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Challenges and Opportunities for UCT OpenContentTRANSCRIPT
&OpenUCT
ChallengesOpportunities
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three major stakeholders
UCT
OpenUCT opportunities
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OpenUCT opportunities
UCT
Support Afropolitan Initiative Improve visibility & provide a showcase for UCT’s research & education
Build on UCT’s reputation as a world-class university
Ensure effective digital curationCreate a lifelong connection with alumni
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three major stakeholders
UCT
Students
OpentUCT opportunities
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OpenUCT opportunities
Students
Increase collaborationProvide an integrated & student-centric academic experience
Exposure to thought leadersBreak down social & political barriers Able to access & audit courses
Allows students’ freedom for: innovation, customization, intellectual risk taking
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three major stakeholders
Academics
UCT
Students
OpenUCT opportunities
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Academics
OpenUCT opportunities Provide opportunity for
knowledge retentionAllow research to be available to a wider audience Promote collaboration amongst peers
Create a teaching track recordDisseminate academic knowledge to remote areas
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UCT
Academics Students
Three major stakeholders OpenUCT challenges
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Challenges: Require extensive education & buy-inEnsure all resources & metadata meet OpenUCT standardsEnsure project sustainability Require large scale funding Raise questions on institutional ownership
Enhance divide of Digital Elite/StrangerAppropriate time & place usage
Assumption of 24 hour availability
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Require an extensive organizational change
Overcoming technological & geographic barriersRenew awareness on plagiarism & student engagement
Challenges: Fragmentation amongst peers
Resistance to changing education paradigms Current academic publishing models not aligned with open concepts
Create intellectual property rights
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Content
4c’sCuration
Community
Case Building
to successful implementation
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Academics case study: University of Malawi:Kamuzu College of Nursing
Challenges‘ground zero’ OERLimited IT dept. Time for teamPower supply
Keys to SuccessFull support from librarian
Localize project Faculty resistance unless
benefits are clearly identifiedEnsure project sustainability
Ongoing assessments & sharing results with stakeholders
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thank you:Kelsey [email protected]@spandexnerd
Images with thanks from Michael Konstantynowicz, & CreativeCommonsSA Content with thanks from OpencoursewareConsortium OpenContent UCT, Laura Czerniewicz, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Michael Paskevicius
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