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The UCT OpenContent project recently celebrated a year of sharing online and open educational materials (OER) from the University of Cape Town. In this presentation we share some of our experiences in leading the initiative, discuss some of the significant events and achievements, and demonstrate how we are using web analytics and social media to enhance experiences for people sharing and accessing online resources.
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365 Days of Openness: A behind the scenes look at the UCT OpenContent Initiative
Michael Paskevicius
What does UCT OpenContent mean to you?
by dkscully
by Marcus Hansson
Open content from UCT existed long before the directory
Where do people host their resources?
Indexing of resources
Listing content in OpenContent allows you to add metadata which increases the discoverability of a resource This particular resource is hosted
in Vula, but described and shared in OpenContent
Discoverability
Discoverability
Growth of content
2010 2011
Granularity of materials
What’s inside?
By Faculty
By media type
Licensing choices
WEB ANALYTICS: TRACKING ACTIVITY ON UCT OPENCONTENT
by fd
Date range: February 12, 2010 – May 9, 2011
UCT OpenContent becomes a fixture on the UCT homepage
UCT OpenContent added to the list of online resources on the library website
Release of the much anticipated Guide for
First Years
UCT OpenContent added to the UCT Wikipedia page
Our international visitors
South AfricaVisits: 25,673
Pages per visit: 3.02 Average time: 00:02:42
USAVisits: 4,112
Pages per visit: 1.88 Average time: 00:02:35
United KingdomVisits: 1,048
Pages per visit: 1.88 Average time: 00:01:59
IndiaVisits: 513
Pages per visit: 2.02 Average time: 00:01:44
CanadaVisits: 550
Pages per visit: 1.93 Average time: 00:01:47
ChinaVisits: 320
Pages per visit: 2.02 Average time: 00:02:41
How do people find us?
7,264 770
304
3,105 201
182
UCT OpenContent going social
CROSSING THE DIVIDE: UNDERSTANDING HOW MATERIALS GET REUSED
by ryancr
CHED Computer Literacy Guides• IEEE UCT chapter use the openly licensed CHED computer
literacy materials to support training in a computer lab donated to a high school
http://www.ebe.uct.ac.za/usr/ebe/staff/april2010.pdf
Creative Commons Licensing Screencast
• Creative Commons licensing video is translated into Czechoslovakian, French, Italian and Spanish on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvoie4ydSw
Studying at University: A guide for first year students
• Used by Venda University and the University of the Western Cape with new students
• Stellenbosch University uses some of the illustrations• The guide has been accessed over 1800 times via the
directory and over 600 physical printed guides have been sold!
OpenContent becomes a Journal Article
• Materials published as OER on OpenContent selected for publishing in the Journal of Occupational Therapy of Galicia, an open access journal for occupational therapists in the Spanish speaking world
http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct/2010/12/06/sharing-knowledge-leads-to-opportunities
COLLABORATIONS AND THE FUTURE
African Health OER Network and the Global dScribe Network
• Since 2009• Monthly meeting of
global OER practitioners (via Skype) to discuss issues at our institutions
http://groups.google.com/group/oer-dScribe/topics?pli=1
Knowledge sharing
UCT OpenContent Magazine Vol I & Vol II
OER@UCT Blog
OpenUCT
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License. To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/za/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco,
California, 94105, USA.
Prepared by: Michael Paskevicius Contact me: [email protected]
OpenContent Directory: http://opencontent.uct.ac.zaOER UCT project blog: http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uctFollow us: http://twitter.com/openuct
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