Driving the visibility of research through the curation of datasets at a Comprehensive Open Distance e-Learning (CODeL) institution in the global South

Structured interviews were conducted with researchers from the Comprehensive Open Distance eLearning institutions to examine current data curation practices. The study aimed to identify strategies that improve the discoverability and accessibility of research data submitted in the research data repository. The visibility of research output is crucial for academic recognition and the advancement of knowledge, as well as for complying with funder requirements to make provisions for data reuse and enable actionable and socially beneficial open science from publicly funded research projects. The visibility of research output is crucial for academic recognition and the advancement of knowledge, as well as for complying with funder requirements to make provisions for data reuse and enable actionable and socially beneficial open science from publicly funded research projects.