On Thursday 19 July 2018, a delegation from the University of South Africa (UNISA) signed a cooperation agreement with the Carl von Ossietzky University. The so-called Memorandum of Agreement includes the academic appointment of UNISA employees through the online certificate programme "Teaching and Learning Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)".
The certificate programme is part of the international online degree programme "Master of Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL)", which can be taken worldwide from 2019. The degree programme and the certificate programme were developed by the C3L and the Center for Open Education Research (COER).
UNISA is a state comprehensive university and Open University in South Africa based in Pretoria. With around 400,000 students, it is the oldest Open University and the largest university in Africa.