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1 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU

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PRECONFERENCE PROGRAM: WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 3

Registration 3

Workshops 3

Digital Poster Session 5

AVU WELCOME RECEPTION 5

DAY 1 - THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 6

Plenary Opening Ceremony 6

Keynote Speech: Prof Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Kenya 6

Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 1 – 3) 6

Session 1: Infrastructure & Capacity 6

Session 2: Open Educational Resources (OER) Integration 7

Session 3: Distance Learning & ICTs 7

Afternoon Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 4 – 6) 8

Session 4: Science Education & ICTs 8

Session 5: eLearning & Instructional Design 8

Session 6: Instructional Technology/Information Systems 8

AVU RECTOR’S GALA DINNER 9

DAY 2 - FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 10

Session 7: Panel on AVU Multinational Project 10

Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 8-10) 10

Session 8: ICTs & Educational/Social Context 10

Session 9: Curriculum/Program Development 10

Session 10: OER Crowdsourcing Panel Presentation 11

Afternoon Plenary Sessions 12

Session 11: High Level Panel on OER & MOOCs 12

Keynote: Daphne Koller, Stanford University; Co-Founder and co-CEO, Coursera 12

Plenary Closing Ceremony 12


Time PRECONFERENCE - WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER Venue

08:30am - 5:00pm Registration Mara Ballroom Foyer

09:00am - 11:00am Workshops Mara North & Loita

09:00am - 04:00pm Poster Presentations Mara Ballroom Foyer

11:00 - 11:30am Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer

01:00 - 2:00pm Lunch Poolside

02:00 - 04:00pm Workshops Mara North & Loita

04:00 - 04:30pm Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer

05:00 - 07:00pm WELCOME RECEPTION Mara North

DAY 1 - THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER

08:00 - 8:30am Registration Mara Ballroom Foyer

09:00- 10:30AM OPENING CEREMONY

- Opening & Introductions (Dr. Atieno Adala, AVU)

- Welcome Address (Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector, AVU)

- Opening Remarks (Mr. Negatu, Regional Director AfDB)

- Opening Remarks (African Union)

Keynote Speech: Prof Kaimenyi,

CS, Ministry of Education, Kenya Plenary (Mara Ballroom)


11:00 - 1:00pm 3 Concurrent Presentation Sessions - Morning Mara North, Mara South, Loita


02:00 - 03:30pm 3 Concurrent Presentation Sessions - Afternoon Mara North, Mara South, Loita


04:00 - 05:00pm Session Summary from Chairs Plenary (Mara Ballroom)

06:30 - 10:00pm RECTOR’S DINNER /WITH AWARDS Plenary (Mara Ballroom)

DAY 2 - FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER

08:00 - 08:30am Registration Ballroom Foyer

08:30 - 09:00am Conference Announcements /Housekeeping Plenary (Mara Ballroom)

09:00 – 10:30am Panel on AVU Multinational Project - Morning Plenary (Mara Ballroom)


11:30am - 1:00pm 3 Concurrent Presentation Sessions -Morning Mara North, Mara South, Loita


02:00 – 03:45pm Panel Session on OERs & MOOCs – Afternoon Plenary (Mara Ballroom)


04:00 – 05:00pm Keynote Address Daphne Koller – Cousera Plenary (Mara Ballroom)

05:00 - 05:30pm CONFERENCE CLOSING CEREMONY Plenary (Mara Ballroom)

Refer to detailed program below

3 Day Outline


Preconference Program: Wednesday 20th November

Registration TIME: 08:00am – 05:00pm Room: FOYER (Mara Ballroom)

WorkshopsWorkshop 1: Leveraging Institutional Open Practices to Promote Access to Education

Time: 09:00 -11:00AM Room: MARA NORTH

Facilitators:

• James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning,

College of Canyons, and President of the Advisory Board for the Community College Consortium for

Open Educational Resources

• Kathleen Ludewig Omollo, International Program Manager, Office of Enabling Technologies, University

of Michigan Medical School

Workshop Description: This proposed workshop will guide participants in examining the policy

environment and organizational culture desired for effective open education activities, including identifying

and addressing relevant policies at the departmental/faculty, institutional, national, or association level (such

as for recognition, promotion, intellectual property, quality assurance, etc.) that can either support or hinder

the goal of increasing access to educational experiences. This formal and informal policy environment

is a common area of interest for many educators and institutions that are curious about or are currently

pursuing open education activities. Drawing from case studies from a two-year community college in the

U.S., an undergraduate and post-graduate research university in the U.S., and a regional network of health

sciences institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, the facilitators will present a framework for understanding own

organizational culture, and for identifying opportunities for open practices within that institutional context.

