Long story:  Johannes Cronje is a professor of Digital Teaching and Learning in the Department of Information Technology department at the at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.  Prior to that he was the Dean Informatics and Design. He has supervised more than 150 Masters' and Doctoral students and published more than  85 peer reviewed papers. He is a sought-after international keynote speaker and has been a visiting professor at seven universities internationally. 

He was born in Davenport Iowa in 1959 when his parents were there doing more than just studying. At the age of eight months he persuaded his parents to return to South Africa where he attended an die Laerskool Anton van Wouw and then Pretoria Boys High School where he matriculated in 1976.

Following this he enrolled at the University of Pretoria where he obtained the BA majoring in Afrikaans, English and Anthropology, the BA honours as well as a Teachers' diploma before reporting for military service at the Infantry School, Oudtshoorn.  During his second year of national service he completed an MA in Afrikaans literature while serving on the Angolan border.  He then taught English and Afrikaans at Pretoria Boys High until 1986 when he was appointed lecturer in Language Communication at Technikon Pretoria.  

He obtained a Doctorate in Afrikaans Literature in 1990 and then a Masters Degree in Computer-Assisted Education from the University of Pretoria. From 1994 to 2007  he was a professor of computers in education with the University of Pretoria and from 2007 to 2021 Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Design. He has also been visiting professor at Sudan University of Science and Technology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; the University of Joensuu, Finland, and the University of Bergen, Norway, The Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, Belgium, The University of Namibia and the University of the Free State, South Africa.

He has supervised or co-supervised 75 Masters and 65 Doctoral students and published more than 65 research papers.

His hobbies include public speaking, road running, and dabbling in social media. He is married to Franci and they have 3 children, three dogs, and a cat.

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