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Browsing Presentations by Series "Open Access Week 2018"

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    Accessible Platforms and Challenges
    (2018-11-07) Nwanze, Ike
    Higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. The basis of thinking in creating accessible educational platforms that reduces challenges to learning for students with disabilities should be human rights.
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    Digital Open Textbooks for Development: Research and implementation to advance equitable access at UCT
    (2018-11-07) Cox, Glenda; Willmers, Michelle
    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 for saving costs and for transforming the curriculum.
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    Life as a student with a disability
    (2018-11-14) Abrahams, Zuleikha
    Describes how she struggles with printed textbooks and the inordinate amount of time it takes to get them into a format which she could use to study. Job Access With Speech (JAWS) computer screen-reader program is able to read from a computer screen either with a text-to-speech output or through a refreshable Braille display. But the technology is expensive, so many students are unable to afford it.
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    Open Access and Social Justice
    (2018-11-07) Claassen, Jill
    African universities should be agents for economic growth and development on the continent. 80% of knowledge created in Africa comes from Egypt, South Africa and Nigeria. UCT has the highest research output on the continent, therefore should share its research for the public good. Sharing demonstrates UCT’s moral obligation locally, to the continent and globally, through access to its knowledge
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    Openess and Social Justice
    (2018-11-07) Ncube, Caroline
    A move towards open access was in tune with a quest for equity, fairness and social justice.While technology opens up important gateways, it is also necessary to be able to print the materials, bearing in mind intermittent internet access for many people.
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    Reconceptualising the delivery of teaching material
    (2018-11-07) Andrews, Penny
    Outlines work in developing a constitutional law ebook in South Africa, which takes into account the needs of students, their legal-profession career paths and the 21st century skills they need to learn. Apart from the traditional skills like sound judgement, attention to detail and persuasiveness that law graduates also need to develop additional skills such as emotional intelligence and networking, project management and financial literacy.