READY OR NOT? OER WORKSHOPS AT 3 SOUTH

AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

Cox, G.;

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© 2018, COX, G.

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IDRC Grant/ Subvention du CRDI: 107311-001-Research into Open Educational Resources for

Development

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

Research into the Social and

Cultural acceptability of Open

Educational Resources (OER)

in the Global South (South

Africa)Glenda Cox

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT), University of Cape Town

Henry Trotter

Researcher, CILT

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?

South Africa/India

comparison

Development and data collection

Introduction to OER and Creative

Commons Workshop

6 Interviews (collaboratively developed, in

depth)

Attitudes survey

(developed by colleagues in

India)

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Rules Community Division of labour

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 - 1/30/2014IdenitifyInstitutions

1/31/2014 - 4/1/2014

Communication 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 -12/31/2015

Report writing

Timeline

Selecting South African

institutional partners

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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986 559Faun: 592 935

Pnvale 93 623

College students

404 849Name 326 529

Private 77 950

18 to 24-year«oldsNot in education, employment or training

2 781 185

Selecting institutional partners

• Urban/rural

• Distance/residentia

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• OER platform or

not

Management styles

Organisational

cultural types

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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

UNHS/AxlfiL

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Methodology

• Identify a local co-ordinator

• Ethical clearance

• Visit to India to observe a

workshop

Maulana Azad National Urdu

University

Conduct workshops and

interviews and administer

surveys.

Expectations as insiders and outsiders

Seen and unseen

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

University of Cape Town: Part 1

University of Cape Town: Part 2

University of Cape Town : WHO

Number

Students 1

Academic staff 4

Other staff* 2

Non-UCT 5

Librarians -

TOTAL 12

*Researchers/course facilitators

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….

Fort Hare Day 1(9.30am)

Fort Hare Day 1(10.30 am)

Fort Hare

Number

Students 4

Academic staff 3

Other staff* 1

Non-UFH

Librarians 3

TOTAL 11

* Research unit manager

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)

University of South Africa

University of South Africa

Number

Students 0

Academic staff 14

Other staff* 5

Librarians 0

TOTAL 19

*Support staff, UNISA Press, PVC office

Attitude Survey

Print Survey Code (for each respondent)

Institution

Answer OptionsU of Cape

Town

U of Fort

HareUNISA

Response

Count

11 9 14 34

answered question 34

skipped question 0

Attitudes Survey

0

5

10

15

20

25

Yes No

Have you used OER previously?

U of CapeTown

U of FortHare

UNISA

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Yes No

Have you contributed OER previously?

U of CapeTown

U of FortHare

UNISA

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

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

Next 7 months

Analysis of Survey data

Analysis of the Interviews

Comparison of some key findings across SA

and India

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