Workshop 2: Participatory Digital Multi-Media Content Development Strategies

Time: 09:00 -11:00AM Room: LOITA

Facilitator: Robert L. Jones, II, Executive Director, OnLine Africa Knowledge Foundation

Workshop Description: This presentation will explore how the OnLine Africa Knowledge Foundation’s

websites are using multimedia training and services to facilitate development of quality culture-specific

education, better governance, and reliable public information services through a network of “digital fifth

estates” which are collaborations between the public sector, private citizens, researchers, professional

journalists, universities, community journalists and a network of village think tanks. The session will focus

on participatory photography’s ability to help aspiring multimedia storytellers, photographers, digital

designers and editors acquire or improve their ability to create, appreciate and evaluate images that have


commercial and practical developmental value due to their universal “readability” (technical, aesthetic and

communications factors) coupled with the ability to present culture-specific data visualizations in compelling

ways. Most attendees should notice an immediate improvement in their ability to take and utilize images

as a result of the session’s training modules. Attendees will be able to explore compelling hyper local and

interactive digital solutions that can be readily adapted to meet the growing need to communicate “tactile”

visual data and other types of accurate word, picture and sound information for consumers, multidisciplinary

researchers, media practitioners and learners. Participants will be introduced to effective practical training

programs and other resources that can help Africans tell their own stories better.

Workshop 3: Open Education Resources and the Impact of Open Education Policy

Time: 02:00 -04:00 PM Room: MARA NORTH

Facilitators: Griff Richards, PhD, Manager, Educational Technology & Learning Resources,

African Virtual University, James Waciira, African Virtual University

Workshop Description: A key principle underlying the effective collaborative development and sharing of

AVU modules is the use of Open Educational Resources (OER). “Open” means the educational resources can

be freely re-used and adapted by others without any fee. AVU policy is that Phase I and Phase II instructional

modules be distributed under the Creative Commons License (CC) with provisions that users acknowledge

the original authors (CC-BY), and that any adaptations of the AVU content be shared using the same CC

license (CC-SA). In the past two years, almost 2 million user accesses have been made to the AVU on-line

open resource collection (oer.avu.org), many from South America, North America, Europe and India. The

exposure of quality learning materials for free bring AVU and its community and sponsors tremendous

global recognition, and a number of awards have already been received. However, the movement to open

education resources is only beginning and many potential users in partner institutions and the general

public are unaware of the existence of AVU OER and do not know how to find and access these materials.

The goal of this session is to give participants to an awareness of what OERs are and to introduce them to

the AVU OER collection. At the end of the workshop the participants should be able to search for OER

on the AVU repositories or on AVU DVD collections, they should understand the licensing provisions of

Creative Commons Licensing, and they will be able to aware of the range and format of AVU modules.

The second half of the workshop discusses the various types of OER licenses available under Creative

Commons, and other Open Source schemes. The focus then shifts from the resources to the impact OER

participation on the individual faculty member, the benefits to the institution, particularly for education in

developing countries.


Digital Poster SessionDigital posters will be on display on 2 plasma monitors in the foyer of the Mara Ballroom throughout

the conference period. Presenters will be a hand at various times hand to discuss their digital posters or

interested audience can view posters at any time on their own.

Display Screen A (French Posters) Projet de création d’ecao (Exercices Corriges Assistés par Ordinateur) par des étudiants normaliens

pour des élèves de la classe terminales

Pr. Rémi Rakotondradona, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

Structuration et management du e-learning pour mieux gérer les sureffectifs d’étudiants à l’UCAD

Dr. Ndiougou Ndiaye, Université Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

Opportunités et défis pour le développement des TIC en appui à l’enseignement supérieur et la re-

cherche à Madagascar

Dr Jeannin Ranaivonasy, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

Joelisoa Ratsirarson, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

Daniel Rakotondravony, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

Display Screen B (English Posters)

Accreditation and quality assurance in public universities in Zambia

Prof. Tembo Mwase, E. University of Zambia

Dr. Kasonde Ng’andu, S. University of Zambia

Dr. Mbozi, E.H, University of Zambia

The determinants of adoption and leading use of the internet among students in LCCs: an empirical

study on Cameroonian data

Georges Bertrand TAMOKWE PIAPTIE, University of Douala, Cameroon

Technologies of abundance and their influence on learning among university students in Kenya

Anne A. Aseey PhD, University of Nairobi

The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN)

