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Mainstreaming OER

DETA 2015

Tony Mays

Overview

• OER Africa 2008-2014

• OER Africa PAR 2014-2017

• OER4schools

• Reviewing OER status instrument - activity

• Mainstreaming OER - discussion

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OER AFRICA 2008-2017

Mainstreaming OER

2008-2014

• OER sensitisation and advocacy

• Proof of OER concept pilot projects

• Policy support

• Materials development and adaptation

• Course design

• Action research

• In teacher education: resources e.g. Prof Rastogi, UFH, case studies, discussion groups …

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OER Africa Reference Group

New focus from September 2014

• to support a small selection of HEIs which are committed (desirous of / evidence in Strategic Plans) to overhauling / transforming teaching and learning practices, in the context of the information society, through Action Research and Critical Practice, to build evidence that OER practices which can lead to / support transformation can be successfully mainstreamed and institutionalized.

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Participatory Action Research Model

Adapted from: Zuber-Skerritt, 1996: 99

Collaboratively(re)-define plan

for OER integration

Develop shared vision

through participatory

discussion

Provide strong leadership and

support for distributed leadership

Spread shared vision to all

departments

Institutionalize transformed pedagogy

through formal policies, systems and procedures

Get and act on feedback

on draft policies, systems and procedures

Monitor and collaboratively

supporttransformed

pedagogic practices

Collaboratively reflect on results and draw shared

conclusions

Support for adaptation and cascade training

(intra- and inter-institutionally)

Publish lessons of experience

as case studies in open access

journals etc.

Share lessonsof experience in

relevant conferences and fora

MaximisingImpact Strategy

Task AlignmentModel

Force Field Model

Action Research Model

reflect plan

observe act

Four institutions

• Africa Nazarene University in Kenya

• Open University of Tanzania

• University of Pretoria, veterinary sciences

• Unisa or UFS

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Africa Nazarene University

• OER Policy

• Case study

• ALARA conference paper

• 7 modules in process

• Draft IPR policy

• Draft revised QA process

• Draft funding proposal

• Draft Nadeolke proposal

• 5 research projects incl. 2 PhDs in process …

Open University of Tanzania/ACDE

• Digital Fluency course – 5 modules in draft

• OER / open access policy development

• Research agenda – 2 conference papers

• 2M and 2 PhD OER-related studies in process

• Leading the GO-GN –Global OER Graduate Network

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Open Environment Controlled Environment

Database of PD materials with Open Licenses

PD Login

Public Web Access to PD

Materials

PD Registration

PD Test using Bb MC Tools

Student LoginUnder & Post

Graduate Courseware

Option

points

Option to

collect PD

pointsHistory & Payment

details

UP’s ClickUp(Blackboard LMS)

UP Student

Professional Vet

1 x

On success

Digital Certificate (e-Mail)

Con

tent

Conte

nt

Search FacilitySearch Facility

Payment

E-Mail

and User

E-Mail confirmation to CE, SAVC

and User

CEatUP(DNN)

Bb Blackboard Platform (LMS)CEatUP Continuing Education Unit at UPLMS Learner Management SystemMC Multiple Choice AssessmentPD Professional DevelopmentUP University of Pretoria

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OER Africa website

Other Saide activities

• Education White Paper 2013

• DE policy for SA Universities 2014

• CHE Good Practice Guide: DE in a digital era 2014

• All on DVD plus OER orientation resources and other useful OER/ODeL resources

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Other Saide activities contd.

• ICDE BERTA

• African Storybook Project (ASP)

• Siyaphumelela

• Harambee

• GPLMS Primary Maths Lesson Plans

• ECD teacher development

• Nigeria TDP …

• Questions/queries/comments

OER4SCHOOLS

Mainstreaming OER

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OER4Schools

Open professional learning for interactive teaching with and without digital technology

Interactive teaching: group work, questioning, dialogue, Assessment for Learning, and enquiry-based learning.

http://www.oer4schools.org

OER4Schools

Teacher group meetings (1-2 year in-service programme; 28 sessions; peer-facilitated)

Zambia, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda,Sierra Leone, South Africa

Well researched and effective.

http://www.oer4schools.org

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Sustainable Development Goal 4: Inclusive, quality Education for All

What is the role of teacher education?

What is the role of OER, open education, and open programmes?

A global movement for “open teacher education”?

Bjoern Haβler: bjohas@gmail.com

Role of teacher education (notes)• All children can learn• But teachers remain important to support systematic learning and should

be included in national HRD strategy with a commitment to sustained improvement

• Teachers need to be trained and supported to be adaptable and bale to apply contextual knowledge appropriately

• Need to be active in a professional discourse• Be willing to challenge authority and be agents of change• Teachers always interpret the planned curriculum – even when standard

lesson plans are provided as guides• Need a more balanced teacher development curriculum – theory/practice,

general/specific, reflective practice/action-research and increased collaborative and cooperative learning it only in school classrooms but between teachers

• Development of numeracy and literacy skills remains fundamental• Need a balance between policy, QA and autonomy• CPD important part of strategy – integration of knowledge e.g. TPACK• Requires a systemic perspective

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Open teacher education (notes)

• Need to influence policy and politicians• Re-establish the value and relevance of education – note need to

support primary and secondary and TVET/NEETs and higher education

• Support reflective practice and action research• Influence QA• Develop and share evaluation tools/apps, enriched multi-media• Support critical evaluation – and processes to make informed

decisions about when to adopt, adapt, create resources• Hold forums to share experience• Increasingly heterogeneous groups, inclusive classrooms, requires

more varied materials and support and training• Need to focus on removing barriers to success e.g. cost and to

improve retention and throughput in ODeL

OER REVIEW AND PLANNING TOOL

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Review and planning tool

• Adapted from an EduCause tool for data analytics

• ..\P015 IG2\OER workshop\OER review and planning tool.docx

MAINSTREAMING OER

Mainstreaming OER

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Ideas from plenary

• Retain specialist interest groups? No – but keep open a single channel

• Pedagogy discussions e.g. curriculum planning, course design, assessment, teaching practice … yes …

Thank youCatherine Ngugi

OER Africa Project Director

catherine.ngugi@oerafrica.org

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

Citation:Mays, T. DETA 2015 Pre-conference OER Workshop. OER Africa/Saide

Tony Mays

Senior Education Officer

tonym@saide.org.za