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365 days of openness: The emergence of OER at the University of Cape Town

Author: Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl ; Paskevicius, Michael ; Cox, Glenda ; Shaikh, Shihaam ; Czerniewicz, Laura ; Lee-Pan, Samantha Date: 2013 Historically, resources such as books, journals, newspapers, audio and video recordings have been fairly well curated in university libraries. However, the same cannot be said for teaching and learning materials, unless they have been included ... Read more c b a
Academics and Copyright Issues: An Opinion

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Oct 2011 Through open licenses the box is opened and your materials are disseminated – for both the copyright holder and copyright user this system is a benefit. Many have written about the benefits of openness and has provided evidence of these ... Read more c b a
The CRC Report 2011: DALRO licensing agreements

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Sep 2012 After the release of the Copyright Review Commission Report a few days ago various articles have spoken of the recommendations made by the commission particularly the call to amend the Copyright Act to include provisions that take into account ... Read more c b a
Creative Commons Practical Workshop

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Oct 2012 The Creative Commons licensing system allows for a more flexible management of the exclusive rights offered by copyright law, giving the creators the ability to choose the kinds of protections and freedoms that will govern the use of their ... Read more c b a
Finding Open Stuff - 2013 update

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jun 2013 This presentation is a showcase of sites where you can find open images, open audio and video, open text, open source software, open courseware. Open everything. Notes and comments on each site can be found in the slide notes of the presentation. Read more c b a
Intellectual Property Rights Database for Journals

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jul 2013 In November 2012 as part of foundational work for the OpenUCT initiative's pilot with the African Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI), one of my tasks was to assess the legal status of content that was to be shared. A large component of ... Read more c b a
Internet Videos & Copyright Implications for Educators

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Aug 2011 In many instances academics use particular videos that have been downloaded from the internet in their teaching and learning materials without considering the copyright implications. While one may argue a fair dealing defense when these videos ... Read more c b a
Open Access Week 2012: OpenUCT's events – a recap

Author: Goodier, Sarah ; Shaikh, Shihaam ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: Oct 2012 Last Friday, 26 October, marked the end of Open Access Week 2012. This international event, which turned six this year, aims to inform researchers, academics and students about open access and inspire them to share not only this knowledge ... Read more c b a
Open Education - A Local Issue

Author: Chetty, Rulisha ; Cox, Glenda ; Czerniewicz, Laura ; Goodier, Sarah ; Shaikh, Shihaam ; Stent, Stacey Date: Jun 2012 This video shows how open education matters by providing a local perspective on a global issue through three authentic disciplinary examples of multilingual resources at the University of Cape Town. (Please note: Music (used with permission) ... Read more c b
Open Educational Resources at the University of Cape Town: introducing copyright and Creative Commons

Author: King, Thomas Date: 04 Nov 2014 On 13 March 2014, OpenUCT and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) held a workshop day with UCT Libraries on open educational resources (OERs) at UCT. Thomas King's presentation covered open educational resources and open ... Read more c b
Open Licensing Landscape - what every librarian needs to know

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jun 2013 This is a presentation aimed at librarians to provide a brief overview of the open licensing landscape in South Africa. It covers open licensing in relation to teaching, research and data. Read more c b a
OpenUCT Reflections on 2012

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Dec 2012 The year 2012 marks the first full year of activity for the OpenUCT Initiative and it's been an amazing but challenging year for all of us, and I thought it would be fitting to review the year in terms of our areas of activity and touch upon ... Read more c b a
Principle of Fair Dealing in Education

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jun 2011 Educators are allowed to use copyrighted materials in the classroom for illustrative purposes but are limited in that they cannot share these materials in an online space. Fair dealing only governs use in the classroom and sharing copyrighted ... Read more c b a
Reprographic Reproduction Rights Licensing

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Jun 2011 The right to reproduce materials fall within the set of exclusive rights held by a copyright holder. In order for an educational institution to make copies of copyrighted materials they need permission from the copyright holder to reproduce ... Read more c b a
SOPA and its effects in SA and on open education

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Feb 2012 The seeds for this post came almost 3 weeks ago when a friend of mine commented that SOPA is not a big deal in South Africa because its outside of US jurisdiction so we had nothing to be bothered about – I disagreed (and started making notes ... Read more c b a
Understanding Open Licensing: Day Four - Finding Openness

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Feb 2013 Open access publishing is rapidly growing in popularity, while materials for re-use in education and training are increasingly being sourced free from the web. This workshop will equip participants to use open licensing with confidence when ... Read more c b
Understanding Open Licensing: Day One - The Open Landscape

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Feb 2013 Open access publishing is rapidly growing in popularity, while materials for re-use in education and training are increasingly being sourced free from the web. This workshop will equip participants to use open licensing with confidence when ... Read more c b
Understanding Open Licensing: Day Three - Progressing Towards Openness

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: 04 Nov 2014 Open access publishing is rapidly growing in popularity, while materials for re-use in education and training are increasingly being sourced free from the web. This workshop will equip participants to use open licensing with confidence when ... Read more c b a
Understanding Open Licensing: Day Two - Introducing Creative Commons

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Feb 2013 Open access publishing is rapidly growing in popularity, while materials for re-use in education and training are increasingly being sourced free from the web. This workshop will equip participants to use open licensing with confidence when ... Read more c b
Why SA should care about the Research Works Act

Author: Shaikh, Shihaam Date: Feb 2012 What is the Research Works Act? In just 3 pages the Research Works bill seeks to prohibit open access mandates for federally funded research in the USA thus reverting the open access policy of the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the ... Read more c b a