##  [Conference Presentations/Papers](/about-us/conference-presentationspapers) 

- Ngugi, Catherine (2013). [Opening Higher Education in Africa: OER as an equalizer. Presentation at Global Engineering Deans Conference 21 – 22 October 2013](https://www.slideshare.net/RosemaryJuma/catherine-ngugi-opening-higher-education-in-africa-oer-and-moocs-public-version).
- Ngugi, Catherine (2013). [Higher Education in Crisis - Role of OER. Presentation at GUIDE Association 6th International Conference 3 – 4 October 2013. ](https://www.slideshare.net/RosemaryJuma/higher-education-in-crisis-role-of-oer-guide-conference-2013-public-version)
- Ngugi, Catherine (2013). [Health OER – A Case Study. Presentation at COL UNESCO Kenya National Symposium on Open Education, 6 – 7 June 2013](https://www.slideshare.net/RosemaryJuma/oer-africa-a-health-oer-case-study).
- Mays, Tony (2013). Open Educational Resources (OER): Do They Make a Difference and How Do/Will We Know? Presentation to the Southern African Education Research Association Conference, January 2013.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2012). Open Educational Resources (OER): Tomorrow’s Main Educational Provider? Presentation at the 14th International Association of Universities (IAU) General Conference, Puerto Rico, USA 26 - 30 November, 2012.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2012). Openness in the developing world: Initiatives in a few African countries. Presentation at Open Courseware Consortium (OCWC) meeting, Santa Catarina, Brazil 29 - 31 October, 2012.
- Ngugi Catherine & Butcher Neil (2012). The Impact of OER and eLearning in Higher Education in Africa. Presentation at African Education Week, Sandton Convention Centre 2 - 4 July, 2012.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2012). Pillars of the OER Ecosystem: Supportive Policies. Presentation to the Hewlett Foundation OER Grantees Meeting, Boston, 10 April 2012.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2012). [Bridging the Divide Visions of Education Futures Through Technology](https://ihe.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/going_global/session_attachments/GG2012%208.1%20Catherine%20Ngugi_0.pdf). Presentation to the Going Global 2012 Conference, London 13 – 16 March 2012.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2012). [An Introduction to OER Africa](file:///C:/Users/Monge/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Users/Rosemary.OERAFRICA/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/M02GK1G5/oercongress.weebly.com/uploads/4/1/3/.../catherine_ngugi.pdf). Presentation at the COL-UNESCO Regional Open Educational. Resources (OER) Policy Forum for Africa in Pretoria, South Africa.
- Welch, Tessa (2012). OER for African Teacher Education. ACDE Meeting
- Welch, Tessa (2012). [Teacher Development: What Works and How Can We Learn From This and Maximise the Benefits](https://blog.saide.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Teacher-development-for-Teachers-Upfront-v-2.docx)? Presentation to the Teachers’ Upfront Meeting at the Wits School of Education.
- Welch, Tessa (2012). The African Teacher Education OER Network. Presentation to Unisa.
- Welch, Tessa (2012). The Future of Content is an Open Book: Open Educational Resources in Teacher Development in South Africa. Presentation to the DBE Conference, Durban, 4 April 2012.
- Butcher, Neil (2011). Open Educational Resources and Higher Education.
- Butcher Neil, Mays Tony & Tlaka Monge (2011). Towards a Policy Framework on Collaboration for ACDE. Presentation to ACDE at NWU, Potchefstroom, February 2011.
- Mallinson, Brenda (2011). PHEA ETI Project – Incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER). Presentation at the OER Convening Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, May 2011.
- Mays Tony, Butcher Neil & Tlaka Monge (2011). Baseline Research for Collaboration. Presentation to the ACDE Technical Committee for Collaboration on an audit of ACDE members’ foci for collaboration. NWU, Potchefstroom, February 2011; Dar-es-Salaam, July 2011.
- Moore, Andrew (2011). Open Education Resources in Africa. Presentation to the Wits Open Access Week, 26th October 2011.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2011).OER Africa & the African OER Health Network. Presentation to the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), Joahannesburg.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2011).OER Africa & the African OER Health Network. Presentation to the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), Joahannesburg.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2011). Risk, Reputation and Reform in the E-Environment: Open Educational Resources in Africa’s Universities. Presentation to Association of Commonwealth Universities, Hong Kong.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2011). “Shop Talk” OER Africa – An Introduction. Presentation to the Hewlett Foundation staff, California.
- Ngugi, Catherine (2011). [Supporting Collaboration through Online Platforms?](https://www.wise-qatar.org/2011-summit-changing-societies-changing-education) Panel discussion on collaboration on online and open source platforms at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar.
- Ngugi Catherine & Butcher Neil (2011). An Introduction to OER and to OER Africa Presentation to African Nazarene University, Nairobi.
- Welch, Tessa (2011). What are we learning about OER in Teacher Education? Presentation at the OER Convening Meeting in Nairobi, May 2011.
- Welch, Tessa (2011). One of Saide’s Teacher Education Initiatives for a Changing Africa. Presentation at the DETA Conference, 4 August 2011, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo.
- Mays, Tony (2011). An introduction to OER. Workshop presented at Mkwawa University College of Education under the auspices of UDSM, Iringa, Tanzania, October 2011.
- Welch Tessa & Moore Andrew (2011). Open Educational Resources for the Catholic University in Beira.
- Welch, Tessa (2011). Getting Real About Open Educational Resources for African Teacher Education. A pre-conference workshop at DETA, Eduardo Mondlane University, 2-3 August 2011.
- Welch, Tessa (2011). OER in Africa, the What and the How. Workshop for Unisa’s Teaching and Learning Festival.