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The Open Educational Resources (OER)
Differentiation in Africa(Kenya,Ghana & South Africa)
By JUDITH PETE
Tangaza University College
Nairobi, Kenya
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Who Am I?
• PhD Researcher at the Open University Netherlands (OU NL)
• Member of Global Open Educational Resources Graduate Network (GO-GN)
• Lecturer at Tangaza University College, Nairobi Kenya
• Africa Coordinator for ROER4D project 2
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Sample• Lecturers• Students• Surveyed 1,716 students and 90
Lecturers responded • Kenya• Ghana• South Africa
• ROER4D:Chile, Columbia, Brazil, India, Indonesia & Malaysia
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Research Questions
1. What is the extent of access and use of Education Resources?
2. What kind of education resources do you create, re-use, modify and share?
3. What are the perceptions of the value of OER?
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What is the extent of access and use of Education Resources?
To what extent are you satisfied with the Internet connection where you most frequently access it?
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What is the extent of access and use of Education Resources?
Word, excel & ppt resources
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7 What kind of education resources do you create, re-use, modify and share?
Image, Audio & Video resources
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8 What kind of education resources do you create, re-use, modify and share?
Whole courses, MOOCs & data sets
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9 What kind of education resources do you create, re-use, modify and share?
Perceived usefulness
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10What are the perceptions of the value of OER?
Playfulness of OER
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Intention to use OER
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Conclusion Tablet is the least used device in Kenya and
Ghana. Kenya and Ghana are not satisfied with the
speed, cost and stability of internet connection.
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Conclusion
Creation: Kenya and Ghana create basic & intermediate educational resources
Sharing: More people from Kenya share these educational resources as compared to Ghana
Most respondents from Kenya & Ghana do not create advanced Ed. Resources
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Conclusion
We have a great opportunity to foster OER use, people agreed that is useful; fun and intends to use it in the future.
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*Thank You for your attention*
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Judith Pete:
Email: judiambu@gmail.com
Tel: +254 (20)721 680 456
Twitter:@judyphalet