Author:Royston-Muirhead, LeeDate:2016The prevalence of adolescent school absenteeism due to severe bullying in the UK exceeds 16 000 young people, and the occurrence of anxious school refusers (including self-exclusion due to bullying) is a well-documented issue that transcends ...Read more
Author:Mayisela, ThabisaDate:2019Digital knowledge production involves the processing and presentation of digital information and content through the implementation of digital literacy practices in technical, cognitive and social-emotional dimensions. As such, this thesis ...Read more
Author:Monyemangene, ReginaDate:2012This study is a response to the need to understand the meaning behind some of the unanticipated behaviour displayed by students in higher education institutions who have high access to information communication technologies (ICTs), but yet ...Read more
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Paskevicius, MichaelDate:2013Inspired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's landmark decision to make its teaching and learning materials freely available to the public as OpenCourseWare (OCW), many other higher education institutions have followed suit sharing ...Read more
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Czerniewicz, LauraDate:04 Nov 2014As part of Open Education Week 2014 here at UCT, Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Associate Professor Laura Czerniewicz provided some insights into what Open Educational Resources (OER) & Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) ...Read morecb
Author:Arinto, Patricia; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Trotter, HenryDate:Dec 2017The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project was undertaken to provide a better understanding of the uptake of Open Educational Resources (OER) and their impact on education in the Global South. The 18 sub-projects ...Read morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Cox, Glenda; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Willmers, MichelleDate:Sep 2014At the University of Cape Town open education and open scholarship activities and projects have taken place in several guises over the past seven years. They have been loosely connected, driven by champions and enabled by external grant ...Read morecb
Author:Paskevicius, Michael; Willmers, Michelle; Hodgkinson-Williams, CherylDate:17 Sep 2014This powerpoint presentation can be used for reference or in sharing the idea of open educational resources. The digital age has rung in profound changes for the higher education endeavour – not least of which has been a revolution in the way ...Read morecba
Author:Gray, Eve; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Willmers, MichelleDate:21 Aug 2014Publication output from the 2007/2008 OpeningScholarship project which ran in the Centre for Educational Technology (CET) at the University of Cape Town. The main aim of this project was to explore the opportunities that information communication ...Read morecba
Author:Gray, Eve; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Willmers, MichelleDate:31 Aug 2009Executive summary of the OpeningScholarship project, established in July 2007 and hosted by the Centre for Educational Technology at the University of Cape Town. Funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation, the main aim of this project was to explore ...Read morecbna
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Deacon, AndrewDate:2013The demand for further skills and qualifications in the educational technology field remains strong as the range of technologies increases and their potential use in educational contexts becomes more compelling. Students registering for the ...Read more
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Cox, GlendaDate:2015This document provides a brief overview of Open Educational Resources (OER) and recommendations for their adoption in higher education institutions set again the current trends internationally. The specific OER affordances are highlighted as ...Read morecb
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, CherylDate:May 2013The first proposal to the International Development Research Committee outlining a global south research project, aimed at building an evidence base of successful OER initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and South America.Read morecba
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, CherylDate:09 Dec 2013This document serves as the scoping document for the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project. It outlines the rationale, scope and intent of the project, including detailed project plans for the twelve sub-projects ...Read morecb
Author:Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Cartmill, TessDate:27 Aug 2014This technical report covers the first year of the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development project, outlining the progress of the central project network and the twelve sub-projects as they fulfill their research objectives. ...Read morecb