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Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop, Dar es Salaam

25 May 2011
Mlimani City Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

This workshop will coincide with the 6th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training that is taking place from25 - 27 May 2011 at the Mlimani City Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 

The theme of the workshop is ‘OER and Impact: Ensuring that Open Content Builds Educational Quality in Africa'.

The workshop will be simultaneously interpreted in French. 
The objectives of the workshop are to:      
  • introduce the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) and the open licensing frameworks that make sharing of educational content possible;
  • present the Guidelines on OER in Higher Education and get feedback on draft version from stakeholders;
  • explore how open licensing can help to improve the quality of education in Africa; and
  • discuss where and how policies and practices in education need to change in order to harness the potential of OER.
The 'Guidelines on OER in Higher Education' document will be discussed at the workshop.  Printed copies will be available at the workshop.
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More information is available:

OER Workshop:
http://www.elearning-africa.com/workshops/workshop_f3.php

eLearning Africa Conference:
http://www.elearning-africa.com/
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Presentations
Session 1 - Introductory Presentations

Taking OER beyond the OER Community: A vision from the Commonwealth of Learning and UNESCOMs Trudi van Wyk, Education Specialist:eLearning, Commonwealth of Learning
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Session 2 - Case Study Presentations
How OER has been deployed to improve quality in education

Health OER - Lessons from Kwame Nkrumah Univeristy of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Ms Nadia Tagoe, Programme Manager, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, Ghana
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Workshop Report

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