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The Use of ICT at Africa University
This brochure highlights how Africa University (AU) pursues its vision of AU as a Centre of Excellence in Africa, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the teaching, learning, research, and management of all systems within AU.
Communication Skills Textbook
This textbook has been designed to support students who are studying Communication during the first semester of the first year. This textbook has been created by lecturers from the University of Malawi - Bunda College of Agriculture. The intention of the Communication Skills course and this textbook is to provide students new to tertiary education, with the prerequisite language skills required to excel in the higher education environment.
The African Health OER Network: Advancing health education in Africa through open educational resources
This report provides a summary of the African Health OER Network, focusing on the value proposition for the Network, our target audience, services offered, content developed by participants, participant motivations for creating OER, and a call to join the Network.
Open Educational Resources and Higher Education
This paper examines the concept of OER in more detail, offering a simple, clear definition, explaining the economic and educational potential behind that definition, introducing examples of OER practices around the world, exploring legal considerations, and highlighting some of the challenges to releasing the transformative
potential of OER.
Gaining ethical consent from patients for content released as OER
The guide covers general ethical principles to consider as well the importance of obtaining consent in line with the cultural context within which one is working.
The Use of Open Education Resources at the University of Malawi (UNIMA)
UNIMA finds itself in a situation where very few students have access to the approved textbooks and readings, nullifying the prescribed book lists. Resources in the reserve section of the college libraries are in great demand, and popular books undergo rebinding many times in their life cycle.
It is against this background that UNIMA embarked on a strategy to exploit Open Education Resources (OER).
SARUA Handbook 2009: A Guide to Public Universities of Southern Africa
NBA team members compiled statistical information for this report, which provides information regarding all state-funded public universities in Southern Africa.
Harmonization of Higher Education Programmes: A Strategy for the African Union
In pursuit of the vision of an integrated Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) has embarked on developing a strategy for harmonization of Higher Education Programmes (HEP) in Africa in order to foster cooperation in information exchange, harmonization of procedures and policies, and attainment of comparability of qualifications, in order to facilitate mobility of Africans across African countries for employment and further study. This paper provides an overview of existing harmonization initiatives globally and continentally.
Communities of Practice: A Research Paper Prepared by OER Africa
OER Africa embarked on a research project to consider the potential of using the concept of Communities of Practice (CoPs) as a strategy to further development of open education resources (OERs) in Africa. The term Community of Practice was coined by Etienne Wenger, who presents a social theory of learning. Wenger regards learning as social participation, a process of being active participants in the practices of social communities and constructing identities in relation to these communities. The term CoP has been used in various ways, and usually refers to informal networks that support people to develop shared meaning and engage in knowledge building.
Chapter 2 - A Profile of Higher Education in the Region
The role of higher education as an enabler of development has gained increasing prominence, particularly in the context of the knowledge society and the growing importance of learning, information and technology in economic performance. In order to reach the goals of the SADC Protocol and to release the potential of higher education in the region, decision-makers require current, relevant, accurate and comparable information on the state of higher education.
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The Use of ICT at Africa University
This brochure highlights how Africa University (AU) pursues its vision of AU as a Centre of Excellence in Africa, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the teaching, learning, research, and management of all systems within AU.
Communication Skills Textbook
This textbook has been designed to support students who are studying Communication during the first semester of the first year. This textbook has been created by lecturers from the University of Malawi - Bunda College of Agriculture. The intention of the Communication Skills course and this textbook is to provide students new to tertiary education, with the prerequisite language skills required to excel in the higher education environment.
The African Health OER Network: Advancing health education in Africa through open educational resources
This report provides a summary of the African Health OER Network, focusing on the value proposition for the Network, our target audience, services offered, content developed by participants, participant motivations for creating OER, and a call to join the Network.
Open Educational Resources and Higher Education
This paper examines the concept of OER in more detail, offering a simple, clear definition, explaining the economic and educational potential behind that definition, introducing examples of OER practices around the world, exploring legal considerations, and highlighting some of the challenges to releasing the transformative
potential of OER.
Gaining ethical consent from patients for content released as OER
The guide covers general ethical principles to consider as well the importance of obtaining consent in line with the cultural context within which one is working.
The Use of Open Education Resources at the University of Malawi (UNIMA)
UNIMA finds itself in a situation where very few students have access to the approved textbooks and readings, nullifying the prescribed book lists. Resources in the reserve section of the college libraries are in great demand, and popular books undergo rebinding many times in their life cycle.
It is against this background that UNIMA embarked on a strategy to exploit Open Education Resources (OER).
SARUA Handbook 2009: A Guide to Public Universities of Southern Africa
NBA team members compiled statistical information for this report, which provides information regarding all state-funded public universities in Southern Africa.
Harmonization of Higher Education Programmes: A Strategy for the African Union
In pursuit of the vision of an integrated Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) has embarked on developing a strategy for harmonization of Higher Education Programmes (HEP) in Africa in order to foster cooperation in information exchange, harmonization of procedures and policies, and attainment of comparability of qualifications, in order to facilitate mobility of Africans across African countries for employment and further study. This paper provides an overview of existing harmonization initiatives globally and continentally.
Communities of Practice: A Research Paper Prepared by OER Africa
OER Africa embarked on a research project to consider the potential of using the concept of Communities of Practice (CoPs) as a strategy to further development of open education resources (OERs) in Africa. The term Community of Practice was coined by Etienne Wenger, who presents a social theory of learning. Wenger regards learning as social participation, a process of being active participants in the practices of social communities and constructing identities in relation to these communities. The term CoP has been used in various ways, and usually refers to informal networks that support people to develop shared meaning and engage in knowledge building.
Chapter 2 - A Profile of Higher Education in the Region
The role of higher education as an enabler of development has gained increasing prominence, particularly in the context of the knowledge society and the growing importance of learning, information and technology in economic performance. In order to reach the goals of the SADC Protocol and to release the potential of higher education in the region, decision-makers require current, relevant, accurate and comparable information on the state of higher education.