Introducing OER for teacher development in African universities
| Published | September 2012 |
| Type of work | ODL12 Conference paper |
| Publisher | ODL12 |
| Region | Africa |
ABSTRACT
African higher education institutions increasingly have to deal with the dual challenges of a greater demand for access to education and declining subsidies, while at the same time striving to continue to provide quality education. Institutions are, therefore, constantly striving to upgrade their learning resources. The adaptation and use of open education resources (OERs) may assist these institutions in the redesign of their curriculum needs, while it may also help enhance the quality of learning resources. It may also be possible for African institutions to adapt and use the OERs published by other African institutions to facilitate this process. This presentation focuses on the lessons learned to date in the process of providing support to such institutions to enable them to harness the potential of OERs in revisiting their curriculum offerings, particularly in the area of teacher development.| Keywords | educational technology · ODL · professional teacher development |
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| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8741 |
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