10.25375/uct.10006751.v1
Sukaina Walji
Sukaina
Walji
ROER4D Project Activity Toolkit - Communication
University of Cape Town
2019
global south
oer
open educational resources
open research
research communication
ROER4D
utilization-focused evaluation
Higher Education
Education
2019-10-24 12:22:11
Online resource
https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/online_resource/ROER4D_Project_Activity_Toolkit_-_Communication/10006751
<p>The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D)
project was a four-year (2013–2017), large-scale networked project which
set out to contribute a Global South research perspective on how open
educational resources can help to improve access, enhance quality and
reduce the cost of education in the Global South. The project engaged a
total of 103 researchers in 18 sub-projects across 21 countries from
South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, coordinated by central
Network Hub teams based at the University of Cape Town and Wawasan Open
University.</p>
<p><br></p><p>This chapter forms part of a project activity toolkit, which is
comprised of five documents outlining activities associated with each of
the ROER4D UCT Network Hub pillars of project management activity:
networking, evaluation, communications, research capacity development,
and curation and dissemination. It is hoped that these chapters will be
of practical use to other research projects attempting to integrate any
of these functions in their operational strategy.</p>
<p><br></p><p>The chapter charts the experience of the ROER4D Communications
Advisor in developing a research communication strategy for the project.
It provides a short overview of the research communication field in
order to give context and background to some of the field’s key debates
and considerations, with attention given to the specific field of
development research communication. Following this, it describes the
evolution of the ROER4D research communication strategy.</p>