The role of OER in building collaborative curricula and expanding access to education in Africa
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**Click the tab "Notes on Slide" below for presenter's notes that accompany and explain the slides.** The African Virtual University is coordinating Phase II of the Multinational Project on Policy and Curriculum Conceptualization. The OCW Consortium was invited to participate as a strategic partner and to provide perspectives on OER globally to consider in the development of this project. This presentation discusses some examples of relevant OER projects in Indonesia and Brazil, and explores questions of extending access to higher education in African countries.
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Who we are
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Le Consortium OpenCourseWare est une communauté mondiale de plusieurs centaines d'universités et d’institutions engagées à promouvoir les ressources éducatifs libres et faire progresser ses impacts sur l'éducation globale. Nous sommes là pour aider au démarrage et au suivi des projets OCW en tant qu’organisme de coordination du mouvement à l'échelle mondiale et en tant que creuset d'idées et d’orientations stratégiques.
The OCW Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of universities and associated organizations committed to advancing Open Educational Resources and their impact on global education. We serve as a resource for starting and sustaining OCW projects, as a coordinating body for the movement on a global scale, and as a forum for exchange of ideas and future planning.
300+ institutions and organizations worldwide
We support the open education movement in higher education
OER and OCW as building blocks
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300+ institutions and organizations worldwide
Indonesia
• Distributed over 1000+ islands• Challenge of a shortage of local highly competent instructors• Support for creating high quality courses as OER • Raises the profile of these professors• Students can complete a percentage of degree requirements through
these OER
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300+ institutions and organizations worldwide
Brazil
Successful achievement on test allows learners to print a self declaration of learning
Income range %
77% up to US$ 1250,00
Gender %
>1.5 million printed self declarations of learning from successful completion of open courses
Through open courses they are reaching a population they don’t normally serve>40% have no education or training beyond secondary school
>8.500 enrollments in formal courses
Income range %
77% up to US$ 1250,00
Gender %
>1.5 million printed self declarations of learning from successful completion of open courses
Through open courses they are reaching a population they don’t normally serve>40% have no education or training beyond secondary school
>8.500 enrollments in formal courses
Increased Access
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What about girls?
Percentage of population <15
Can make OERs print and still be cost effective – US $5.23 for 220 page open textbook printed
Challenge of ICT infrastructure
Goal of OER is to improve access to high quality education and facilitate improvements in teaching and learning
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However…
Technology is rapidly changing and impacting daily life across sectors and socio-economic indicators
From nothing to biggest money transfer system in Kenya in 5 years
Source: http://www.opensourceopinion.com/?p=1226
Impacting broad swath of societyTransformative change
Source: technology.cgap.org
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Importance of Mobile Devices
How can we support you?
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create networks for support of projects, finding international collaborators
Increase visibility of your universities, professors and diversity of educational and social contexts
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