Feature: Open is as Open Does
In this blog post, we feature an article by IDRC Senior Program Officer Dr Matthew Smith who considers some of the debates around definitions of openness and the problems of an apparent consensus that...
Tagged: open educational resources
Students’ piracy practices- accessing learning resources
Image courtesy of Pixabay under CC0 Public Domain In this post A/Prof Laura Czerniewicz, SP10.3 lead researcher, shares her recently published research paper which discusses how students access learning resources, and in particular their...
Following the money for OER: reflections on the ROER4D SP11 research project
Image courtesy of Libby Levi for opensource.com As year-long SP11 sub-project “Public funding for basic education in South Africa: Are open educational resources being funded?” has come to a close, Sarah Goodier, Project leader...
Communications for participation in the ROER4D Communications Strategy
Earlier this month I attended the Association of Business Communication regional conference held at the University of Cape Town, where I presented on ‘Engaging audiences early: the role of social media and networks to...
The use and reuse of open data in low resource settings
Prof Brian Rappert, Michelle Wilmers, Dr Louise Bezuidenhout and Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams at the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, University of Cape Town Earlier this year, the ROER4D Hub team invited Dr...