Browsing by Subject "Promoting Open Educational Resources"

Addressing a National Crisis in Learning: Open Educational Resources, Teacher-Education in India and the Role of Online Communities of Practice

Perryman, Leigh-Anne (2013-11)

India currently suffers from an estimated 1.33 million shortfall in teachers and many existing teachers are unqualified, resulting in inadequate access to education and poor standards of learning for those already in the ...

Assessment of pre-service teachers’ information and communication technology literacy and use of open educational resources

Okonkwo, C A; Ikpe, Adakole (2013-11)

The practice of education is changing globally in response to education for all (EFA) and the millennium development goals (MDG). Open educational resources (OER) offer viable opportunity as a tool to enable realistic ...

Capacity building of academic staff in the integration of ICT and OER in teacher education programs at the Open University of Sri Lanka

Karunanayaka, Shironica P; Naidu, Som (2013-11)

Growing interest in promoting Education for All (Dakar, 2000), open access to educational resources, and the economic imperatives for adopting greater use of open educational resources (OER) (UNESCO 2012 declaration) is ...

Closing Remarks - Takeaways, Prospects: PCF7

Kanwar, Asha (2013-12)

"Takeaways, Prospects", Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, Closing Ceremony, 6 December 2013, International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria. Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.

Closing Remarks: PCF7

Whiteman, Burchell (2013-12)

Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning; Closing Ceremony, 6 December 2013. International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria. Presented by The Honourable Burchell Whiteman, O.J., Chair, COL Board of Governors

Closing Remarks: PCF8

Sissons, Linda (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11-30)

Presented by Dr Linda Sissons, Chair, Board of Governors, Commonwealth of Learning, at the Closing Ceremony of the Eighth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, 30 November 2016, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala ...

Closing Remarks: PCF8

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11-30)

Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at the Closing Ceremony of the Eighth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, 30 November 2016, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, ...

Criteria’s for Quality Assurance in Designing and Developing Open Educational Resources for Schools

Deshmukh, Narendra D; Agarkar, Sudhakar C; Rawool, Satyawati; OER4S Project Team (2013-11)

To achieve the dream of equal and just society we need to develop ourselves as a worthy and independent member learning community. To realize this dream every member must be free from fears of different kind that make ...

Development and Delivery of an OER based University Course: Wawasan Open University Experience

Phalachandra, Bhandigadi; Menon, Mohan (2013-11)

The paper discusses the processes adopted in developing an OER integrated five credit Post Graduate course: ICT in Education, and also the strategy followed at the University for the delivery of the course to distance ...

The effect of Open Educational Resource materials in HIV prevention activities in Ghana

Koomson, Ebenezer (2013-11)

Background: Misguided beliefs in causes and effects of chronic diseases in cultural settings and other health seeking behaviours made the incorporation of HIV and AIDS control program into the health care delivery system ...

Employing OER to prepare teachers for multilingual classrooms: possible prospects and challenges

Omidire, Margaret F (2013-11)

The multilingual nature of classrooms across the globe is becoming the norm rather than the exception. Language in education, multilingualism in education and dealing with the associated challenges is still a source of ...

Farmer education and training (FARM-ED): enhancing access to agricultural education in Africa

Chancellor, T C B; Hanlin, R E; Long, L-A; Dhlamini, N; Yaye, A (2013-11)

The vast majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)are smallholders, many of whom are women, who have limited access to inputs and markets and face a growing number of production challenges. Few young people are being ...

Field Testing Experiences of OER4s Project

Deshmukh, Narendra D (2013-11)

The concept of an Open Educational Resource (OER) was started by an Open Software movement. OER is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general. The World Wide Web ...

A grape that sees another gets ripe: Some OER issues for the Commonwealth

Saxena, Anurag (2013-11)

Human development Index gives a high importance to the gross enrollment ratio. Therefore the future of countries is more and more dependent on the knowledge, skills, and resourcefulness of its human resources. However, ...

Harnessing the Benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER): Prospects and Challenges for National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)

Chidinma, Henrietta O (2013-11)

In this 21st century, the potential benefits of OER cannot be neglected by any tertiary institution of repute. The OER initiative in Nigeria is thus a welcome development towards bracing up with current trends in the “open ...

Importance of Creative Commons Licensing and the Creative Commons Movement to Open Education Resources Initiatives in Nigeria

Chuma-Okoro, Helen (2013-11)

The paper looks at the role of Creative Commons Licenses (CC) in promoting Open Education Resources (OERs) initiative in Nigeria in the light of the newly formed Creative Commons Nigeria Affiliate. It discusses the importance ...