A Look at Open Access in South Africa: a case study of researchers publishing practices: an analysis of the top 20 journals (both open access and propriety at one university). Paper presented at the Open Education Global Consortium 2015.
A case study of journal publishing at one South African university (the University of Cape Town) to identify existing journal publishing practices in terms of open access. Provides the springboard for considering the implications ? both positive and negative ? of global open access trends for South African ? and other ? research and researchers. more
Education. Pretoria: Government Communication and Information System.
Examines implementation of OER and technology in the education system in South Africa. more
Appraising the transformative power of OERs for learner-centred teaching at the University of Mauritius. In Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education, 16-18 April 2012. Cambridge, UK.
Shows that academics at the University of Mauritius access OER courseware, but could do with more training programs. In terms of teaching transformation, academics are willing to 'step down' and acknowledge students with more 'power' and responsibility for learning but also allowing them to evaluate their learning. more
Health OER Inter-Institutional Project: Formative Evaluation of Health OER Design Phase. Nairobi: OER Africa, A SAIDE Initiative/ University of Michigan.
A study of relevant documents, interviews with academic staff involved in institutional policy making and OER production, interviews with students who had experienced OERs (in cases where this was possible). more
2010-2011 African Health OER Network. Phase 2 Evaluation: Consolidation and Sustainability. Nairobi: OER Africa, A SAIDE Initiative.
Exploring institutional experiences, to establish how the African Health OER Network project was being consolidated, and to start assessing issues of sustainability. more
Insights from the Health OER Inter-Institutional Project. Distance Education, 32(2), 213-227.
Draws upon data from the various evaluations of the African Helath OER Network project as a basis for generating understandings on initiating and sustaining OER in African contexts. more
Impact Study: African Health OER Network
A formative evaluation of the African Health OER Network: Impact Study. Nairobi, OER Africa, A Saide Initiative/University of Michigan Design Phase completed at the end of 2009 focused mainly on OER take-up and production in the partner institutions (OER Africa 2009). This evaluation concluded that expectations and contractual targets had been met, or exceeded by an impressive margin, with... 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
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
Open Educational Resources and pedagogical practices in African Higher Education: A perspective from the ROER4D Project. Keynote presentation at Transform 2015 Colloquium, 6-10 April 2015.
Explains how the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project is using desktop regional reviews, cross-regional surveys, cross regional and country case studies, action research studies and focused impact studies to establish in what ways, and under what circumstances the adoption of OER can impact upon a range of educational aspects. Focuses specifically on... more
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