MOOCs ICTs to Enrich Teaching and learning - lessons learned Collaboration with COL Dr Marilena Cabral

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T h e A f r i c a n V i r t u a l U n i v e r s i t y
Leading eLearning in Africa
MOOCs ICTs to Enrich Teaching and
learning - lessons learned
Collaboration with COL
www.avu.org
eLearning Africa 2015

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 A Pan African Intergovernmental Organization
 19 countries have signed AVU Charter
 Mandate-to increase access to quality higher
education and training through use of ICTs
 Works Across Africa in English, French and
Portuguese over 30 African Countries
 Has trained more than 43,000 students since inception
 More than 53 Partner Institutions
Brief on AVU

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Kenya
AVU Headquarters, Nairobi
Cape Office Park
Ring Road, Kilimani
P.O. Box 25405 - 00603
Nairobi, Kenya
Senegal
Regional Office in Dakar
Bureau Régional de l’Afrique de
L’Ouest
Sicap Liberte VI Extension
Villa No. 8 VDN, B.P. 50609
Dakar, Senegal
Kenya
Center for Virtual Education
Innovation
197 Lenana Place
Lenana Road
P.O. Box 25405 - 00603
Nairobi, Kenya
AVU OfficesAVU Presence
in Africa

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MOOC concept is appealing and has a great potential for Africa
Challenges:
 High bandwidth required for Hi definition videos; focusing on courses, not
programs ; completion rate < 10% ; no formal accreditation
 Massive accredited education required to provide human capital in order to
sustain economic development in Africa
Solution:
 Massive Open Online Programs (MOOPs), with low bandwidth platform,
accreditation in all AVU country members, higher completion rate?
AVU to offer 3 MOOCs:
 Teacher Education
 Peace Management and Conflict Resolution
 ODeL Professional Development
Massive Open Online Courses
MOOCs
AVU MOOC Platform : moocs.avu.org

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AVU Mooc Platform
AVU MOOC Platform : moocs.avu.org

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• In collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning
•Using ICTs to enrich teaching and learning : answer 3 questions:
 what are ICT's (module 1),
 why use ICTs in teaching and learning (module 2) and
 how to use ICTs to support teaching and learning (module 3 and 4).
Based on the unique learning expectations and needs of the learner :
• benefit free online training
• choose from a wide variety of learning expectations and needs
• choose from a wide variety of learning activities designed to help you
extend, apply and use your learning from this MOOC
• 4 to 6 hours workload
•EdCast platform
Mooc :Using ICTs to Enrich Teaching and learning

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MOOC : Using ICTs to Enrich Teaching and learning

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MOOC : Using ICTs to Enrich Teaching and learning

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MOOC : Using ICTs to Enrich Teaching and learning

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MOOC : Using ICTs to Enrich Teaching and learning

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MOOC : Using ICTs to Enrich Teaching and learning

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Learners
•1701 registrations
•Participants from all the continents

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Delivery
• 4-6 hours work required from the student
• Asynchronous activities
• IT support from the platform provider but also AVU IT support to students
and facilitators
• Facilitators animated the forums and posted regular information for the
learners
• Peer assessed activities : very good interaction between learners

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Lessons learned
• Prior Learning Assessment
• Registration should open the soonest
• Training on the platform for the facilitators
• Strong marketing and communication strategy
• Engagement of the facilitator during the MOOC
• Interactive activities
• Activities to make students interact between themselves
• Wide number of posts on the forum and insights of the learners regarding
the topic is a very important source of information

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T h e
A f r i c a n
V i r t u a l
U n i v e r s i t y
www.avu.org
oer.avu.org
www.scribd.com/AfricanVirtualUni
www.youtube.com/avuorg
www.facebook.com/AfricanVirtualUniversity