The DOT4D Initiative - Pass the OE expert baton - Episode 1
Channel: European Network of Open Education Librarians
Date: 2022-12-13

In this first episode of the series "Pass the OE expert baton", Glenda Cox and Bianca Masuku from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) share their experience with the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative.
Dr Glenda Cox is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT: http://www.cilt.uct.ac.za/) at the University of Cape Town and her portfolio includes postgraduate teaching, Curriculum change projects, Open Education, and Staff development. She holds the UNESCO chair in Open Education and Social Justice (2021-2024). She is passionate about the role of Open Education in the changing world of Higher Education. Dr Glenda Cox is currently the Principal Investigator in the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) initiative. Her current research includes analysing the role of open textbooks for social justice. 

Bianca Masuku is a Junior Research Fellow in DOT4D and drives the research arm of the initiative. She is currently a PhD candidate in Anthropology at UCT. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and Psychology and a Master's in Social Anthropology from the University of Witwatersrand. Her work has revolved around gender, sexuality, youth and health, with a great interest in how young people experience, interrogate and contribute to the worlds around them. Her doctoral work explores understandings of TB in the township of Khayelitsha through a youth-based community engagement project. Her research background and varied research experiences fuel her current interests in open education, open educational resources, open textbooks and social justice with a keen interest in the inclusion and recognition of student voices.