Books

The resource is a downloadable book that is designed like a course with units and activities. It is specifically written for teaching librarians about open access.

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It can be used personally to understand the history and developments of   Open Access or as an integral part of the scholarly communication process and the role of librarians as stakeholders in the knowledge sector.

This resource links up the different aspects of open knowledge as it has chapters on open access, open science, open data, open education and OER as well as case studies of how libraries are driving these concepts in different disciplines.

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It can be used as a study material for a CPD course on Open knowledge and how the concept can be rightly applied from different perspectives.

This resource is a guide on how to practice publishing open textbooks.

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Librarians can use it for themselves as well as adapt parts of the book as a library guide for faculty members and other library users who may want to publish open textbooks. The material has a checklist of the process, tools that one may need for publishing open textbooks and case studies of how libraries work with users on such projects.

The resource which is a chapter in a book will assist librarians to have a deep understanding of how licensing for digital resources works. Apply copyright and licensing developments in the knowledge universe including the application of such to contemporary knowledge formats.

This useful book written by Creative Commons provides rich information o the principles and applications of open licensing, basics of copyright, anatomy of Creative Commons licenses with particular sections for academic librarians and educators. 

This book would lead librarians to gain skills on how to professionally stream live events, create, podcasts, and video content.

This animation can be used to demonstrate how this sensitive procedure is performed to medical students.
 

Powerpoint presentation by Andrew Moore and Tessa Welch.

Presentation to the University of Fort Hare by Tessa Welch on 7th October 2011.

Presentation by Tessa Welch at the African Council for Distance Education meeting in February 2012.

Peter Donkor, Provost of the College of Health Sciences, explains motivations for open educational resources at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. To watch this video click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR31aCaj60Q

A new initiative teaching first year health science students about their online identity has proven valuable. The importance of communication skills and respect for others through social media is identified and explained.

The rapid, expansive and evolving use of social media has prompted the need to interrogate its impact for future health professionals. Students in the Health Sciences ought to understand the beneficial and harmful consequences of their online identities and postings.

This workshop was an introductory session for all 1st year students in the Health Sciences Faculty. It aimed to initiate a professional awareness and engage in conversations and tasks related to digital professionalism.

Presentation at the Association of African Universities (AAU) Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP) is an assembly of the chief executive officers of member institutions or their representatives. The theme of the 2011conference was: Strengthening the Space of Higher Education in Africa.

Open Research has the potential to advance the scientific process by improving the transparency, rigour, scope and reach of research, but choosing to experiment with Open Research carries with it a set of ideological,

legal, technical and operational considerations. Researchers, especially those in resource-constrained situations, may not be aware of the complex interrelations between these different domains of open practice,

the additional resources required, or how Open Research can support traditional research practices. Using the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project as an example, this paper

attempts to demonstrate the interrelation between ideological, legal, technical and operational openness; the resources that conducting Open Research requires; and the benefits of an iterative, strategic approach to

one’s own Open Research practice. In this paper we discuss the value of a critical approach towards Open Research to ensure better coherence between ‘open’ ideology (embodied in strategic intention) and ‘open’

practice (the everyday operationalisation of open principles).

This presentation provides the staged processes and lessons learning in the early stages of course converstion to open educational resources (OER) at the University of Tanzania.

A presentation by Professor Ahmed Bawa to the OER Africa 2016 convening where he discusses the need to re-visit higher education in the sub-content particularly related to funding, curricula, articilation, needs of society, issues of access and success, research capacity and affordability of higher education.

This presentation by Tony Mays to the OER Africa 2016 Convening discusses the business model at Africa Nazarene University in the light of the changing context of educational provision. He highlights new modes of provision, and both the systemic and costing implications.

Catherine Ngugi's opening address to the OER Africa 2016 Convening.

Presentation by Professor Pieter du Toit at the OER Africa 2016 Convening in Nairobi.

This institutional presentation was made at the OER Africa 2016 convening in May in Nairobi.