Open Educational resources, international cooperation and teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa. In EADTU's 20th Anniversary Conference, 8-9 Nov 2007. Lisbon, Portugal.
Argues that the exponential growth in connectivity, the emergence of the ?social web? and the freedoms and philosophies of the Open Educational Resource Movement (OERs) present a mix of phenomena that have come together in time to offer highly significant modes of education and training. Open educational resources, international co-operation and teacher education in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF... more
Toward Sustainable Open Education Resources: A Perspective From the Global South
This article seeks to contribute to the debate on OER. It critically examines the experiences of the Commonwealth of Learning in the creation and dissemination of OER and identifies lessons learned. It also suggests concrete ways in which various stakeholders can contribute to the sustainability of OER. more
Differentiation in access to, and the use and sharing of (Open) Educational Resources among students and lecturers at Kenyan universities. Presented at OEGlobal 2017, 8?10 March 2017. Cape Town, South Africa.
Empirical data have been generated by the use of a student and a lecturer questionnaire to which in total 798 students and 43 lecturers have responded. The outcomes give insight into the differentiation in access to (Open) Educational Resources, and in ways that they are using and sharing these resources. more
Open Scholarship Practices Reshaping South Africa's Scholarly Publishing Roadmap. Publications 2015, 3(4), 263-284.
The growth of IRs, the growth in support for gold open access including the library acting as a publisher, the experimentation with open monographs, and OERs which are all shaping South Africa?s scholarly publishing roadmap. more
E-readiness survey of Higher Education institutions in Kenya. Nairobi: Kenya Education Network.
The main objective of this study was to assess the level of preparedness of Higher Education (HE) institutions in Kenya to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in teaching, learning, research, and management. Indirectly, it also assessed the capacity or readiness of these institutions to use electronic learning (e-learning) to improve quality of education and ultimately... more
Rethinking teacher preparation and professional development in Africa: an analysis of the curriculum of teacher education in the teaching of early reading and mathematics. Curriculum Journal, 23(4), 409?502.
This paper reports research on the initial teacher training and continuing professional development of teachers in six African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda). The focus of the research was on the teaching of early reading and mathematics. more
Postgraduate students as OER capacitators. Open Praxis, 9(2), 223?234.
Draws on the experiences of the Vice Chancellor?s Open Educational Resources Adaptation project in the University of Cape Town, which explored whether postgraduate students, with their blend of developing subject knowledge, greater time resources, and experience of teaching artefacts from both a learner?s and educator?s perspective, may be a valuable resource for lecturers or institutions... more
Factors shaping lecturers' adoption of OER at three South African universities. In Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South.
Investigates lecturers? adoption or non-adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) at three universities in South Africa, seeking to understand their motivations and practices regarding OER and the factors influencing their OER decision-making. more
AVU Multinational Project II: A collaborative approach to implementing an eLearning project in 21 countries. Proceedings and report of the 5th UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference 2012 (pp. 174-181), 15-16 November 2012. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Series of papers and reports on Ubuntu-Net Alliance Anuual Conference. Highlight the value of research and education networks, beyond cheap access or access to online resource, but also the exploitation of the network opportunities for collaboration especially beyond national borders. more
An OER framework, heuristic and lens: Tools for understanding lecturers? adoption of OER.
Examines three new tools ? a framework, an heuristic and a lens ? for analysing lecturers? adoption of OER in higher educational settings. more
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