Uptake of OER by staff in distance education in South Africa Kerry Lynn De Hart, Yuraisha B Chetty, Elizabeth Archer International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015 Open Educational Resources (OER) emerged within the context of open education which is typically characterized by the sharing of knowledge and resources and the exchange of ideas. Unisa as a mega open distance learning (ODL) university has publicly communicated its intention to take part in the use and creation of OER. As global and local university research on OER is limited, this prompted an investigation to gauge the uptake of OER at Unisa, by staff, with the purpose of institutional information gathering for decision making and planning in this area. During 2014, a survey was undertaken for this reason. The survey examined knowledge of OER, Intellectual Property (IP) Rights and Licensing, participation in OER, barriers to OER and OER in the Unisa context with a view to determining the stage at which the institution is in terms of adopting and engaging with the OER initiative. The results indicated that although there is knowledge and understanding of OER, this has not been converted into active participation. It further highlighted the barriers that are prohibiting the operationalization of OER and resulted in recommendations for planning and activities in respect of OER. The constructs investigated and the results thereof might not be generalizable to other contexts, although commonalities are likely. The insights should prove useful to a variety of contexts. The paper illustrates the need for institutions, irrespective of context, to take stock of the impact of initiatives and in this case evaluate how the institution and staff mature through various phases in the uptake of OER in order to guide effective planning, decision making and implementation.
Comparison of urban and rural dropout rates of distance students Perspectives in Education, 2013
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Identifying Decision Variables in Tax Clinic Design: A Scoping Review K de Hart, N Molefi-Kau ICABR Conference, 285-304 , 2023 2023
The use of podcasts and videocasts by tertiary accounting students in distance education K De Hart, L Wentzel South African journal of higher education 34 (1), 267-287 , 2020 2020 Citations: 24
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MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Uptake of OER by staff in distance education in South Africa KL de Hart, YB Chetty, E Archer International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 16 (2), 18-45 , 2015 2015 Citations: 108
Comparison of urban and rural dropout rates of distance students KL De Hart, JMP Venter Perspectives in Education 31 (1), 66-76 , 2013 2013 Citations: 37
The use of podcasts and videocasts by tertiary accounting students in distance education K De Hart, L Wentzel South African journal of higher education 34 (1), 267-287 , 2020 2020 Citations: 24
Increasing throughput: Factors affecting the academic performance of entry-level undergraduate taxation students at an ODL institution in South Africa K De Hart, E Doussy, A Swanepoel, M Van Dyk, B De Clercq, J Venter Progressio 33 (1), 171-188 , 2011 2011 Citations: 15
A Student’s Approach to Income Tax JMP Venter, KL De Hart, K Coetzee, AD Koekemoer Durban: LexisNexis , 2008 2008 Citations: 8
Incentives for the manufacturing sector: what South Africa can learn form Malaysia and Singapore L Wentzel, K De Hart Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences 8 (1), 105-124 , 2015 2015 Citations: 7
The status of tax management and administrative skills of SME manufacturers: Gauteng 2005 DH Tustin, W Abrie, JPC Basson, B De Clercq, KL De Hart, E Doussy, ... Pretoria: UnisaPress , 2005 2005 Citations: 7
Identifying Decision Variables in Tax Clinic Design: A Scoping Review K de Hart, N Molefi-Kau ICABR Conference, 285-304 , 2023 2023
Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the Role of the Library K De Hart, M Van Zyl, L Adriaanse, M Malan, A Tshikotshi, L Grobler 2016
Crossing the Rubicon: Is the use of a realisation company still a viable tax planning tool? WR Uys, KL De Hart, JS Wilcocks, JMP Venter Southern African Business Review 19 (sed-1), 183-205 , 2015 2015
Time is running out for recreational clubs exempt tax status M Ungerer, K De Hart TAXtalk 2009 (14), 12-13 , 2009 2009
