This is a presentation that provides a high level insight into the African Scholarship Program at the University of Virginia. This program relies on providing a free specialization of open educational resources provided by Darden to students in Sub-Saharan Africa.

1. African Scholarship Cohort Bringing
Online Open Educational Resources
(OER) To Africa
Dr. Kristin Olson Palmer
Director of Online Learning Programs
University of Virginia
IAFOR International Conference on Education (IICE)
January 2017
Submission 33083

2. It started
with our
students

3. Developed into a Relationship

4. Created a Learning Ecosystem

5. Utilized OER Content

6. Provided Support Structures

7. Recruitment & Application Process

8. 77 learners started
71 learners finished
700+ support emails
5 classes
6 months

9. eLearning?

13. AMAZING RESULTS!

18. Bringing
Content
Into
Darden

19. Customizing Support

20. More Content or More Regions

21. Thank You!
@kpatwork
Dr. Kristin Olson Palmer on LinkedIn