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UG Institutional Policy Workshop University of Ghana23rd February, 2009

OER AfricaOER AfricaAn Introduction to Open Educational An Introduction to Open Educational

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Who we areWho we are OER Africa OER Africa is an innovative new project,

headquartered in Nairobi, under the auspices of SAIDE.

Established to play a leading role in driving the development and use of OER in Africa.

Seed funding from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation to harness African experts and expertise to deploy OER to the benefit of Africa’s higher education systems.

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Why do we exist?Why do we exist?

OER Africa OER Africa believes that OER can positively support development and capacity of higher education systems and institutions across Africa

OER Africa OER Africa is concerned that if the concept and practice of OER evolves predominantly outside and for Africa – we will not be able to liberate its potential


What is theWhat is the OER Africa OER Africa premise?premise? To ensure that the power of OER is harnessed

by Africans for Africans by building collaborative networks across the continent.

To facilitate the aggregation of information and human expertise that produces knowledge

There is a need to establish, encourage, and promote African communities of practice for OER that support the entire process of educational design, not simply use of external content


A A VisionVision for Higher Education in for Higher Education in Africa:Africa:

Vibrant, sustainable Vibrant, sustainable African higher education institutions that play a critical role in building and sustaining African societies and economies, by producing the continent’s future intellectual leaders through free and open development and sharing of common intellectual capital


Our MissionOur Mission

to establish vibrant networks of African OER practitioners by connecting like-minded academics from across the continent to develop, share, and adapt OER to meet the higher education needs of African societies.


Value PropositionValue Proposition

By creating and sustaining human networks of collaboration, face-to-face and online – OER Africa OER Africa will enable African academics to harness the power of OER, develop their capacity, and become integrated into the emerging global OER networks as active participants rather than passive consumers.


A proposed approach:A proposed approach:

1. Work together to enhance higher education institutional capacity to design, develop, and deliver qualityquality higher education programmes and materials;

2. Advocate the merits of collaboratively creating and sharing intellectual capital in higher education as a mechanism to improve quality and enhance long-term cost-effectiveness;


Approach (cont’d)Approach (cont’d)3. Establish an online platform that facilitates

African collaboration in OER development and sharing, while inter-connecting this platform with the many OER communities emerging globally [www.oerafrica.org] ;

4. Facilitate the re-development and reinvention of African higher education programme curricula and course materials in order to ensure that higher education programmes on the continent are of exceptional quality and direct contextual relevance, producing world class graduates.


INTRODUCINGOPEN EDUCATIONAL

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Why Open Educational Why Open Educational Resources?Resources?

ConceptConcept:

Educational resources for use by educators and learners, without an accompanying need to pay royalties or licence fees.

New licensing frameworks remove copying / adaptation restrictions

OER hold potential for reducing the cost of accessing educational materials.


What Potential Lies in OER?What Potential Lies in OER?

Access to the means of production enables development of educators’ competence in producing educational materials

Access to instructional design necessary to integrate such materials into high quality programmes of learning.

Principle of allowing adaptation of materials enables learners to be active participants in educational processes


How do we Capture this How do we Capture this Potential?Potential?

Through the potential of a collaborative partnership of people...

working in communities of practice

focussed on the four main elements of the OER evolutionary process:

CreationCreation,, Organization Organization,, Dissemination Dissemination and UseUse.


Dispelling Some MythsDispelling Some Myths

Content = education

Good content will overcome institutional capacity constraints

OER should be a process of voluntarism

OER will make education cheaper in the short-term

Openness automatically equates with quality

OER is about e-learning


INTRODUCINGCREATIVE COMMONS LICENSING


What is the most commonly What is the most commonly used Alternative License used Alternative License Framework?Framework? Most developed alterative licensing approach

is that developed by Larry Lessig of Stanford University in 2001, called Creative Commons (CC).

CC licences most often used for OER work and provide various options.

The CC approach provides user-friendly open licences for digital materials and so avoids the automatically applied copyright restrictions.


How do CC Licenses Work?How do CC Licenses Work?

CC licences are based on four specific conditions:

attribution,

share alike,

non-commercial and

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What are the CC License What are the CC License Conditions? (1)Conditions? (1)

Attribution You let others copy,

distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request.

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Creators choosechoose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work.

Share Alike You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

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What are the CC License What are the CC License Conditions? (2)Conditions? (2)

Non-commercial You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only.


No Derivative Works

You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

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How do CC Licenses Protect How do CC Licenses Protect Intellectual Property?Intellectual Property?

All CC Licenses assert the author’s right over copyright and the granting of copyright freedoms and require licensees to: Obtain permission should they wish to use the resource in a

manner that has been restricted;

Keep the copyright notice intact on all copies of the work;

Publish the licence with the work or include a link to the licence from any copies of the work;

Not change the licence terms in anyway;

Not use technology or other means to restrict other licences’ lawful use of the work.


What are the various CC What are the various CC Licenses?Licenses?

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Based on youryour choices, CC will suggest a license formulation that clearly indicates how

otherpeople may use your work.

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Attribution (By)

Attribution — Share Alike

Attribution — No Derivatives

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What are the various CC Licenses? What are the various CC Licenses?


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. Attribution — Non-Commercial

Attribution — Non-Commercial — No Derivatives

Attribution — Non-Commercial — Share Alike

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What can Creative What can Creative Commons Do for Me?Commons Do for Me? CC licenses give you flexibility

e.g. you can choose to only pre-clear non-commercial uses or to combine several license conditions

CC Licenses protect the people who use your work As long as they abide by the terms you have specified,

they don’t have to worry about copyright infringement.

Relevant content is available to you under various CC Licenses If you are looking for content that you can freely and

legally use, there is a giant pool of CC-licensed creativity available to you.


Q & A


Thank youThank you

Catherine Ngugi Neil ButcherProject Director OER Strategist

[email protected] [email protected]