OER in Africa's higher education institutions. Distance Education, 32(2), 277-287.
Examines OER adoption in African higher education institutions more
Separating the rhetoric from the reality: The process of institutionalizing OER Practices at African Universities. Paper presented at PCF8 2016 - 8th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning.
This paper explores barriers to deepening a culture of implementing research-based pedagogical change in African universities and proposes possible mitigation strategies. more
A Needs Assessment of ODL Educators to Determine their Effective Use of Open Educational Resources
This paper assessed the needs, readiness, and willingness of ODL professionals from two dual-mode universities in Nigeria to deploy OER in teaching and learning. 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
Producing OER from Scratch: The Case of Health Sciences at the University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
OER activity in developing countries accounts for the majority of the work reported in the book, and the experience of using and repurposing OER receives as much coverage as their initial development. Other papers describe how OER can be fitted most productively into the wider educational ecosystem. more
Dynamics of adoption and usage of ICTs in African universities: A study of Kenya and Nigeria. Technovation, 24(10), 841?851.
Explores the dynamics of Internet adoption and usage in African universities.Results suggest mixed demographic significance. Among academics, age is positively correlated with use while we found no significant gender disparity in Internet use. Individual income and institutional provision of end-user facilities influence adoption and use. Internet use for research and teaching is still... more
Exploring the barriers and enablers to the use of open educational resources by university academics in Africa. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Conference Proceedings.
The objectives of the research study are to explore the inhibitors and enablers are experienced by academics that use OER, and what barriers prevent academics from using OER. The sample consists of academics from East, West and Southern Africa. Information was gathered by means of a survey questionnaire. 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
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
South Africa. In P. Pillay (Ed.), Higher education financing in East and Southern Africa (pp. 154-172). Cape Town: Centre for Higher Education Transformation.
A multi-country study of higher education financing in East Africa, southern Africa, and the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. more
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