Author:Glover, Michael; Czerniewicz, Laura; Walji, Sukaina; Deacon, Andrew; Small, JanetDate:03 Feb 2016For 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Deacon, Andrew; Small, Janet; Walji, SukainaDate:Jul 2014MOOCs 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 morecb
Author:King, Thomas; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl-Ann; Willmers, Michelle; Walji, SukainaDate:2016Open 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Walji, SukainaDate:Feb 2019This 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 morecbn
Author:Walji, Sukaina; Deacon, Andrew; Small, Janet; Czerniewicz, LauraDate:01 Jun 2016Massive 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
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, SukainaDate:05 Dec 2016MOOCs 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Glover, Michael; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, SukainaDate:15 Mar 2017The 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Glover, Michael; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, SukainaDate:06 Mar 2017The 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Glover, Michael; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, SukainaDate:19 May 2016The 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Walji, Sukaina; Small, Janet; Deacon, AndrewDate:05 Nov 2014This 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, Sukaina; Glover, MichaelDate:10 Nov 2017This 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 morecb
Author:Czerniewicz, Laura; Deacon, Andrew; Fife, Mary-Ann; Small, Janet; Walji, SukainaDate:2015Massive 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 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
Author:Walji, SukainaDate:08 Sep 2014This 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 morecb
Author:Marquard, Stephen; Walji, Sukaina; Lester, Soraya; Kefale, Kende; Deacon, AndrewDate:25 Sep 2020Final 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
Author:King, Thomas; Cox, Glenda; Makwande, Tinashe; Kawana, MondeDate:07 Apr 2015On 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 morecb