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Ready or Not? OER workshops at 3 South African Universities
By Glenda Cox and Henry Trotter (University of Cape
Town)
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Sub-Projects 3 & 4: Academics’ adoption of OER
Prof Sanjaya Mishra & Dr Ramesh Sharma
& Alka Singh (New Delhi, India)
4 Indian HEIsGlenda Cox
& Henry Trotter(Cape Town, South Africa)University of Cape Town,
University of Fort Hare, UNISA
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Research into the Social and Cultural acceptability of Open
Educational Resources (OER) in the Global South (South Africa)
Glenda CoxSenior Lecturer, Centre for Innovation in Learning
and Teaching (CILT), University of Cape TownHenry Trotter
Researcher, CILT
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Research question/questions
Why do people contribute or refuse to contribute OER and what are the
conditions under which OER, contribution and use, would be
considered socially and culturally acceptable?
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South Africa/India comparison
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Development and data collection
Introduction to OER and Creative
Commons Workshop
6 Interviews (collaborativ
ely developed, in depth)
Attitudes survey
(developed by
colleagues in India)
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2014 2015
Today
Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov 2015 Mar May Jul Sep Nov
Idenitfy institutions1/1/2014
Contact local co-ordinators1/8/2014
Ethical clearance UCT9/15/2014
India OER workshop10/6/2014
Banff presentation4/22/2015
1/1/2014 - 1/30/2014Idenitify Institutions
1/31/2014 - 4/1/2014Communication with local coordinators
4/2/2014 - 1/30/2015Ethical clearance
1/31/2015 - 2/28/2015Wokshop planning
3/3/2015 - 3/18/2015SA workshops
3/19/2015 - 5/15/2015Transcription
5/16/2015 - 10/30/2015Analysis
10/31/2015 - 12/31/2015Report writing
Timeline
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Selecting South African institutional partners
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South Africa
• 26 public higher education institutions (3 new ones last year)
• Varied focus some more vocational or technical
• 11 traditional (variable quality and access to resources)
• Number of students: 938210 (2011)
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http://chet.org.za/files/uploads/data/CHET-Shape-of-Post-Secondary-Sector.png
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Selecting institutional partners
• Urban/rural
• Distance/residential
• OER platform or not
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Management styles
Organisational cultural types (McNay 1995)
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South African institutions
University of Cape Town (UCT)
University of Fort Hare
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Residential Residential Distance
26 000 students 11 000 students 400 000 students
Urban Rural Dispersed
Traditional Traditional Comprehensive
Collegial Bureaucratic? Bureaucratic
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Methodology
• Identify a local co-ordinator
• Ethical clearance
• Visit to India to observe a workshop
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Maulana Azad National Urdu University
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Conduct workshops and interviews and administer surveys.
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Expectations as insiders and outsidersSeen and unseen
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UCT expectations and challenges
• Open agenda since 2007• We have an Open Access
repository (2014)and previously had an Open Content (2010)directory.
• Anticipated poor attendance • Insufficient incentive to attend
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University of Cape Town: Part 1
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University of Cape Town: Part 2
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University of Cape Town : WHO
Number
Students 1
Academic staff 4
Other staff* 2
Non-UCT 5
Librarians -
TOTAL 12
*Researchers/course facilitators
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South African institutions
University of Cape Town (UCT)
University of Fort Hare
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Residential
11 000 students
Rural
Traditional
Bureaucratic?
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Fort Hare expectations and challenges
• No OER at Fort Hare• Very little previous contact• Initial conversations with local
coordinator were very encouraging• Very poor communication due to
email system failing and power outages for up to 2 weeks!
• Climbed on the plane hoping….
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Fort Hare Day 1(9.30am)
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Fort Hare Day 1(10.30 am)
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Fort Hare
Number
Students 4
Academic staff 3
Other staff* 1
Non-UFH
Librarians 3
TOTAL 11
* Research unit manager
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South African institutions
University of Cape Town (UCT)
University of Fort Hare
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Distance
400 000 students
Dispersed
Comprehensive
Bureaucratic
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UNISA expectations and challenges
• Previous contact• Open Access drive• Policy to encourage OER• Bureaucratic mine field (felt from
the outside)• Lecturers produce course materials
(materiality)
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University of South Africa
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University of South Africa
Number
Students 0
Academic staff 14
Other staff* 5
Librarians 0
TOTAL 19
*Support staff, UNISA Press, PVC office
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Attitude Survey
Print Survey Code (for each respondent)
Institution
Answer OptionsU of Cape Town
U of Fort Hare
UNISA Response Count
11 9 14 34
answered question 34
skipped question 0
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Attitudes Survey
Yes No0
5
10
15
20
25
Have you used OER pre-viously?
U of Cape Town
U of Fort Hare
UNISA
Yes No0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Have you contributed OER previously?
U of Cape Town
U of Fort Hare
UNISA
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Hotel venue
Round tables
Full venue
NO devices!
Lab space
Poor lighting
Big lab, even on second day felt empty
Packed venue
Well resourced
Nice light,
Majority male
Mostly women
Clinical
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Who is not ready? And who are we to decide this?
No impact where we felt we would like to make an impact
A real challenge to unravel the complexities of these institutions in SA and India
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Next 7 months
Analysis of Survey dataAnalysis of the InterviewsComparison of some key findings across SA and India
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