Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) and University of Dar-es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania: Integrating OER into Teacher Development Programmes
This case study documents the background, process and outcomes of a collaboration between Mkwawa University College of Education, the University of Dar-es-Salaam and OER Africa in the period 2011 to 2014. more
Lessons Learned About Coordinating Academic Partnerships from an International Network for Health Education
There is a growing trend of academic partnerships between U.S., Canadian, and European health science institutions and academic health centers in low- and middle-income countries. These partnerships often encounter challenges such as resource disparities and power differentials, which affect the motivations, expectations, balance of benefits, and results of the joint projects. Little has... more
OER in Teacher Education: Reflections from the OER Africa Teacher Education Network
This document is the result of a discussion within the African Teacher Education Network of OER Africa on the status of OER integration into teacher education. It provides some suggests regarding why OER should be integrated into teacher education as well as possible barriers and ways to overcome them. It provides insight into how different institutions in Africa are currently integrating... more
A Guide to Open Educational Resources
JISC made a new guide on open educational resources available in March 2013 more
Demanding Role of Open Education Resources for Distance Education Universities in Pakistan
Main findings of a study of a sample of 110 students from the AIOU Islamabad revealed that OERs have a positive effect on distance education students? learning, research and professional development. Hence proper utilization and availability of OERs are needed in Distance Education to facilitate its learners in best way. Open universities may take initiative to develop such repositories in... more
A Needs Assessment of ODL Educators to Determine Their Effective Use of Open Educational Resources
Nigeria has joined the global race of teaching and learning in a changing educational environment by adopting open and distance learning (ODL). Although it is a global trend, ODL poses some challenges at local levels, one of which is the untimely production of teaching materials currently affecting instructional delivery in Nigeria. The modern approach to ameliorating this challenge is the... more
Impact of OpenCourseWare Publication on Higher Education Participation and Student Recruitment
The free and open publication of course materials (OpenCourseWare or OCW) was initially undertaken by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other universities primarily to share educational resources among educators (Abelson, 2007). OCW, however, and more in general open educational resources (OER),1 have also provided well-documented opportunities for all learners, including the so... more
The Roles of Libraries and Information Professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiatives: Survey Report
The study focuses on the involvement of the Library as an organizational unit, and of individual librarians and other information science specialists, in open educational resources (OER) initiatives. This research study contributes to the current Open Educational Resources (OER) Programme [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/oer] [1], an initiative by JISC and the HEA whose objective is to promote the... more
Growing the Curriculum: Open Education Resources in US Higher Education
This online report from the Babson Survey Research Group is an output on a survey of academic leaders between 2009 - 201 on their knowledge, use and opinion of OER. In addition, surveys were conducted asking faculty in higher education and academic technology administrators their opinions of these resources. Finally, the survey of faculty investigated their use of social media also asked for... more
Rubrics to Evalute Open Educational Resources
This instrument of rubrics has been implemented in the OER catalog named TEMOA (www.temoa.info [1]), with the aim of promoting the culture of sharing of educational experiences through collaborative assessment. The added value of the reviews that are made available on the OER in the catalog is increased by allowing multiple evaluations by a community of users with different perceptions and... more
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