William & Flora Hewlett Foundation/COL Open Education Resources for Open Schools: Zambia - Initial Evaluation Report

Abstract

This is the Zambia report on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Open Educational Resources (OERs) project which is currently being implemented in the following countries: Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Trinidad & Tobago, Seychelles. This report presents the results for the latest country to join the project - Zambia In Zambia, materials to support independent study in three selected secondary schooling subjects will be developed and made available electronically as OERs. Basecamp software (together with the CoL instructional design template) has been used to facilitate a collaborative, online approach to materials development and as a tool for managing the process. It is intended that the materials developed will, with some contextual adaptation, be suitable for use across the six countries in the CoL project thus maximising their usage.