Experiences with developing the Network’s capacity to create OERs
Experiences with developing the Network’s capacity to create OERs
RUFORUM network universities have been involved in a number of initiatives whose aim is to digitize agricultural teaching materials and then eventually share them as open educational resources:
- Resources were pooled from the Association of African Universities and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund e-content development for 8 MSc Agricultural Information & Communication Management courses and 5 PhD Aquaculture & Fisheries Science courses. Egerton University, Bunda College of Agriculture, Haramaya University and University of Nairobi participated in this project. A total of 169 topics have been developed and have gone through the initial subject matter peer review. After the writers implement the suggested corrections, the courses will go through pedagogy review and language/style review – and will eventually be published. Please click here to access the project blog.
- Haramaya University, Moi University and Makerere University are engaged in the AgShare pilot projects that have resulted in the development of a number of open educational resources in the areas of Agricultural Economics, Perspectives on Agricultural Extension and Dairy Production. The project involves Creative Common’s ccLearn, FLOSS4Edu, South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) OER Africa and Michigan State University. The project places emphasis on engaging a wide range of stakeholders - NGOs, extension and other stakeholders in agricultural value chains - and the compilation of real case studies to add value to teaching and learning. These case studies form part of what is shared as open educational resources. Please click here to read more about the AgShare Project.
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Haramaya University, Mekelle University, University of Nairobi and Egerton University are engaged in a follow-up project to develop e-content for the MSc Research Methods and MSc Agricultural Information & Communication Management post-graduate programs. This initiative is funded from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and to date a total of 57 topics have been digitized. The writing of this content is scheduled to be completed in August 2011, after which it will go through a peer review process.
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