Oer in Sub-Saharan Africa

Launch of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Chair: OER / OEP Prof Mpine Makoe, IODL, UNISA , South Africa

OER in Africa
A COLLABORATIVE JOURNEY / NOTES FROM THE FIELD…
COL Chair OEP / OER
Official Launch
10 March 2020

Computer
Science
(GNU)
Computer
Based
Education
Info Systems
& Ed tech
(OSS / Open
Content)
Ed Tech /
OER
Africa is not a country
 Benefits of ‘open’ in context? Institutional implications?
 Respect other ways of accomplishing things
 Top down / bottom up …
 So, who am I?

Sub-Saharan Africa OER
OER World Map – SSA Africa portionOER SSA known engagement *BM
?

Manage
the
change
Educational
Technology
Internal
support
External
support
Champions
Guidance &
leadership
Research &
Record
Some
Observed
Enablers
The
medium
should be
the
message

Wider OER OUT Support
community
Senior Management
Creative Commons
Quality Assurance
Open Directorate
Repositories
Institutional
Repository
OER Team
Digital Fluency course
for Academic Staff
(ODF 001)
OUT needs
OUT IEMT
support
OER Africa
support
OUT
Library
services
Example 1:
Supporting
Environment

Modelling openness - DF
Reviewing
Design
Process
Materials
development
Pedagogical
Approach
Online
Provision
Licensing
for
Publication
Openly
Accessible
7Cs of Learning Design, Univ Leicester
Use existing OER, where possible
Use OSS - Moodle
Creative
Commons
OUT Open Repository
Reviews
Internal @ OUT
Tanzania HEIs
SSA - ACDE
Student centred, active
Example 2: The Medium
is the Message

Project Activity Toolkits:
http://roer4d.org/project-activity-
toolkit
• Networking
• Evaluation
• Communications
• Research capacity
development
• Curation and
dissemination
Example 3: Sharing processes &
structure

https://www.oerafrica.org
(6th Grant)
Example 4: Partnerships &
external support
https://www.oerafrica.or
g/partnership-
enhanced-and-blended-
learning-pebl

Poor
Pedagogy
Low
Institutional
Priority
Poor quality
Internet
access
Lack of Prof
Dev
Viewed as
‘extra’ work
Fear of being
‘judged’
Lack of
institutional
KM
Some
Observed
Inhibitors
Set
appropriate
goals

Questions for OER & OEP in SS Africa
 How to effect the move from funded
projects to institutional and continental
resilience?
 Are we sharing / publishing, publicising,
and using what we develop?
 Are we taking advantage of what is already
available? (e.g. AVU, TESSA, UNISA Open,
Open UCT, OER Africa?)
 Roles of the AAU, and ACDE?
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for your time and attention.
brenda.mallinson@gmail.com
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