Jos. H.A.N. Rikers, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands

AVU WELCOME RECEPTION Time: 05:00 - 07:00 pm

Venue: MARA NORTH BALLROOM


DAY 1 - THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER

08:00AM – 09:00AM REGISTRATION

Plenary Opening Ceremony

Room: MARA SOUTH

Chair: Prof Rogerio Uthui, Rector, Universidade Pedagogica, Mozambique (Chair, AVU BOD)

09:00 – 09:20am Opening & Introductions (Dr. Atieno Adala, AVU)

09:20 – 09:40am Welcome Address (Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector, AVU)

09:40 - 09:50am Opening Remarks (Mr. Negatu, Regional Director AfDB)

9:50 – 10:00am Opening Remarks (African Union)

Keynote Speech Prof Jacob Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Kenya

10:30 – 11:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK

Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 1 – 3)

Session 1: Infrastructure & Capacity

Time: 11:30 – 01:00 Room: MARA NORTH

Chair: Prof. Makenya Maboko, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, University of Dar es Salaam

• The role of ICTs photovoltaic powered centres on ODL programmes in rural areas in Tanzania

Damasen Ikwaba Paul, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Fatma Ubwa, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

• Strengthening institutional capacity for effective e-learning through partnership: An illustration

from public sector management training

Mr. Franklin Mutahakana, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Harare, Zimbabwe

Dr. Hardson Kwandayi, Africa University Mutare, Zimbabwe

• Effective Implementation of technology innovations in higher education institutions: A survey of

selected African universities

John Kandiri, Kenyatta University, Kenya;

• Accreditation and quality assurance in public universities in Zambia: The case of the University

of Zambia

Dr. Sophie Kasonde-Ng’andu, University of Zambia


Session 2: Open Educational Resources (OER) Integration

Time: 11:30AM – 01:00PM Room: MARA SOUTH

Chair: Prof Aggrey Abate, Vice Chancellor, University of Juba, South Sudan

• By means of OER integration: An analysis of tutors’ and learners’ views of OER as an ODL strategy

for teaching and learning

Ezra Maritim, Open University of Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jacqueline L. Bundala, Open University of Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Winfrida Malingumu, Open University of Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• Challenges and instructors’ intention to adopt and use open educational resources in higher education

in Tanzania

Joel S. Mtebe, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• Students’ awareness and their use of African virtual open courseware: A case of the Open University

of Tanzania

Zamzam I. Nyandara, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Janeth E. Kigobe, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• Perception of executive board members of African Council for Distance Education on integration of

open educational resources in distance higher education institutions in Africa

Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe, National Open University of Nigeria

Dr. Rotimi Ogidan, African Council for Distance Education, Nairobi, Kenya

Session 3: Distance Learning & ICTs

Time: 11:30AM – 01:00PM Room: LOITA

Chair: Amadou Boureima, DVC Academic, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger

• Student perception of open and distance learning mode for initial primary teacher training in Malawi:

A case of Lilongwe Teachers College

Grace. M. K. Banda PhD, Lilongwe Teachers College, Malawi

Elias Kaphesi PhD, University of Malawi, Malawi

• Preparedness for digital learning of ODL students in Africa: Case of the Open University of Tanzania

E.T. Bisanda, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

• The potential of VLE in providing access to quality education in rural community schools – myth

or reality

Najim Ussiph, PhD Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi. Ghana.

• Dispositif de formation à distance des professeurs contractuels au Sénégal : entre innovation et

ouverture de l’accès à la formation pédagogique.

Babacar BITEYE, Pascale Brandt-Pomares, Université Aix-Marseille, France

11:00 – 11:30 LUNCH BREAK


Afternoon Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 4 – 6)

Session 4: Science Education & ICTs

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: MARA NORTH

Chair: Maxime DACRUZ, DVC Academic, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Benin

• Intégration des TIC dans l’enseignement des sciences physiques du secondaire : Formations en présentiel

et en ligne dans quatre-vingt lycées de Madagascar, des Comores, du Sénégalet de l’Ile Maurice

Jean Claude Omer Andrianarimanana

Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

• Enhancing access to open science education by integrating ICT-virtual labs and micro-science

kits in Kenya

Ronald M. Michieka, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kenya

• Conception et suivi-évaluation de cours de formation à distance en biologie et éducation

environnementale : Vers un modèle harmonisé

Mamadou Sarr, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, FASTEF, Senegal

Session 5: eLearning & Instructional Design

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: MARA SOUTH

Chair: Dr. Taye Tolemariam Ejeta, VP Academics, Research & Student Affairs, Jimma University, Ethiopia

