| OER Africa, an initiative of SAIDE, has been established to play
a leading role in driving the development and use of OER in higher
education systems on the African continent. This article reflects
the central thinking of Catherine Ngugi, the OER Africa Programme
Director, and Neil Butcher, the OER Africa Strategist. |
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The National Professional Diploma in Education
(NPDE) is approaching the end of its life span as an interim professional
development programme in South Africa. However, it has received
a new lease on life in Botswana, through the agency of Ba Isago
University College. Tony Mays reports. |
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Catherine Ngugi and Neil Butcher travelled
to the headquarters of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
in March 2009. The purpose of the visit was to meet with the outgoing
and incoming directors of Open Educational Resources. Catherine
Ngugi reports on the visit. |
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In our last issue, Alice Barlow-Zambodla provided
an overview of projects using mobile technologies in Africa in a
desk-top research project for the Commonwealth of Learning. This
follow-up article focuses more specifically on two case studies
and challenges for mobile technology projects in a developing world
context. |
