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Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) Knowledge and Data Management

Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) Knowledge and Data Management . Nairobi 15 May 2013. Online open access repository on African HE . CHET Open Data on Higher Education in South Africa. www.chet.org.za/data. Features of the CHET/HEMIS Data Platform.

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Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) Knowledge and Data Management

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  1. Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET) Knowledge and Data Management Nairobi 15 May 2013

  2. Online open access repository on African HE

  3. CHET Open Data on Higher Education in South Africa

  4. www.chet.org.za/data

  5. Features of the CHET/HEMIS Data Platform • Online, open data – no access or subscription fees • Graphs generated on the fly • Annual updates across all 20 indicators • Comparisons for up to four institutions • Data downloadable as Excel spreadsheets or as images • Provides a glossary of terms relevant to each graph generated • Commenting and error reporting functionality

  6. Selecting Indicator and Universities

  7. Result: Expenditure per Graduate (3 universities)

  8. Result: Research Output (3 universities)

  9. Example: Glossary and Data Table

  10. OPEN DATA: A Brief Overview as defined by the Open Definition: Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone – subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.

  11. Value of Open Data Improved governance through transparency and accountability Greater efficiency based on new knowledge from data mining, analysis and comparisons

  12. Senior scientist at IBM's research laboratory told the BBC that if they'd supplemented the mobile phone data with other datasets they could have come up with an even more sophisticated model: "If we could have merged the telco data with city data, such as the bus timetables, we could have the potential to completely change the existing network." wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/1/bus-routes-mobile-data

  13. prescribinganalytics.com

  14. Key Issues / Trends Opening up more data  governments and corporations (advocacy groups & hackers) Open data supply is only half the story  little is known about what is happing on the demand side Re-use (for commercial purposes)  licensing Interoperability  open data standards and platforms

  15. Open Data Platforms

  16. OPEN DATA PLATFORMS

  17. CLOSED

  18. Some Implications of Open Data in Higher Education Improved system and institutional governance Efficiency in the research process New, unexpected knowledge Requirement by funders

  19. Francois van Schalkwyk francois@compressdsl.com www.chet.org.za

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