OER Africa

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OER Africa is an initiative of Saide, established in 2008 with support from the

Open Educational Resources (OER), to enhance teaching and learning.[1]

Currently, OER Africa is

  • Developing continuous professional development (CPD) frameworks for supporting OER practices in higher education institutions in Africa.
  • Identifying, evaluating and sharing CPD OER available from institutions around the world.
  • Establishing working partnerships with selected African universities to identify the most appropriate strategies to strengthen the policy and operational environments.

Regular, up-to-date communications on news and events relating to OER in African higher education are provided on the website.

OER Africa has been cited recently in EdTechHub,[2] TESSA,[3] Policy Commons,[4] Open Praxis,[5] and PLoS One[6]

References

  1. ^ "OER Africa". www.oerafrica.org. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  2. ^ Koomar, Saalim; Jull, Stephen (2020). "Open Educational Resources in Africa: A Curated Resource List". London, UK. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Other OER libraries and resources | TESSA". www.tessafrica.net. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  4. ^ "OER Africa Research - Continuing Professional Development strategies in Higher Education Institutions".
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