Presentation of Jacques Dang, for EDEN's European Online and Distance Learning Week on 'Multisectoral collaboration for OER: adaptation and development to ensure quality Open, Flexible and Distance Learning' - Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 13:00-14:30 More info: http://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/multisectoral-collaboration-for-oer-adaptation-and-development-to-ensure-quality-open-flexible-and-distance-learning/

1. a member of
A multisectoral approach towards a strategy for OER
and distance education for francophone countries in West,
Central & East Africa
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Jacques DANG
Secretary of the Board
L’Université Numérique

2. a member of
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Healthcare & Sports
Sustainable development Technology
Business & Economics
Humanities
Science
Thematic areas

3. a member of
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International partnerships
elene
network

4. a member of
Diversity in our cooperation
partnerships – 13 countries
• Multi-lateral:
• COCOREL: co-creation of OER (Bénin, République Démocratique du Congo-Kinshasa,
Madagascar, Morocco, Niger)
• UNESCO Dakar bureau: initiative for the Sahel (Burkina-Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal) contribution
to definition of transnational cooperation
• ICDE/UNESCO Francophone working group
• Capacity building based on the LiDA103fr course
• Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) : emergency pandemic platform for higher education,
Université Virtuelle du Congo
• Côte d’Ivoire: Ministry for Commerce, Crafts, promotion of SMEs and entrepreneurship
• Mali: OER sharing with Université Virtuelle du Mali
• Senegal: cooperation with Université Virtuelle du Sénégal & OER sharing with Université
Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar)
• Togo : “Université sans les murs” project for hybrid courses with France Education
International and the French Embassy in Togo – Universities of Lomé & Kara
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5. a member of
Origins of the working group
and initiative
ICDE member French Ministry for
Higher Education, Research and
Innovation (MESRI), L’Université
Numérique and ICDE agree on the
opportunity of tapping into their
global, expert networks to support
their West African and French
partners stakeholders by establishing
a Francophone working group
December 2018: Open
Education Leadership
Summit. Paris
November 2019: Adoption of
the UNESCO OER
Recommendation
March 2020: First face to
face meeting of the working
group in Paris

6. a member of
Expert group and project in short
• French Digital University
• French Ministry of Higher
Education, Research and
Innovation
• French National Commission for
UNESCO
• French ICDE Chair for OER
(Université de Nantes)
Membership
• ICDE
• UNESCO
• Organisation Internationale de la
Francophonie
• Virtual universities (Mali, Senegal …)
• Traditional universities (UCAD)

7. a member of
Key components of the ICDE
francophone project
•Synergies with
parallel initiatives in
the region at ICDE and
UNESCO
•French
•Language and cultural
validation of capacity
building material
•Academic/policy level
•Multisectoral nature
of the expert group
•Needs identification
•Course/capacity
building material
•Roadmap
Capacity
building
Multisectoral
dialogue
Catalyzing
nature
Cultural
approach
and
replicability
UNESCO OER Recommendation
OER capacity building (Area 1) &
Supportive policies (Area 2)

8. a member of
Adaptation of the LiDA103 Course
 First capacity building step: course on copyright, IPR and CC licenses
 Course offered by the OER Foundation to the global community
 Translation by linguists at UNESCO
 Technical adaptation to the francophone context
 Integration of “civil law” approach in addition to “common law”
approach

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Geographical distribution of Civil law
and Common law systems

10. a member of
The Francophone working group on
the UNESCO OER recommendation
Civil law and Common law
 Copyright vs Intellectual property rights
 Non-revocable Creative Commons License vs perpetual moral rights
 Continent-wide, regional and local adaptation
 Resolution of conflicts

11. a member of
LiDA103FR adaptation:
lessons learned
 Importance of linguistic adaptation
 Importance of cultural adaptation
 Importance of adaptation to a range of technology platforms
 Importance of adaptation to the generic legal system as well as to
the regional and national frameworks
 Importance of adaptation to the regulatory framework (work
contracts, statutes of civil servants …)
 Enthusiasm to adapt to other languages (Portuguese …)

12. a member of
LiDA103fr course – first
session
• From November 17th to December 1st, 2021
• Facilitator: Pr Ndeye Massata Ndiaye, head of Quality Assurance,
Université Virtuelle du Sénégal
• Registration : https://course.oeru.org/lida103-fr/
• Online quizz at the end of the course
• Digital badge, competency certificate in copyright, IPR and Creative
Commons Licensing
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13. a member of
Multi-disciplinary approach … in
higher education institutions
• Academics involved in teaching
• Researchers, both in fields of expertise and in cognitive sciences/open
education, sometimes in augmented reality, seldom in broadband
networks
• Libraries
• Audio-Video departments
• IT departments
Not as much for norms and standards, such as ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36 on
learning technologies or IMS, CEN workshop
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Multi-disciplinary approach … not so
much in government departments
• Sometimes between Education (primary/secondary – K12) and Higher
Education
• Seldom includes: Labor & professional training (competencies, skills, NQF)
• On rare occasions:
• Ministries with specialized training institutions: telecommunications,
mines … fisheries
• Ministries in charge of infrastructure: telecommunications and industry
• Ministries in charge of copyright, IPR, licenses: justice and culture
• Ministries in charge of relations with WTO & WIPO: foreign relations
and economics
• Ministries in charge of the edtech sector: economics
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15. a member of
Multi-faceted general interest
• General-purpose FOSS vs. high-end,specialized, proprietary
software
• In France, JITSI created by Emil Ivov, vs. CATIA, CAD/CAM
application developed by Dassault Systèmes - 16K staff – 4.5 B€
revenue
• Restricted licensing that protects intellectual works vs. lack
of visibility of OER in French (Colin de La Higuera,
Université de Nantes, UNESCO Chair on OER)
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16. a member of
Specifics of the Higher Education sector
in these countries
• Mostly centralized (vs. Federal) administration
• Autonomy of universities can be fairly limited
• National degrees with a curriculum approved by the ministry
• National tenure track system
• Importance of state universities
• ... Coupled with a need for commercial initiatives and … regulating these commercial
initiatives
=> Need for a coherent and multisectoral government approach to digital and distance
education, OER and Open Education, as well as a rationale for a national strategy
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17. a member of
Specifics of the OER landscape in these
countries
1. Language => availability of OER, technical sustainability and
long-term content relevance
2. Legal context: non-revocable CC licenses vs non-revocable
moral right to withdraw an intellectual work
=> Need for building lasting trust in relationship with authors
• Coexistence of open education, government-sponsored
projects, commercial initiatives
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18. a member of
Main areas for initial steps in joint work
• Infrastructure
• Legal framework for IPR/copyright
• Administrative framework for incentivizing and rewarding authors of OER
• Impact of teaching vs. research in careers
• Issue of co-authors and co-contributors, such as audio-visual technicians
• Recognition framework for hybrid education vs. face to face teaching
• Qualification and Competency frameworks to address the needs of companies
… baby steps at the national level, in top-down approaches (that do not take into account the need for
horizontal or bottom-up approaches), that support
• Harmonization at the regional level (West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa …)
• Adoption by individual educators
• Adoption by learners …
=> Leadership school for decision makers in public organizations: civil servants, governing bodies of
higher education institutions, heads of teaching/research departments …
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Thank You!
carole.schorle-stefan@unistra.fr
jacques.dang@univ-numerique.org
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