JUDITH PETE Tangaza University College Nairobi, Kenya

1. The Open Educational Resources
(OER) Differentiation in Africa
(Kenya,Ghana & South Africa)
By JUDITH PETE
Tangaza University College
Nairobi, Kenya
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Conference Alberta Banff, Canada
19-24 April 2015

2. Who Am I?
• PhD Researcher at the Open University
Netherlands (OU NL)
• Member of Global Open Educational
Resources Graduate Network (GO-GN)
• Lecturer at Tangaza University College,
Nairobi Kenya
• Africa Coordinator for ROER4D project 2
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3. Sample
• Lecturers
• Students
• Surveyed 1,716 students and 90
Lecturers responded
• Kenya
• Ghana
• South Africa
• ROER4D:Chile, Columbia, Brazil, India,
Indonesia & Malaysia
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4. Research Questions
1. What is the extent of access and use of
Education Resources?
2. What kind of education resources do you
create, re-use, modify and share?
3. What are the perceptions of the value of
OER?
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What is the extent of access and use of Education Resources?

6. To what extent are you satisfied with the Internet connection where you most
frequently access it?
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What is the extent of access and use of Education Resources?

7. Word, excel & ppt resources
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7What kind of education resources do you create, re-use, modify and share?

8. Image, Audio & Video resources
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8What kind of education resources do you create, re-use, modify and share?

9. Whole courses, MOOCs & data sets
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9What kind of education resources do you create, re-use, modify and share?

10. Perceived usefulness
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10What are the perceptions of the value of OER?

11. Playfulness of OER
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11What are the perceptions of the value of OER?

12. Intention to use OER
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13. Conclusion
Tablet is the least used device in Kenya and
Ghana.
Kenya and Ghana are not satisfied with the
speed, cost and stability of internet
connection.
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14. Conclusion
Creation: Kenya and Ghana create
basic & intermediate educational
resources
Sharing: More people from Kenya
share these educational
resources as compared to Ghana
Most respondents from Kenya &
Ghana do not create advanced
Ed. Resources
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15. Conclusion
We have a great opportunity to
foster OER use, people agreed
that is useful; fun and intends to
use it in the future.
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16. *Thank You for your attention*
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Judith Pete:
Email: judiambu@gmail.com
Tel: +254 (20)721 680 456
Twitter:@judyphalet