Presentation at ICEDL in Nice, France in July 2018. The program reviewed is the African Scholarship Cohort (ASC) which was over 450 learners in 20 countries taking online courses with the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business.

1. Open Education Resources
(OER), Mobile Learning,
and Social Media in the
African Scholarship Cohort
ICEDL 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. An informal partnership developed

5. Education as the great equalizer

12. 450 Learners in 20 African Countries

13. 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

14. Synchronous Calls

15. FAQs

16. Social Media Networks

17. Mentors

18. Weekly Announcement

19. Localized Online Learning Readiness Resources

22. More content is needed

23. Regional Hubs or Industry Hosted

25. Merci!