We are delighted to share this great story of openness!! One of our recently added open educational resources has been selected for publishing in an academic journal. Yes, you read that correctly. One of the teaching and leaning resources which
Personal Knowledge Management
by verbeeldingskr8 Developing a conscious strategy for managing information to avoid feeling overloaded (information overload) is an important part of being a knowledge worker. While it can be said that access to web 2.0 tools such as social networking and social media contribute to information overload, I believe that they may actually enable us to […]
Open Access Week 2010 at the University of Cape Town
The OER UCT blog has been quiet hasn’t it? In fact it fell off the list of top blogs here at UCT. Although the blog has been quiet, OER activities on campus and abroad have continued and we are excited
What it Means to be an Open Scholar and the Future of Scholarly Publishing
I attended Open Access Week at the University of Toronto as I was visiting in Canada throughout the month of October. I was fortunate enough to meet and hear a great talk from Stian Haklev a PhD candidate from the
PLE/Ns Tools – What Exists, What is Being Built?
by M J M I am running a bit behind. This is my reflection for last weeks PLENK topic; PLE/Ns Tools – What Exists, What is Being Built? The ability to personalize one’s online experience is not new, each Internet user creates their own personal web by deciding which sites to visit, which blogs to […]