A couple of weeks back we reported one of our OpenContent contributors getting her material published as a result of her sharing. When this happened we were pleasantly surprised, as it just goes to show some of the amazing possibilities
Finding, Using and Referencing Creative Commons Images
I may have mentioned before that my favourite tool for searching for images online is Compfight. With Compfight you can search Creative Commons licensed images using keywords specifically by tag or description. Compfight is great because it usually returns lots
From UCT OpenContent to a Journal Article
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
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
Need help creating Open Educational Resources at UCT?
The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) offers grants for UCT academics using and developing educational technology to support teaching and learning. For this round of grants, CET would like to encourage you to create Open Educational Resources or consider adding
OER at UCT: From Project to Portfolio
As part of our campaign towards growing and maintaining OER@UCT we have institutionalized support for open educational practices within the Centre for Educational Technology (CET). This project could not have happened without the support of the Shuttleworth Foundation but now
Excellent video explaining Creative Commons
CC on Orange by Yohei Yamashita (CC-BY 2.0) We still get many questions regarding Creative Commons licenses from academics looking for ways to share their teaching materials. In fact we run entire workshops going through alternative and open licenses and
UCT open educational resource wins 2011 Award for OpenCourseWare Excellence
We are delighted to announce that one of the resources shared on UCT OpenContent has won a 2011 Award for OpenCourseWare Excellence recognized by the international OpenCourseWare community. Matumo Ramifikeng’s open educational resource Occupational Focused Conceptual Frameworks has been selected
Reflecting on eLearning Africa 2010 in Lusaka, Zambia – Day 3
On the third Generalday of eLearning Africa 2010 we had an opportunity to share our experience on the OER UCT project. Our session was titled How OERs and Open Tools Support Teacher Education and also featured Bjoern Hasslerfrom the Centre