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Collaborative open textbook creation: Perspectives on student involvement

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Oct 2022 This is a presentation given by members of the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative at the Open Education Conference in October 2022. Read more c b
Collaborative open textbook creation: Perspectives on student involvement

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Lapperman, James ; Malandu, Vimbai ; Phala, Gift Date: Nov 2022 This is a presentation given by the PI of the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative, Dr. Glenda Cox, alongside Dr James Lapperman and two student collaborators at the UCT Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) in November 2022. Read more c b
Decolonizing Learning in the Global South: Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Masuku, Bianca ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Oct 2022 A panel presentation for the Open Education Conference 2022 by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) team at UCT with collaborators from Yusuf Maitama Sule University in Kano, Nigeria and Chinoyi University of Technology in Zimbabwe. Read more c b
Digital Open Textbooks for Development Apereo19

Author: Willmers, Michelle Date: Apr 2019 Presentation by Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) Publishing and Implementation Manager, Michelle Willmers, to the Apereo Africa Conference 2019, University of Cape Town. Read more c b
Digital Open Textbooks for Development OER19

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Apr 2019 This presentation reports on preliminary findings from DOT4D research, providing an overview of the project’s working conceptual framework which draws upon Nancy Fraser’s theorising on social justice (2005) and Margaret Archer’s (2000) ... Read more c b
Digital Open Textbooks for Development: Broadening access and supporting curriculum transformation at UCT

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Jul 2018 A presentation by Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) Principal Investigator, Glenda Cox, and Publishing and Implementation Manager, Michelle Willmers, at the UCT Teaching and Learning Conference in July 2018. Read more c b
Digital Open Textbooks for Development: Collaborative, sustainable models for transformation and student involvement

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Jun 2022 This is a panel presentation from the Siyaphumelela Conference that took place in June 2022 titled “All About OER Textbooks” Read more c b
Digital Open Textbooks for Development: Collaborative, sustainable models for transformation and student involvement

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Jun 2022 This is a panel presentation by the Digital Open Textbook for Development (DOT4D) initiative members Dr Glenda Cox and Michelle Willmers at the Siyaphumelela Conference in June 2022. Read more c b
DOT4D UCT Open Textbook Conversation: Part 1

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Aug 2019 At the University of Cape Town (UCT), an institution which is grappling with decolonisation and transformation of the curriculum, there is an array of imperatives which is driving academics to produce open textbooks – an activity which appears ... Read more c b
DOT4D UCT Open Textbook Conversation: Part 2

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Dec 2020 In this presentation, the DOT4D team presents an informal webinar in which it shares insights gained relating to the project’s social justice research focus and the trends emerging in the various open textbook development and publishing ... Read more c b
From Gatekeepers to Gateways: Courses Impeding Graduation Annual Report 2019

Author: Shay, Suellen ; Collier-Reed, Brandon ; Hendry, Jane ; Marquard, Stephen ; Kefale, Kende ; Prince, Robert ; Steyn, Sanet ; Mpofu-Mketwa, Tsitsi ; Carstens, Rondine Date: 2020 The Courses Impeding Graduation (CIG) Project is a research and development initiative of the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) addressing the problem of high failure rates in courses that are obstacles to student retention and ... Read more
Inclusivity, collaboration and student co-creation: Open textbook production models for social justice

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Masuku, Bianca ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Mar 2022 This is a presentation by the DOT4D project for Open Education Week in March 2022 Read more c b
Inclusivity, collaboration and student co-creation: Open textbook production models for social justice

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Masuku, Bianca ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Feb 2022 Presentation from the Open Textbook Conversation event hosted by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development initiative at the University of Cape Town on 10 March 2022 as part of international Open Education Week. The event was focused on ... Read more c b
Issues for universities using private companies for online education

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Walji, Sukaina Date: Feb 2019 This briefing is aimed at universities who are thinking of using - or already using - private companies to develop or expand their online programmes or courses. It raises the issues to be thought about and the implications of decisions made, ... Read more c b n
Managing and Planning Educational Development projects: a critical overview of the large classes project

Author: Jawitz, Jeff Date: 29 Jun 2021 In this article I provide a critical overview of the process followed in a project to identify, support and fund educational development projects in four South African Universities between 2008 and 2013. It draws on my experience as project ... Read more c b
Mapping provision in HE: the present and the possible

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 15 Mar 2022 This paper is about Higher Education (HE) teaching provision in terms of a) its language and key concepts b) the types, modes and means presently in existence in South Africa and emergent globally and c) the implications for policies and ... Read more c b n a
Open education for social justice: Students as partners in transdisciplinary research

Author: Cox, Glenda ; David, Tom Date: Nov 2022 This is a presentation given by the PI of the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative, Dr Glenda Cox and a collaborator, Tom David, at the UNITWIN/ UNESCO Chairs Programme in November 2022. Read more c b
Open textbook authorship, quality assurance and publishing: Social justice models of participatory design, engagement, co-creation and partnership

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Masuku, Bianca ; Willmers, Michelle Date: May 2022 A presentation by the DOT4D project for the OE Global Conference held in Nantes, France on the 23-25 May 2022 on collaborative open textbook development models at UCT. Read more c b
Open textbook authorship, quality assurance and publishing: Social justice models of participatory design, engagement, co-creation and partnership

Author: Masuku, Bianca ; Cox, Glenda Date: Jun 2022 This is a presentation that was given by the DOT4D team as part of the CHED seminar series in June 2022. The presentation demonstrates how academics at UCT are embarking on open textbook initiatives in response to a largely mutual set ... Read more c b
Open textbook case studies: social justice, agency and intersectionality

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Nov 2019 Open textbook initiatives have been successful in the United States and Canada as a means to save money for students. At the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) project, which began in July 2018, ... Read more c b