OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Yes Describe the content of the resource in as much detail as possible. Teaching and Learning Context No Describe the recommended learning context or prerequisites for the appropriate use of the teaching and learning tool. This can be as simple as sharing a story of how the material has been used in your own teaching. Funded by No In the case of a resource being an outcome of a funded project, please specify the funding institution. OER Image No You are encouraged to attach an image which represents the resource. This may be an image from within the material, a screenshot of the cover, or a relevant graphic which represents the contents. If you do not provide an image, a suitable one will be selected for you on moderation.

Creative Commons Licence Yes Submitting a resource to the UCT Open Content directory implies the desire to share your educational resource with the world. OER UCT recommends the Creative Commons licence because it protects the attribution rights of the creator while allowing others to make free use of the material. Faculty Yes Select the faculty in which the material was created or the faculty the material most cohesively represents. Department Yes Select the department in which the material was created or the department the material most cohesively represents.

Media Types Yes Select the item which best describes the document type of your resource. Material Type Yes Select the item which best describes the material type of your resource. Language Yes Select the language in your resource is written. Level Yes Select the recommended student level for which your resource is intended. Tags Yes Please add tags which describe your resource in more detail. For instance, if you selected the Faculty of Science and the Department of Physics, you might want to tag this resource with something like “Newton’s Laws” if the material is specifically about that topic.

Another specification that emerged from this process was to include Google Analytics within the planned directory so that the OER team could track users, what they were searching for and which resources were accessed most frequently. Figure 3.2 illustrates the type of directory (sometimes also called a “referatory”) that the UCT OER team created in relation to those created by other institutional or global OER entities curating OER content and metadata.