EDULINK - SideCAP Project UPDATE Alanieta Lesuma-Fatiaki Show & Tell Presentation

EDULINK - SideCAP ProjectUPDATE

Alanieta Lesuma-FatiakiShow & Tell PresentationTuesday 27th January 2009

Overview Recap from last show & tell What we are working on.. Report from Dodo land Whats coming up Many thanks

Project Activities 1 - Project website setup & maintenance (UHI)2 - Preparation of background reports (All)3 - Kick-off meeting at the OU 4 - Establish ACP Researchers Network5 - Open Content activity6 - Open Content in DE workshop in UM

7 Technology Training8 Drafts of Teaching Material9 QA Workshop in UWI10 Cascading Activity11 Final Dissemination Event in USP12 Final Evaluation Report

What we are working on

Report from Dodo land

ODL in Mauritius Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE)VCILT, University of Mauritius (UOM)Centre of Professional Development & Lifelong Learning (CPDL, UOM)Mauritius College of the Air (MCA)University of Technology, MauritiusMinistry of Education

Report from Dodo LandProgress reports from each project partnerPresentation by each partner on material they have written, repurposed publishedDocumentation of each stage of developing the courseIn-depth discussion on a process framework/lifecycle for OER courseware development. (14 steps from USP 5 Steps lifecycle from UoM/UHI-OU which were quite similar)

Report from Dodo LandSIDECAP WDGEOL

Way ForwardComplete pilot courses by proposed deadline June 2009Dissemination of information about project through cascading eventsWrite a chapter towards the book on 'how to repurpose Open Content for distance education in developing countries.'Prototype-run at least one from each partner with a few students and peers to evaluate and see responses etc in each partners context.

Way ForwardUHI Technology Training (22-26 June 2009)UWI Quality Assurance (16-20 November 2009) USP Final Dissemination Event (Feb-Mar 2010?)

Many thanksThe EUThe USPFLN Sue & AnoukThe Project team leaders; Professor Robin Mason of the Open University, UK and Professor Frank Rennie, University of Highlands and Islands (UHI), ScotlandOur Project partners; University of Mauritius and the University of the West Indies.

Web linksSideCap Project site: http://sidecap.wetpaint.com/?t=anonSideCap Group hub: https://sidecap.grouphub.com/loginSideCap Project blog: http://www.sidecap-project.blogspot.com/OpenLearn site: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.phpCohere: http://cohere.open.ac.ukOU site: http://www.open.ac.uk/UM: http://www.uom.ac.mu/index.aspUM, VCILT: http://vcampus.uom.ac.mu/vcilt/index.phpUWI: http://www.uwi.edu/UWI, Open Campus: http://www.uwi.edu/vicechancellery/uwioutreach/default.aspxUHI: http://www.uhi.ac.uk/UHI, Lewis Castle College: http://www.lews.uhi.ac.uk/OIL site: http://oil.otago.ac.nz/oil/module1.html

1-3, 6 complete4 ongoing5 ongoing 7 to be held in June8 ongoing9 ongoing10-12 to be held soonGo to website: http://oil.otago.ac.nz/oil/module1.htmlOnline as either self-paced or facilitator-led modulesEmbedded within each online course shell. All students to have links to the course. Self-enrolment a possibility here.

Dodo bird endemic to Mauritius. Now extinct. Dead as a dodo, to go the way of the dodo1.2milion population. Capital Port Louis, SideCAP project official opening by Vice-Chancellor, MIE responsible for teacher trainingVCILT (Virtual Centre for Innovative Learning Technologies) responsible for providing and developing online web-based educationand telelearning at the university & throughout the country. Support faculty with technology , pedagogical and management toolsFor the conception, multimedia presentations and networking of their contents and activities, List of tertiary institutions that offer ODL programmesCPDL setup to facilitate the implementation of DE in UOMMCA produces educational audio-visual material, resource centre for primary, secondary & general public, division of DE offers ODL programmesNotable presentation by MOE by the head of the tertiary section specifically on plans for an Open University of Mauritius government have found a shortage of tradespeople to meet needs of industry. OUM degrees specificall geared towards the world of work, bilingual approach to the delivery of courses. Official language English. French, CreoleExplore operation of a consortium of local & international institutions Makes business sense aims at the more efficient use of resources amongst the consortium of institutions. Moves away from the elitist mindset of higher education provision. Offer of low-cost fees to be chargedCollaboration with WDGEOLWDGEOL Working Group on Distance Education and Open LearningTo assist MOEs, training institutions and NGOs in Africa in it efforts to improveAccess to, quality of, and equity in education & in particular strengthen capacity of education systemsCapacity building workshop for ODL Practitioners; SA, Mozambique, Namibia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Kenya, African Council of Distance Education (ACDE)Centred towards QA in DEOL, IPR Issues, Development of national ODL Policy Framework & effective use of OER in ODL with Open Source Tools.Paul Wests (Director, Knowledge Management & Information Technology) presentationNon-commercial what does it mean?If a material has no copyright excerpt, it automatically defaults to all rights reservedRecent development in the copyright of educational materials; final draft or CRC before print can be used by content specialist for their use without any copyright restrictions.Bounded copy, DFLised book belongs to institutionBillboards are also copyright protectedExpressed interest to invite Paul West to come to USP Country presentationsNamibia using radio with text messaging for tutorial support. Involved National Broadcasting Commission from inception of DL in Namibia

Madagascar predominantly print but slowly moving to online learning. 6 universities;6 provinces. 15 years of ODLSA UNISA, presentation by Prof. Veronica Mckay. Currently has a roll of 340,000 students. Increase in nos. due to the merge with the Polytechnics. ResultedIn a change in the demography of student population, younger 18yrs+. Now demand for study centres (not suitable at home lack of electricity and noise), campus radio, cafeteria = McDonalds type menu.Kha ri Guide (Tshivenda for Let us learn) Mass Literacy CampaignStarted in April 2008 end 2012. aims to make 4.7million adults literateFocuse on reading & writing, oral English and numeracy 11 official languages; Tshivenda, isiZulu, isXhosa, Sepedi, Setswana, Xitsonga, Sesotho, Afrikaans, SiSwati, IsiNdebele, English. To also include Braille & also adapted for use for the deafVUSSC