The document discusses open educational resources (OER) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). It notes that UCT champions open access and signed declarations supporting open education. It also outlines that UCT's intellectual property policy specifically addresses OER licensing under Creative Commons. The document describes efforts by the Health Sciences dean and practitioners to develop OER projects. It discusses strategies for raising awareness of OER and harvesting contributions across different faculties at UCT.

1. Health OER @ UCT
Gregory.Doyle@uct.ac.za
Nicole.Southgate@uct.ac.za
(based on http://www.slideshare.net/laura_Cz/openness-at-the-university-of-
cape-town)

2. Teaching at UCT
• Residential • Funding subsidy for
headcount & throughput
• Face to face
(not curriculum or content)
• Almost no distance ed • CHED active, strong
• Not designed for non- academic development
traditional courses

3. Context
Open access OER E-learning
• OER part of a broader open movement
• Open access is the practice of providing unrestricted
access via the Internet to peer-reviewed scholarly
journal articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access
• Institutional context and culture critical to how OER
and open agenda play out

5. Champions @ institutional level
• At institutional level
– DVC signs Cape Town
Declaration (2008)
– VC signs Berlin Declaration
(2011)
• Work enabled by new UCT IP Policy
– Specifically addresses issues relating to the creation
of OER resources and the licensing processes to be
followed.
– Expressly states the support for publication of
materials under Creative Commons licenses

6. Champions @ school level
• Health Sciences Dean
• Practitioners / Senior Prof
• In our experience of our cultural context
– Senior level support symbolic
– Vertical relationships do not cause change per
se, only when actual projects in place (eg HS)
– Champions work best in horizontal networked
relationships, building communities of practice

7. Harvesting OER
• Individual mentality and perception
– Institution’s image will be enhanced
– Department’s profile will be raised
– OER development enhances their CVs and appraisal
• Building awareness
(workshops, seminars, blog, champions)
http://www.hope.edu
http://www.a2newtech.org http://www.deta.up.ac.za/ /academic/language/f
/members/36678032/ archive2005/speakers.htm rench/newsletterS06.
html

8. Harvesting OER
• OER reps
http://www.healthed
http://www.dhrs.uct.ac.za/ u.uct.ac.za/elearning
news/?id=8360&t=mp /healthoer/
• Database of interested parties
• Maximum flexibility & enabling support
http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/education-development-unit-
fhs/2012/05/30/discover-learning-material-and-free-images

9. http://www.slideshare.net/ShihaamD/finding-open-stuff

11. Faculty contributions
Science
Centre for
11%
Higher
Law Education
3% Development
24%
Commerce
Humanities 8%
34%
Engineering
4%
Health Sciences
16%
Faculty contributions February 2010- March 2012

12. Health OER @ UCT
Gregory.Doyle@uct.ac.za
Nicole.Southgate@uct.ac.za