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 …
Tag archives: OER
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 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 …
Intentional adapting
Not a stranger to OER Been involved in prompting the use, creation, sharing and adaptation of OER (open education resources) for years. Useful because of its “reach”! OERs are affordable for students, remove access barriers and are usually designed to encourage flexibility. I’ve been both a user of OER and developer, releasing materials with an …
OE4BW – 2021
A few years ago, while scrolling through Twitter, I saw a link to an application to be mentored in the Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) programme. I’d created many online and digital resources, but my efforts were often solitary and conversations around the work were limited to individual “client” updates. Work felt insular …
Beyond open access
October has been Open Access Week. It’s an event that I have been celebrating for the past five years. This year, my commemoration lies beyond the ivory tower. Although I’m not an academic or a researcher, as an ed techie who is interested in evidence based practice, I value the many open contributions to scholarship …