Factors shaping lecturers' adoption of OER at three South African universities. In Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South.
Investigates lecturers? adoption or non-adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) at three universities in South Africa, seeking to understand their motivations and practices regarding OER and the factors influencing their OER decision-making. more
AVU Multinational Project II: A collaborative approach to implementing an eLearning project in 21 countries. Proceedings and report of the 5th UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference 2012 (pp. 174-181), 15-16 November 2012. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Series of papers and reports on Ubuntu-Net Alliance Anuual Conference. Highlight the value of research and education networks, beyond cheap access or access to online resource, but also the exploitation of the network opportunities for collaboration especially beyond national borders. more
An OER framework, heuristic and lens: Tools for understanding lecturers? adoption of OER.
Examines three new tools ? a framework, an heuristic and a lens ? for analysing lecturers? adoption of OER in higher educational settings. more
Benefits and challenges of OER for higher education institutions. Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop for Heads of Commonwealth Universities, 28 April 2010. Cape Town, South Africa.
Commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning to provide a frame of reference for discussions and deliberations on the role of open educational resources (OER) in higher educationinstitutions (HEIs). more
Open education and the open scholarship agenda: A University of Cape Town perspective. In C. Bonk, M. Lee, T. Reeves & T. Reynolds (Eds.), MOOCs and Open Education around the world. London: Routledge.
Examines Open Education and the Open Scholarship agenda, looking specifically at UCT more
Degrees of Openness: The emergence of Open Educational Resources at the University of Cape Town. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 5(5), 101-116.
Suggests that careful analysis of existing educational materials and processes is necessary to provide an indication of what can be done to make them more openly available beyond the confines of an individual teaching and learning space. more
An overview of the strategic OER positioning of the only dedicated ODL University in Southern Africa. Proceedings of the Regional Symposium on Open Educational Resources: An Asian perspective on policy and practices (pp. 25?30). Penang: OER Asia.
Establishes the current situation at the only dedicated ODL university in Southern Africa, the University of South Africa (UNISA), regarding the use of and contribution to Open Educational Resources (OER) and determines whether the university has any institutional position or intention in this regard and whether the policies of the institution are conducive towards Open Educational Practice... more
Degrees of ease: Adoption of OER, Open Textbooks and MOOCs in the Global South. Keynote address at the OER Asia Symposium, 24-27 June 2014. Penang, Malaysia.
Provides definitions for OER, MOOCs and Open Textbooks and identifies key activities underlying them. more
Assessing the impact of access to and availability of OER on the emergence and extent of open education practices in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of an ICT-integrated multinational teacher education program in math and science
Qualitative case study that used interviews and document analysis to collect data. The findings indicate varying degrees of open education practices at the AVU network level, at the level of the partner institution and at the level of the educational professional. Presented at OEGlobal 2017, 8?10 March 2017. Cape Town, South Africa more
Uptake of OER by staff in Distance Education in South Africa. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 16(2), 18?45.
An investigation to gauge the uptake of OER at Unisa, by staff, with the purpose of institutional information gathering for decision making and planning in this area. more
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