Differentiation in access to, and the use and sharing of (Open) Educational Resources among students and lecturers at Kenyan Universities. Open Praxis, 9(2), 173-94.
Selected from the very rich source two major outcomes are: (i) there is a significant digital differentiation among lecturers and students at urban versus rural universities in terms of their proficiency and internet accessibility; and (ii) the awareness and appreciation of the OER concept and open licensing is low but from the actual processing by respondents of educational resources (not... more
Towards a Sustainable Inter-Institutional Collaborative Framework for Open Educational Resources (OER). In R. McGreal, W. Kinuthia & S. Marshall (Eds.), Open educational resources: Innovation, research and practice. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning.
Provides insights, experience-based case studies and analyses which will help readers grasp the essential contours of the OER value chain. more
Diffusion and adoption of Open Educational Resources. elearning Papers, 23.
Provides insight into how to improve the diffusion of OER through (formal) institutional networks. It does so by examining two cases: (1) MORIL - the Multilingual Open Resources for Independent Learning task force, a Network of Practice that acted as a space for sharing and developing institutional OER strategies, and (2) TESSA - The Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa programme, an R... more
The use of Open Educational Resources at the University of Malawi (UNIMA) ? Kamuzu College of Nursing Malawi. Zomba: University of Malawi.
The major findings of the pilot project were that; open education resources (OER) can provide significant components to assist in providing higher education as they benefit both faculty and students (need to elaborate on benefits to the student after you summarize the faculty benefits. specifically faculty preparation time is reduced. more
Growing an Institutional Health OER Initiative: A Case Study of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. St. Ann Harbour, MI: University of Michigan & OER Africa.
The study explores KNUST's experience with OER, highlighting the university's strategic priorities, achievements, chellenges, production processes, and future plans. more
An empirical investigation of the emergent issues around OER adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa. Learning, Media and Technology, 37(4), 398?413.
This paper argues for a complete mind shift in how people perceive OERs. It also proposes raising awareness of OERs at all levels, involving institutions and government, versioning OERs for the African context and conducting more research on OER adoption. more
Investigating perceived barriers to the use of open educational resources in higher education in Tanzania.
Findings revealed that lack of access to computers and the Internet, low Internet bandwidth, absence of policies, and lack of skills to create and/or use OER are the main barriers to the use of OER in HEIs in Tanzania. Contrary to findings elsewhere in Africa, the study revealed that lack of trust in others' resources, lack of interest in creating and/or using OER, and lack of time to find... more
Transforming teaching with emerging technologies: implications for Higher Education Institutions.
The article concludes that, in order to foster a greater uptake or more institution-wide diffusion of use of emerging technologies, institutional opinion leaders need to purposefully create an enabling environment by giving recognition to and communicating with change agents, and developing policies that will encourage institutional-wide engagement with emerging technologies. more
Framework to understand postgraduate students? adaption of academics? teaching materials as OER. In A. Okada (2012), Open Educational Resources and Social Networks: Co-Learning and Professional Development.
Addresses a way of responding to one of the key challenges of OER contribution, namely academics? lack of time to re-purpose teaching materials originally intended for campus-based face-to-face lectures as stand-alone Open Educational Resources (OER). It describes how masters? students, tutors and interns at the University of Cape Town have been engaged to support the innovative practice of... more
Impact Study: African Health OER Network
A formative evaluation of the African Health OER Network: Impact Study. Nairobi, OER Africa, A Saide Initiative/University of Michigan Design Phase completed at the end of 2009 focused mainly on OER take-up and production in the partner institutions (OER Africa 2009). This evaluation concluded that expectations and contractual targets had been met, or exceeded by an impressive margin, with... more
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