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OPENUCT REPOSITORY open.uct.ac.za The foundation for a vision Laura Czerniewicz 31 July 2014
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OPENUCT REPOSITORYopen.uct.ac.za
The foundation for a vision
Laura Czerniewicz31 July 2014
SHOWCASING
PRESERVATION
PRESERVATION
VISIBILITYo
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Google user-generated content by region (in millions)
VISIBILITYo Counter to new open access policies in
Europe & USA
Thanks to Leslie Chan for image
AFRIPOLITANISM: AFRICAN CONTENT ONLINE
DISCOVERABILITYIm
age: Stacey Stent
LEGALLY OPEN
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CONTRIBUTION TO LEARNING
In order for education to be most effective, content must be presented in a way that allows the student to relate the information to prior experiences.
o Contextualised content needed for effective learning
John Dewey, 1902
MEANING-MAKING & KNOWLEDGE
o Findable online content• Shapes what is known and
what can be known• Makes some knowledge visible and legitimate and
other invisible and illegitimate
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• Influences how knowledge is produced and reproduced
THANK YOUto all who made open.uct.ac.zahappen
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