I was so pleased to be invited to assist the SWiP language preservation initiative and contribute and facilitate on their authorship training programme. I joined the SWiP project team and we ran three workshops in the central region, where we honed our Wikipedia skills (researching, markup, translation). We brought together communities and (hopefully) began to …
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Creative Commons Certificate
I’ve been awarded a Creative Commons Certificate after attending the June 2020 Creative Commons (CC) Copyright Course. (Yes, I realise that this is old news). I am a consistent advocate for openness. I find myself regularly recommending CC licenses as a viable alternative to traditional copyright protection. Open licensing allows ed techies to strengthen their …
Open Seeds – Cohort 8
I graduated from the Open Seeds Cohort 8 in January 2024. What a pleasure to learn again. Since leaving Wits, I’ve become very critical about online learning. I often focus on how tech and education became dominated by technology evangelists selling hype or on senior management outsourcing core skills to online program managers (OPM)s. I’ve …
Protected: Malawi 2024 – personal observations
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Protected: RPL / micro credentials
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Wikimedia and Public Libraries
I’m not a regular Wikipedian (yet). Most of my efforts to open up ICT for Education (ICTE) are focused on OER projects such as OE4BW, DH-OER, Creative Commons or mLiteracy. But last year, Paul West passed on an invitation to attend the Wikimedia strategic retreat at the Constitutional Court and attend the annual AGM as …
DH-OER | Its a Wrap
Digital Humanities has delivered 14 new Open Education Resources (DH-OER). These projects are about At a “gala” event (on Zoom), champions and their team members contributed towards the DH-OER Champions Showcase and Celebration event. Personally, the DH-OER project has been a marvellous journey for me. Although I only stepped in towards the end of the …
Unfurling the Open Umbrella
I find myself, once again, in the midst of yet another inconvenient ed-tech storm. Currently, a tempestuous AI cloud, has cast a dark shadow. Its “bluster” has exacerbated existing ICTE challenges and blindsided many schools and universities. Prior to AI, the tempest rolled right through my windows. It saturated my families home screens. Unexpected campus …
DH-OER Champions Showcase & Celebration
I’m preparing for the DH-OER Champions Showcase and Celebration happening next week. You are invited. Click on the above link to sign up. Spoiler Alert. If you read further, you’ll be able to read my welcome and introduction (still in draft). This is what I’m intending to say at the welcome on the 16th of …
DH-OER Digital Story Telling Workshop
On the 31 October 2023, I ran a workshop about Digital Storytelling. My aim was to get participants consider the way in which they wanted to introduce their work at a showcase event. Then give them the opportunity to practice a short and attention grabbing lighting talk, using well known structure called a Pecha Kucha …