Presentation looking at African Scholarship Cohort for ICIE conference

1. Open Education Resources
(OER), Mobile Learning,
and Social Media in the
African Scholarship Cohort
ICIE 2018 - Dr. Kristin Palmer

2. Who am I?
• Kristin Palmer is the Director of Online Learning Programs at the
University of Virginia
• Twitter: @kpatwork
• LinkedIn: Dr. Kristin Palmer
• Email: kristin@virginia.edu

3. Partnerships

5. 450 Learners in 20 African Countries

7. Education as the great equalizer

14. 94 learners started
75 completed 1 course
63 completed 2 courses
51 completed 3 courses
37 completed 4 courses
25 completed 5 courses
800+ support emails
9 months

15. Synchronous Calls

16. FAQs

17. Online Communities

18. Mentors

19. Weekly Announcement

20. Localized Online Learning Readiness Resources

23. More content is needed

24. Regional Hubs or Industry Hosted

26. Merci!