I created the wordle above using the search terms which have been submitted to the UCT OpenContent website. The larger the word, the more often it is being searched in the directory. I find it fascinating to see what
Join us to celebrate UCT OpenContent…One Year On
Open tools, open source, open education and open mindsets. 365 days of openness + 673 ways of sharing = 1 goal of open education for all In February 2011 we celebrated our one year anniversary of OpenContent UCT. We have
First two weeks of OpenContent at UCT
Well it’s been two weeks since we launched the new UCT OpenContent website. We have had numerous visits and have generated quite a bit of buzz in the UCT community as well as around the world. We are still tweaking
University of Cape Town OpenContent OER Directory is Now Live
The Centre for Educational Technology is pleased to announce the launch of the OpenContent open educational resource directory at the University of Cape Town. The directory is the culmination of a years worth of project work, funded by the Shuttleworth
Introducing the Open Attribute Referencing Tool
Yesterday the Mozilla Drumbeat organization launched a new tool to help content users reference openly licensed Creative Commons content. Referencing openly licensed content has been slightly ambigious in the past with many people adopting their own methods. The OpenAttribute project
Announcing the Launch of the UCT OpenContent Directory
A Creative Commons Image by Stuck in Customs The University of Cape Town’s Centre for Educational Technology takes great pleasure in announcing the launch of UCT’s OpenContent directory, a new portal for accessing the university’s collection of open educational resources.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology OpenCourseWare Statistics for 2009
Creative Commons image by fd Stephen Carson from MIT has released some impressive statistics from their open educational resource website. In the year 2009 the site received: 15+ million visits 9+ million visitors 100+ million page views (not counting PDF
Another Great Example of the Benefits of Openness
A couple months back we created a screencast which was aimed at assisting OER producers at UCT in getting a Creative Commons logo onto their teaching and learning material – most often offline yet digital files like Powerpoint presentations and
Building a Global Teaching Profile: Showcasing Open Educational Resources at the University of Cape Town
In case you missed our recent presentation at the annual Teaching with Technology Miniconference here is the presentation and audio paired using Slideshare. Thanks to all those who attended and engaged in the issues and debates. Click the image below
Engaging with the Commons: A vision for UCT
THE COMMONS, n., gifts of nature and society; the wealth we inherit or create together and must pass on, undiminished or enhanced, to our children; a sector of the economy that complements the corporate sector. http://onthecommons.org/ 20 October 2009 The