluation of an international project contributes to its success. The context of this paper is the involvement of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in a specific funded Scholarship programme and Partnership development project with Imperial College London (UK). This paper reflects on and evaluates the activities of the funded project using a set of guidelines from the draft code of Conduct for Cross Border/Transnational Delivery of Higher Education Programmes. The results from this evaluation may be seen as a preliminary indication of the future of the project and an indication of international collaboration possibilities for South African higher education institutions.