OER Africa is developing and testing innovative alternative approaches to continuing professional development (CPD) for academics. These approaches comprise learning pathways (LPs) for university academic staff that will enable them to improve their teaching and learning capacity using OER.
In contrast to traditional workshop-based professional development, the standalone online LPs consist of short tutorials that engage participants in authentic learning tasks. They also provide access to useful, up-to-date Open Educational Resources (OER).
Finding Open Content
Authored: June 2019
Revised: May 2020; February 2021
A short, simple tutorial to acquire the skills necessary to search for open content, decipher Creative Commons rights and permissions, and evaluate the usefulness of OER for new purposes.
Spanish version: Encontrar Contenido Abierto
Authored: December 2020
French version: Trouver des contenus libres
Authored: October 2021
Portuguese version: Encontre Conteúdos Abertos
Authored: July 2022
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Adapting Open Content
Authored: January 2020
Revised: May 2020; February 2021
This learning pathway provides a quick and simple solution to adapting open content for new purposes.
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Publish using Open Access
Authored: May 2020
This is a short learning pathway to acquire the skills necessary to publish or advise on publishing research using Open Access (OA).
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Design for Learning I: How do we learn?
Authored: October 2020
This learning pathway provides guidance to design and create effective learning environments.
Design for Learning II: Course Building
Authored: February 2021
This learning pathway builds on Design for Learning I, delving into additional considerations for course builders.
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Communicate Research Findings
Authored: January 2021
This learning pathway provides guidance on how to change a research paper into an easy-to-read summary which can be shared outside academia.
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Online Facilitation
Authored: November 2021
This is a short tutorial to gain some skills for facilitating online. The art of online facilitation empowers you to create connections between students, between you and students, and between students and what they are learning. These connections support and motivate students to succeed.
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The following Learning Pathways are currently under development:
- Developing OER-friendly policies
- Facilitating online learning
- Open Learning