The Open University of Tanzania (OUT)

THE STATUS OF OER COURSE ON “ACADEMIC DIGITAL FLUENCY” AT OUT

Dr. Kassimu A. NihukaReport Presented at the OpenUpEd Workshop on Saturday 9th June, 2014 at Elephant Hills

Resort, Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe

OUTLINE

1. Background

2. Approach

3. The new OER course

4. Status of the new OER course

5. Way forward

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1. BACKGROUND• OUT is moving from print to a digital culture, • Emerging trends:

oIncreasing use of learning technologies such as Moodle LMS, CDs, Multimedia, & Mobile phones,

oLimited use of OERs by students despite the potentials, why?

oNeed to develop relevant skills to help lecturers guide students on how to use OERs

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1. BACKGROUND Contd…

• Visit to OUT by OER Africa team in August, 2013>>

• The discussion culminated into a firm decision to develop OER course on “Academic Digital Fluency Course for 21st C Lecturers ”.

• This presentation aims to present the status of OER course development at OUT.

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• The approach included:

• preliminary meeting with stakeholders,• capacity building workshops and • workshop for actual design and

development of the OER.

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2. APPROACH

3. THE NEW OER COURSE

3.1 Contents

• The course consists of 5 Modules, namely oDigital Literacy Fundamentals,o Academic Integrity, o Storage and Access of Digital Resources, oWorking with OERs and o Learning Design.

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3.2 Structure of the Modules

1. Course code

2. Course title

3. Course description

4. Module learning objectives / outcomes

5. Topics / Contents

5.1 Topic title

5.2 Introduction

5.3 Learning objectives

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3. THE NEW OER COURSE

3.2 Structure of the Modules

5.4 Text (which addresses the learning objectives)

5.5 Activity (ranging between 2-6 activities)

5.6 Summary of the topic / content

5.7 Review questions

5.8 References

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3. THE NEW OER COURSE Cont...

Module Topics / Contents Status by Monday, 26th

May, 20141. Digital Literacy Fundamentals Basic computer concepts and

operations 100%

Internet fundamentals 100%

Multimedia fundamentals 100%

Virtual learning environments 100%

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4. STATUS OF THE NEW OER COURSE

4.1 Completion rate

Module Topics / Contents Status by Monday, 26th May,

2014

2. Academic Integrity Academic integrity 100%

Academic work and adherence to academic integrity 100%

Intellectual property practices in academics

100%

Referencing of academic work and referencing styles 100%

Causes of academic integrity 100%

Reducing misconduct in academic work 100%

integrity and types of academic dishonesty 100%

Ways to prevent plagiarism 100%

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4. STATUS OF THE NEW OER COURSE Cont...

4.1 Completion rate

Module Topics / Contents Status by Monday, 26th May,

2014

3. Storage and Access of Digital Resources Web 2.0 technologies 100%

Digital storage 100%

Cloud storage 100%

Digital library 100%

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4. STATUS OF THE NEW OER COURSE Cont...

4.1 Completion rate

Module Topic / Contents Status by Monday, 26th May,

2014

4. Working with OERs Understanding cc licensing 100%

OER – mixing, adapting, reusing, producing 100%

Production work flow process for OUT 100%

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4. STATUS OF THE NEW OER COURSE Cont...

4.1 Completion rate

Module Topics / Contents Status by Monday, 26th May,

2014

5. Learning Design Using the 7Cs process model and OER templates 100%

Incorporating digital technologies (including social media 100%

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4. STATUS OF THE NEW OER COURSE Cont...

4.1 Completion rate

• All five (5) modules sent to reviewers, • The agreed time for review was 1 week,• Reviewers comments sent to writers,• Writers incorporating reviewers comments,• Meeting to discuss the modules scheduled for 2nd

June, 2014.

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4. STATUS OF THE NEW OER COURSE Cont...

4.1 Review of the modules

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5. WAY FORWARD

• Modules uploaded into MOODLE LMS of the OUT,

• The course is piloted with a group of students at OUT,

• Experiences and lessons learned are shared with ACDE member institutions during ACDE-TCC meeting & ACDE Executive Board meeting in July, 2014,

• ACDE members deliberate on how to develop their own OER which will become Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that suit their specific contexts.

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5. WAY FORWARD

I thank you all for your attention

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