DH Colloquiums

SADiLaR organizes monthly Digital Humanities colloquia. These typically take place on Wednesdays (in the middle of the month) from 10:00 to 11:00 SAST. During these DH colloquia a wide variety of topics are discussed, mostly on content related to Digital Humanities, sometimes focusing more on the techniques or methodologies used, sometimes focusing more on the applications or application areas.

The DH colloquia are part of Escalator's Explorer track. You can find more information on Escalator here: https://escalator.sadilar.org/, on Escalator's championship programme here: https://escalator.sadilar.org/champions/overview/, and on the Explorer track within Escalator's championship programme here: https://escalator.sadilar.org/champions/explorer/. Also check out the other tracks within the Escalator championship programme as there may be tracks directly related to your interests. If you want to be a member of the Digital Humanities community, you may also want to consider joining the DHCSSza Slack. This page will provide more information on how to join (this is also free): https://escalator.sadilar.org/connect/.

If you have suggestions for speakers at the DH colloquium (or if you want to speak yourself), or if you want to provide feedback, please do not hesitate to contact Prof Menno van Zaanen: menno.vanzaanen@nwu.ac.za.

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Postgraduate student involvement as co-developers of sustainable OER

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Our presentation will report on the co-development process of an Open Education Resource (OER) in Open Distance Learning (ODL). OER have many benefits for higher education, such as expanding access, cutting costs, and improving the quality of teaching and learning. However, the question remains how OER can be developed sustainably to support both teaching and learning? The role of Open Educational Resources (OER) has evolved significantly since its first use at a UNESCO workshop in 2002. The first generation of OER was characterised by the online availability of free lecture notes, with the primary focus on teaching, while the second generation of OER focused on self-instructional materials available for free use, with a primary focus on learning. In contrast, the third generation of OER marks the convergence of teaching and learning, where OER is developed collaboratively and shared freely. It is within this generation that our OER was envisaged.
As educators of a structured master's in Education program specialising in ODL, we collaborated with our students to create an OER using our lecture notes and student assignments. Although we previously used OERs and open texts, they were not contextualised and mainly from developed contexts. We aimed to create a contextually relevant OER accessible to students from diverse backgrounds. By creating contextually relevant OER, we hope to make education accessible to learners from different backgrounds. Through this collaborative effort, we created an OER that not only aligned with the curriculum but also catered to the diverse needs of our learners. We believe that the use of OER has the potential to revolutionise the way education is delivered, making it more accessible, affordable, and equitable for all.
The purpose of our presentation will be to report on the development process and reflections by the students. We documented the process to determine how students, with their different contexts, experiences as students, and subject and technical knowledge, could be a valuable resource for lecturers eager to develop OER collaboratively.
The research is part of the Digital Humanities Open Educational Resources Champions initiative of UNESCO, SADiLar, ESCALATOR, and the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER at Northwest University.

Speaker: Geesje van den Berg and Lebo Mudau

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