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Winner of the 2023 UCT Open Textbook Award, Nomusa Ntinga (centre) with DVC Prof. Linda Ronnie (left) and DOT4D lead Dr Glenda Cox

UCT Open Textbook Award winner 2023

The winner of the 2023 UCT Open Textbook Award is Nomusa Ntinga for her Interactive E‑book of Physiotherapy Terminology published in April 2023.

UCT Open Textbook Conversation 2023

Members of the UCT open textbook community gathered for the 2023 UCT Open Textbook Conversation event on Monday 6 March to exchange ideas and experiences related to collaborative content creation processes that address multilingualism, locali

DOT4D at UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme Conference

DOT4D PI Dr Glenda Cox, UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Social Justice, attended the “30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme: Transforming knowledge for just and sustainable futures” event at the UNESCO headquarters

Open Textbooks, Intuitive Pedagogy and Social Justice

‘Open Textbooks, Intuitive Pedagogy, and Social Justice’ by DOT4D team members Glenda Cox, Bianca

Sustainable Open Textbook Models for Social Justice

‘Sustainable Open Textbook Models for Social Justice’ by DOT4D team members Glenda Cox, Michelle Willmers and Bianca Masuku was published in Frontiers in Education in July 2022. This summative piece captures three years of DOT

DOT4D at OE Global 2022

DOT4D Principal Investigator Dr Glenda Cox and Researcher Bianca Masuku attended the Open Education Global Conference 2022 on 23–25 May in Nantes, France. Read Banca Masuku's reflections on the inspiring occasion.

UCT Open Textbook Conversation: Inclusivity, Collaboration and Student Co-Creation

As part of international Open Education Week, DOT4D hosted the third UCT Open Textbook Conversation event on 10 March to launch Dr Glenda Cox’s position as the UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Social Justice at UCT and explo

DOT4D Wins GO-GN Award for Best Open Practice

DOT4D has received the 2021 Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) Fred Mulder Award for Best Open Practice.

UCT Open Textbook Journeys

Inspiring stories of academics at UCT who embarked on open textbook development initiatives in order to provide their students with more accessible and locally relevant learning materials.

Ground-breaking Computer Science Resource Wins 2021 UCT Open Textbook Award

The 2021 UCT Open Textbook Award goes to Associate Professor Maria Keet for her groundbreaking resource, An Introduction to Ontology Engineering.

Open Textbooks in South African Higher Education: Towards a National Agenda

In July 2021, Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) project issued a 'Call to Action' to South African higher education managers, government bodies and knowledge production sector partners, including libraries, highlight

Open Textbook Landscape Survey Report: What’s Happening at UCT?

Findings from the DOT4D Open Textbook Landscape Survey Report: University of Cape Town present insights into the open textbook publishing environment at UCT.

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