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Alternative metrics in Africa: An Interview with Cameron Neylon

Author: Willmers, Michelle Date: Dec 2011 The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) recently hosted Cameron Neylon on his first visit to South Africa for a week of activity and discussion around alternative metrics and research evaluation. Based at the UK Science and ... Read more c b a
Altmetrics and Emerging Measures of Impact

Author: Willmers, Michelle Date: Nov 2012 The internet has transformed the way we seek and use information, enabling scholars to communicate research findings more rapidly, broadly and effectively than ever before. This evolution has placed scholarly communication at the centre of ... Read more c b a
Building a global teaching profile: OER at UCT

Author: Paskevicius, Michael ; Willmers, Michelle ; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Date: 2010 This resource is a slideshow on open educational resources and how academics can build a global teaching profile online. This slideshare slidecast includes slides and audio syncronized which can be used in part or fully to help academics ... Read more c b a
Case study: Cell-Life

Author: Willmers, Michelle ; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Date: 28 Feb 2009 This case study analyses the ways in which the Cell-Life initiative, a collaboration between the University of Cape Town's departments of Civil and Electrical Engineering and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, utilised technology-based ... Read more c b n a
Case study: Feminist Africa

Author: Gray, Eve ; Willmers, Michelle Date: 28 Feb 2009 This case study describes the use of ICTs in the publication of a journal, Feminist Africa, in the context of an academic department at the University of Cape Town. The journal is of particular interest, because, being situated in the African ... Read more c b n a
Case study: Open Data in the governance of South African higher education

Author: van Schalkwyk, Francois ; Willmers, Michelle ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 01 Apr 2014 The availability and accessibility of open data has the potential to increase transparency and accountability and, in turn, the potential to improve the governance of universities as public institutions. In addition, it is suggested that open ... Read more c b
Case study: South African Review of Sociology

Author: Gray, Eve ; Willmers, Michelle Date: 28 Feb 2009 This case study describes the use of ICTs in the publication of a scholarly society journal, the South African Review of Sociology, in a context in which the Scientific Editor is a senior member of an academic department at the University of ... Read more c b n a
Case study: UCT Press

Author: Gray, Eve ; Willmers, Michelle Date: 31 Jul 2009 The University of Cape Town (UCT) Press was established in 1994. The modern-day university press presents an interesting mix of challenges and conflicting agendas. The OpeningScholarship project chose UCT Press as a subject for case study in ... Read more c b n a
Changing Research Communication Practices and Open Scholarship: A Framework for Analysis

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Kell, Catherine ; Willmers, Michelle ; King, Thomas Date: Apr 2014 "It is important that academics’ research communication practices are explored to complement these system approaches. How do we think about these issues in order to investigate and illuminate changing forms of knowledge creation and communication? ... Read more c b
Costs and Beneﬁts of Open Access: A Guide for Managers in Southern African Higher Education

Author: Swan, Alma ; Willmers, Michelle ; King, Thomas Date: Feb 2014 In most institutions, researchers will typically enter into a wide range of publishing relationships with commercial and other publishing entities, depending on disciplinary dynamics, considerations around journal reach and impact, likelihood ... Read more c b
Digital Open Textbooks for Development: Research and implementation to advance equitable access at UCT

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle Date: 07 Nov 2018 Open access enables a freer exchange of how learning and teaching materials are developed and shared. Open access is about opening up access not only culturally and politically, but also to differently abled students. It has huge potential ... Read more
Dimensions of open research: critical reflections on openness in the ROER4D project

Author: King, Thomas ; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl-Ann ; Willmers, Michelle ; Walji, Sukaina Date: 2016 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 ... Read more c b
Discoverability and 21st Century Scholarly Communication: A local perspective

Author: Willmers, Michelle Date: 09 Sep 2014 The Discoverability of African Scholarship Online workshop took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 10-11 March 2014. This workshop was organised by the OpenUCT Initiative and the Carnegie Corporation. Michelle Willmers' presentation from the workshop ... Read more c b
Embedding open data practice: Developing indicators on the institutionalisation of open data practice in two African governments

Author: van Schalkwyk, Francois ; Willmers, Michelle ; Schonwetter, Tobias Date: Jun 2015 Final research report of the “Embedding open data practice: Developing indicators on the institutionalisation of open data practice in two African governments” project, which formed part of the World Wide Web Foundation’s "Emerging Impacts ... Read more c b
Exploring ‘Impact': New approaches for alternative scholarly metrics in Africa

Author: Willmers, Michelle Date: Oct 2012 The relationship between insitutional values, scholarly impact and alternative metrics is explored in the following presentation, presented as part of UCT's Open Access Week 2012. Read more c b a
Illustrating Impact: Applying Altmetrics to Southern African Research

Author: Neylon, Cameron ; Willmers, Michelle ; King, Thomas Date: Feb 2014 Universities are under growing pressure to illustrate the "impact" of research they produce, perhaps especially institutions in the developing world, which are expected to balance social responsiveness with the rigours of a competitive ... Read more c b
Impact Beyond Citation: An Introduction to Altmetrics

Author: Neylon, Cameron ; Willmers, Michelle ; King, Thomas Date: Feb 2014 A fundamental concern for higher education institutions worldwide is improving their efectiveness and efficiency. #is is often expressed as a need to maximise the "impact" of funded research. "Impact" is intended to mean the e!ects of ... Read more c b
International environmental scan of the use of ICTs for community engagement in higher education

Author: Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl ; Gray, Eve ; Willmers, Michelle ; Steenkamp-Fonseca, Raymond Date: 28 Feb 2009 This position paper provides a brief overview of how higher education institutions (HEIs) internationally are using ICTs to enhance their engagement with the broader community and highlights some applications which could be useful for South ... Read more c b n a
It's a bird! It's a plane! … Grappling with the notion of ‘repository' in SCAP programme activity

Author: Willmers, Michelle Date: Jan 2012 The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme is both a research and implementation programme in that we are experimenting with technology solutions for a revised, expanded approach to scholarly communication and conducting research on ... Read more c b a
Measuring Impact: A Five-Step Guide for Scholarly Units

Author: Willmers, Michelle ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: Jun 2015 Are you part of a research unit or academic department that is interested in making an impact and being able to demonstrate or report on the extent to which your work is being cited and utilised? Are you interested in sharing your content ... Read more c b a