Program Overview

University of Cape Town Programs

The University of Cape Town offers a variety of programs and initiatives, including:

• Blended and Online Learning (BOLD) Project: A project aimed at promoting blended and online learning at the university.
• UCT Teaching Innovation and Curriculum Change Grants: Grants available to support teaching innovation and curriculum change at the university.
• AI Teaching Innovation Grants 2025: Grants available to support the use of artificial intelligence in teaching innovation at the university.
• Sharing Online Assessment Practices (SOAP): Case Studies: A collection of case studies on online assessment practices, including:
  • Mitigation strategies: Strategies for mitigating the challenges of online assessment, including:
    • STA1000F - Introductory Statistics
    • HUB3006F - Applied Physiology
    • AGE3011F - Roots of Black Identity
    • LIS4053W - PGDip in Library and Information Science
    • SLL1061S - Initial French IB
    • CHE4067 - Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Transforming assessment: Strategies for transforming assessment practices, including:
    • FIN1005W - Fine Art Foundation
    • LIS5025F - Principles of Digital Curation
  • Expanding, enhancing or adapting: Strategies for expanding, enhancing, or adapting online assessment practices, including:
    • EDN4501 - Education Technology
    • EGS4047F - Environmental Policy and Practice
    • LIS5032F - LIS Leadership and Management
    • INF3012S - BPM & Enterprise Systems
    • APG2041S - Applied Surveying & GISC
    • PTY6012W - Forensic Medicine
    • ACC2011S & ACC2111S - Financial Reporting 1
    • AGE2012F - The First People
    • MBChB - Year 2 - Integrated Health Systems Part 1A (Pre-clinical)
  • Holding pattern / difficulties: Strategies for addressing challenges and difficulties in online assessment, including:
    • MUZ1397H - Foundation Practical Studies - Trombone
    • PPH4056W - Health in Context
    • PD4016W - Neonatology
    • PRY6000W - Psychiatry and Mental Health
    • ZC MDN3001S - Women's Health
    • DOL4500 F/S – Legal Practice

Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP)

The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) is a research and implementation initiative aimed at promoting open access paradigms in Sub-Saharan Africa. The program has three central pillars:

• Policy and infrastructure for open access publishing: Developing policies and infrastructure to support open access publishing.
• Economic aspects of open access publishing: Exploring affordable business models for open online scholarly publishing.
• Modalities for developing scholarly performance metrics: Developing metrics to measure scholarly performance in open access publishing.

Project Outputs

The SCAP program has produced several outputs, including:

• Book chapter: Kell, C. & Czerniewicz, L. (2016). Visibility of scholarly research and changing research communication practices: A case study from Namibia.
• Synthesis report: Trotter, H., Kell, C., Willmers, M., Gray, E. & King, T. (2014). Seeking impact and visibility: Scholarly Communication in Southern Africa.
• Reports:
  • Czerniewicz, L., Kell, C., Willmers, M. & King, T. (2014). Changing research communication practices and open scholarship: A framework for analysis.
  • Neylon, C., Willmers, M. & King, T. (2014). Rethinking impact: Applying Altmetrics to Southern African research.
  • Swan, A., Willmers, M. & King, T. (2014). Costs and benefits of open access: A guide for managers in South African higher education.
  • Van Schalkwyk, F. (2014). Zero proximity: Increasing the online visibility of academics at the University of Mauritius.
• Institutional briefs:
  • Neylon, C., Willmers, M. & King, T. (2014). Impact beyond citation: An introduction to Altmetrics.
  • Neylon, C., Willmers, M. & King, T. (2014). Illustrating impact: Applying Altmetrics to Southern African research.
  • Swan, A., Willmers, M. & King, T. (2014). Opening access to Southern African research: Recommendations for university managers.
  • Swan, A., Willmers, M. & King, T. (2014). Research publishing models: A guide for university managers.
• Institutional case studies:
  • Trotter, H., Kell, C., Willmers, M., Gray, E. & King, T. (2014). Scholarly communication at the University of Cape Town: Case study report.
  • Trotter, H., Kell, C., Willmers, M., Gray, E., Mchombu, K. & King, T. (2014). Scholarly communication at the University of Namibia: Case study report.
  • Trotter, H., Kell, C., Willmers, M., Gray, E., Beeharry, G.K. & King, T. (2014). Scholarly communication at the University of Mauritius: Case study report.
  • Trotter, H., Kell, C., Willmers, M., Gray, E. & Totolo, A. & King, T. (2014). Scholarly communication at the University of Botswana: Case study report.