Webinar: Producing quality OERs and building an Interactive OER Portal in Africa: A case study of the African Virtual University
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Dr. Bakary Diallo, rector of the African Virtual University (AVU) will present on the recently launched interactive portal called OER@AVU at the OCW Consortium webinar on March 15th, at 10AM EST. This talk is a must for those interested in production and use of open educational resources in developing countries. The AVU, in partnership with the African Development Bank and 10 African countries have developed 73 modules of Maths, Physics, Chemistry, biology, Teacher Education Professional courses, and ICT in education. The 73 modules are structured as 4 Bachelor of Education in Mathematics and Sciences. The modules are available in 3 languages, French, English and Portuguese, which make it a total of 219 modules. They are now offered as degree, diploma and certificate programs at participating universities and as AVU's own programs A collaborative approach was used to develop the modules; the authors as well as the peer reviewers were selected from 12 universities in the 10 participating countries. Open content resources were used to enrich the existing programs of the participating universities, all modules are now published using a creative commons license, meaning that they can be used, modified, and re-submitted to AVU for further sharing. The process of producing the materials included policy harmonization for the 12 participating universities, design and development strategy, a pilot phase, quality assurance framework, and formation of the teacher education virtual consortium. If you would like to learn more about the issues in launching a project that involves institutions from 3 different languages and 10 different countries, register by sending an email with your name to webinars@avu.org with the subject "OCW". You will receive an email with details on how to join the webinar. If you are not in a position to register, use the link below to connect to the session: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2010105&password=M.D6C8B17DA4B302B8735758D6464946 The link will be active 2 hours before the Webinar begins (from 0800h EST on March 15th). |
