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Academics teaching and learning at the nexus: unbundling, marketisation and digitization in higher education

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Mogliacci, Rada ; Walji, Sukaina ; Cliff, Alan ; Swinnerton, Bronwen ; Morris, Neil Date: 2021 This paper explores how academics navigate the HE landscape being reshaped by the convergence of unbundling, marketisation and digitisation processes. Social Realism distinguishes three layers of social reality (in this case higher education): ... Read more
Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practices

Author: Glover, Michael ; Czerniewicz, Laura ; Walji, Sukaina ; Deacon, Andrew ; Small, Janet Date: 03 Feb 2016 For a study being undertaken to investigate if and how educator practices change through MOOC development and engagement with open education, Activity Theory provides a heuristic to observe contradictions and changing educator practices after ... Read more c b
Developing world MOOCs: A curriculum view of the MOOC landscape

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Deacon, Andrew ; Small, Janet ; Walji, Sukaina Date: Jul 2014 MOOCs offer opportunities but are also pose the danger of further exacerbating existing educational divisions and deepening the homogeneity of global knowledge systems. Like many universities globally, South African university leaders and ... Read more c b
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
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
Learning through engagement: MOOCs as an emergent form of provision

Author: Walji, Sukaina ; Deacon, Andrew ; Small, Janet ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 01 Jun 2016 Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a new form of educational provision occupying a space between formal online courses and informal learning. Adopting measures used with formal online courses to assess the outcomes of MOOCs is often not ... Read more
MOOC-making and Open Educational Practices

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Deacon, Andrew ; Walji, Sukaina Date: 05 Dec 2016 MOOCs have been seen as holding promise for advancing Open Education. While the pedagogical design of the ﬁrst MOOCs grew out of the Open Education Movement, the current trend has MOOCs exhibiting fewer of the original openness goals than ... Read more c b
MOOCs, openness and changing educator practices: an Activity Theory case study

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Glover, Michael ; Deacon, Andrew ; Walji, Sukaina Date: 15 Mar 2017 The practices and perceptions of educators formed through the creation and running of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provide a case study of how educators understandings of ‘openness’ change (Beetham et al 2012, p 3). We are interested ... Read more c b
MOOCs, openness and changing educator practices: an Activity Theory case study

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Glover, Michael ; Deacon, Andrew ; Walji, Sukaina Date: 06 Mar 2017 The practices and perceptions of educators formed through the creation and running of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provide a case study of how educators understandings of ‘openness’ change (Beetham et al 2012, p 3). We are interested ... Read more c b
MOOCs, openness and changing educator practices: an Activity Theory case study

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Glover, Michael ; Deacon, Andrew ; Walji, Sukaina Date: 19 May 2016 The practices and perceptions of educators formed through the creation and running of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provide a case study of how educators understandings of ‘openness’ change (Beetham et al 2012, p 3). We are interested ... Read more c b
MOOCs: A UCT Discussion

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Walji, Sukaina ; Small, Janet ; Deacon, Andrew Date: 05 Nov 2014 This is a presentation by MOOC Task Team to inform the discussion around MOOCs in the UCT Course provision landscape. The presentation took place at the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CILT), Centre for Higher Education ... Read more c b
OER in and as MOOCs

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Deacon, Andrew ; Walji, Sukaina ; Glover, Michael Date: 10 Nov 2017 This chapter reports on the investigation into the production and rollout of four Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, and on the experiences of the educators involved in their production. ... Read more c b
Position Paper: MOOCs

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Deacon, Andrew ; Fife, Mary-Ann ; Small, Janet ; Walji, Sukaina Date: 2015 Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a flexible and open form of self-directed, online learning designed for mass participation. There are no fees or entry requirements and no formal academic credit is available. While completion rates are ... Read more c b
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) Infographic - June 2014

Author: Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl ; Carstens, Rondine ; Cartmill, Tess ; Walji, Sukaina ; King, Thomas Date: 18 Sep 2014 Infographic depicts the Research in Open Educational Resources for Development in the Global South (ROER4D) project showing global coverage of sub-projects and research themes. This includes the general research objective which is to improve ... Read more c b
ROER4D First Technical Report - June 2013-August 2014

Author: Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl ; Cartmill, Tess Date: 27 Aug 2014 This 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 more c b
ROER4D First Workshop Evaluation

Author: Walji, Sukaina Date: 08 Sep 2014 This report is an evaluation of the success of the ROER4D project's first workshop, held between 9-13 December 2013 in Cape Town. The workshop focused on research skills capacity development, and an evaluation via questionnaire was conducted ... Read more c b
UCT ERT Student Experience Survey 2020

Author: Marquard, Stephen ; Walji, Sukaina ; Lester, Soraya ; Kefale, Kende ; Deacon, Andrew Date: 25 Sep 2020 Final report of the UCT Emergency Remote Teaching Student Experience Survey 2020, an online survey of student experiences of emergency remote teaching (ERT) during the 2nd term of 2020 (April to July 2020). The purpose of the survey was ... Read more
UCT Open Education Week 2015

Author: King, Thomas ; Cox, Glenda ; Makwande, Tinashe ; Kawana, Monde Date: 07 Apr 2015 On 13 March 2015 the Vice Chancellor's Open Educational Resources Adaptation project hosted an event which focused on the Open Educational activities underway at the University of Cape Town. Emeritus Professor Martin Hall provided the keynote ... Read more c b