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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
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
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
Open Content Licensing: A Three-Step Guide for Academics

Author: Willmers, Michelle ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: Jun 2015 Aimed at the individual academic, this guide will enable you to make informed and purposeful decisions around licensing your work in line with international open access principles. Based on the framework of open content licensing – a legitimate, ... Read more c b a
Open Education and the Open Scholarship Agenda, a University of Cape Town Perspective

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Cox, Glenda ; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Sep 2014 At 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 more c b
Open Teaching in a Digital Age

Author: Paskevicius, Michael ; Willmers, Michelle ; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Date: 17 Sep 2014 This 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 more c b a
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 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
Open Textbooks

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle Date: Aug 2021 Open textbook development encompasses a life cycle of activities, in which authors need to give consideration to a range of activities based on the problem they are trying to address, including authorship strategy, identification of delivery ... Read more c b
Open Textbooks and Social Justice: Open Educational Practices to Address Economic, Cultural and Political Injustice at the University of Cape Town

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Masuku, Bianca ; Willmers, Michelle Date: May 2020 This paper provides evidence from the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) project at the University of Cape Town (UCT), on the potential of open textbooks to address social injustice in South African higher education and the practices ... Read more c b
Open Textbooks for Curriculum Change and Student Co-Creation: Collaborative models of open textbook production and student co-creation (Workshop 2)

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Sep 2022 This is the second of two workshop presentations by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative team as part of the Siyaphumelela Workshop Series in September 2022. This session introduced participants to practical ways in ... Read more c b
Open Textbooks for Curriculum Change and Student Co-Creation: Introduction to open textbooks for social justice (Workshop 1)

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Aug 2022 This is the first of two workshop presentations by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative team as part of the Siyaphumelela Workshop Series in August 2022. This interactive session provided an introduction to the concept ... Read more c b
Open Textbooks in South African Higher Education

Author: Cox, Glenda ; Willmers, Michelle ; Masuku, Bianca Date: Jul 2021 This is a presentation by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) project team for a virtual round table event that took place in July 2021. The event was held with higher education managers, librarians and academic development ... Read more c b
Open Textbooks in South African Higher Education: Call to Action 2021

Author: Willmers, Michelle ; Cox, Glenda ; Masuku, Bianca Date: 2021 Action brief by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development project at the University of Cape Town highlighting the need for national support and coordination in order to grow an open textbook community of practice that can provide support ... Read more c b