The Experiences and Treatment of Veterans Living with PTSD

The purpose of this project was to create better access to an existing online community resource guide, and produce supplemental materials highlighting coping strategies, to enable counselors at the Tacoma Vet Center (TVC) to educate their clients, (veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD]) about resources and strategies that would empower them to participate fully in all areas of occupation and to increase their quality of life. This project included a document with hyperlinks to online saved searches, an instruction manual for navigating and customizing the saved searches, and a workbook of information, activities and strategies for clients to utilize. The counselors at TVC used the combination of the hyperlinks to saved searches and the instruction manual to find community resources for their clients, and found the workbook useful in helping their clients learn strategies to cope with symptoms of PTSD

The ‘fair use' doctrine and the implications of digitising for the doctrine from a South African perspective

This article seeks to determine the scope of the 'fair use' doctrine under South African copyright law. For these purposes, the legal requirements in the relevant international treaties for the doctrine are examined, particularly the so-called 'three-step test'. Subsequently, the legal situations in other countries and regions – South Africa’s major trading partners the United States, Europe, and Australia – are described and compared. Thereafter, emphasis is placed on the impacts of digitising and the Internet on the fair use doctrine. Lastly, the article seeks possible solutions for South Africa with consideration of South Africa’s unique situation as a country between the developed and developing worlds

Attributes of Effective Lecturing in the College Classroom

The following paper highlights research on effective lecturing in the college classroom. First, critical issues concerning the operational definition of effective lecturing and the measurement criteria used to denote it are addressed. Next, major research findings are reported, beginning with correlational information reported by descriptive studies and ending with causal findings demonstrated by empirical studies. Current research literature identifies the following lecture attributes as important for student learning: expressiveness, clarity, and organization. These dimensions are defined by low-inference behaviours and supported by empirical studies. Furthermore, links between lecture attributes and certain student cognitive processing activities, explaining the facilitative qualities of effective lecturing on student learning, are hypothesized. Finally, implications for both practitioners and researchers are discussed.Cet article présente les résultats des recherches portant sur les attributs du cours magistral par rapport à son efficacité dans la salle de cours au niveau universitaire. D'abord, les questions liées à la définition opérationnelle du concept sont présentées ainsi que les critères servant à le mesurer. Ensuite, les résultats des recherches importantes sur le sujet sont rapportés en commençant par les analyses de corrélation effectuées dans le contexte d'études descriptives et en terminant par les résultats de type causal obtenus dans le cadre d'études empiriques. Un examen de la documentation récente identifie trois attributs du cours magistral qui influence de façon importante l'apprentissage étudiant soit l'expressivité, la clarté et l'organisation du cours. Ces dimensions découlent de comportements "à basse inférence" et sont confirmées par les études empiriques. De plu, on émet des hypothèses sur les liens entre les attributs du cours magistral et certaines activités liés aux processus cognitifs des étudiants-es qui expliqueraient l'effet du cours magistral efficace sur l'apprentissage étudiant

Conceptualising knowledge governance for development

Through examining conceptions of the interface between development and knowledge, and conceptions of the notion of knowledge governance, this article provides a conceptual framing for the items published in this AJIC “knowledge governance for development” thematic issue.CA2016www.wits.ac.za/linkcentre/aji

South Africa

South Africa is the world’s 25th-largest country by surface area, and 24th-largest by population. It is located at the southernmost region of Africa and divided into nine provinces: Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape. South Africa’s colonial past dates to the 16th century. Slavery was widespread by the 17th century and was not abolished until the mid-19th century. Racial discrimination was rampant during the apartheid era between 1948-94, when South Africa was governed by the National Party. After protracted negotiations, the first democratic elections were held under an Interim Constitution in 1994. This negotiated transition from apartheid to democracy has been hailed as both ‘one of the most astonishing political achievements of our time’ and ‘a miracle’. Since 1994 the government has been led by the African National Congress (ANC), which won democratic elections in 1999, 2004 and 2009. Since 1994 the government has pursued democratisation, socioeconomic change and reconciliation

Embedding open data practice: Developing indicators on the institutionalisation of open data practice in two African governments

Final research report of the “Embedding open data practice: Developing indicators on the institutionalisation of open data practice in two African governments” project, which formed part of the World Wide Web Foundation’s "Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries" Phase 2 initiative. In order to address the principle question of whether open data practice is being embedded, the project undertook a comparison of government open data in South Africa and Kenya, with a particular focus on open licensing as a key indicator of openness

Fair use doctrine and implications of digitising for the doctrine from a South African perspective

This article seeks to determine the scope of the 'fair use' doctrine under South African copyright law. For these purposes, the legal requirements in the relevant international treaties for the doctrine are examined, particularly the so-called 'three-step test'. Subsequently, the legal situations in other countries and regions – South Africa’s major trading partners the United States, Europe, and Australia – are described and compared. Thereafter, emphasis is placed on the impacts of digitising and the Internet on the fair use doctrine. Lastly, the article seeks possible solutions for South Africa with consideration of South Africa’s unique situation as a country between the developed and developing worlds

The implications of digitizing and the Internet for "fair use" in South Africa

This thesis is going to examine the scope of fair use / fair dealing in South Africa, especially within an academic context. It proceeds in 5 parts. Part I will deal with the question of whether an international standard for fair use exists from which any clarification regarding the scope of the fair use doctrine can be deduced. In part II, the legal situation in other countries and regions, namely South Africa's major trading partners U.S.A., Europe (EC/Germany/UK) and Australia will be described and compared. This is done in order to analyse whether or not their approaches can either be adopted by South Africa or, at least, serve as a model. In part III, the impacts of digitizing and the Internet for the fair use doctrine will be examined, and part IV will, in some detail, explore the rights and obligations of libraries in an increasingly digitised world. After summarizing parts II-IV, part V will draw a conclusion and seek possible solutions for South Africa