• Learner support in eLearning: Featuring the devil in the detail

Bona I. Maandera, The Virtual University of Uganda

• Exploring modes of education delivery in the digital age

Brenda Mallinson, South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) South Africa

• 7-Conception : conception pour divers scénarios d’enseignement et d’apprentissage : l’auto-

apprentissage, l’apprentissage centré sur l’apprenant, l’apprentissage basé sur la collaboration

Laurence Rabotovao, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

• Students’ perceived challenges in an online collaborative learning environment: A case of higher

learning institutions in Nairobi, Kenya

Maina Muuro, Kenyatta University, Kenya

Session 6: Instructional Technology/Information Systems

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: LOITA

Chair: Prof. Emanuel Nikolas Abakah, DVC Academic, University of Education Winneba, Ghana

• Optimization of learning management systems through systems integration: The case of moodle and

zalongwa software

Dr. Juma Hemed Lungo, University of Dar-es-Salaam


• Mobile computer-supported collaborative learning using google apps for education within a

mLearning strategy

Alex Rayón, University of Deusto, Spain

• TALKY. A serious game to develop and assess oral and interpersonal communication competences+

Mariluz Guenaga, University of Deusto, Spain

Paper to be presented by colleague Alex Rayon

• Structuration et management du e-learning pour mieux gérer les sureffectifs d’étudiants à l’UCAD

Dr. Ndiougou Ndiaye, Université Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

AVU RECTOR’S GALA DINNER Time: 06:30 - 10:00 pm

Venue: Poolside

Entertainment: Qitta Ngoma Band


DAY 2 - FRIDAY 22nd NOVEMBER

08:30 – 09:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS/HOUSEKEEPING

Session 7: Panel on AVU Multinational Project

Time: 09:00 – 11:00AM Room: MARA BALLROOM

Chair: Prof. Ezra Maritim, The Open University of Tanzania, AVU Board Member

• A brief on the AVU Multinational Projects

Ms. Catherine Wangeci, African Virtual University

• AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at the Open University Tanzania - Joint AVU/OUT ICT Basic

Skills Program

Prof. Eliphas Bisanda DVC Academic, Open University of Tanzania

• AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at the University of Zimbabwe: The AVU Capacity

Enhancement Program (ACEP)

Prof. Chipo Dyanda, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Zimbabwe

• AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at the University of Nairobi: The ODeL Center

Prof. Henry Mutoro, DVC Academic, University of Nairobi, Kenya

AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal: The Teacher

Education Program

Prof Ibrahima Niang, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal


Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 8-10)

Session 8: ICTs & Educational/Social Context

Time: 11:30 – 01:00PM Room: LOITA

Chair: Dr Niandou Aïssata, Conseillère Technique du Ministre

• Infrastructure and access for open and distance learning: Experiences from Zimbabwe

Moffat Chitapa Tarusikirwa PhD, Zimbabwe Open University

• Fracture numérique et développement en Afrique

Fatima Zohra Sossi Alaoui, Institut des Etudes Africaines, Rabat, Morocco

Mustapha Machrafi , Institut des Etudes Africaines, Rabat, Morocco

• Les freins à l’intégration des TIC en pratiques enseignantes dans le contexte scolaire tunisien

Souad Abdelwahed, Centre National d’Innovation Pédagogique et de Recherche en Education

(CNIPRE), Tunisia


Session 9: Curriculum/Program Development


Chair: Prof. Bendita Donaciano, Universidade Pedagogica, Moçambique

• Students’ understanding of research as praxis in a distance education postgraduate programme

Prof William Fraser, University of Pretoria South Africa

• Le locuteur natif à distance, une alternative à l’assistant pour l’apprentissage autodirigé des langues

étrangères

Jacinto Cipriano Banze Junior, Universidade Pedagógica, Moçambique

• The design and development of the diploma program on social enterprise and development: Towards

an open learning policy

Jos. H.A.N. Rikers, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands

Alberto Parise, Tangaza University College, ISMM, Kenya

Session 10: OER Crowdsourcing Panel Presentation


Chair: Mary Lou Forward, Executive Director OpenCourseWare Consortium

• Cross-cultural crowdsourcing: A method for sharing OERs across language barriers

Griff Richards PhD, African Virtual University, Nairobi, Kenya

• Volunteer translation of open textbooks in South Africa

Bridget Nash, Siyavula Education, Cape Town, South Africa

• Crowdsourcing video translations for a global network for health education

Kathleen Ludewig Omollo, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

11:00 – 11:30 LUNCH BREAK


AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSIONS

Session 11: High Level Panel on OER & MOOCs

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: MARA BALLROOM

Chair: Larry Cooperman, President, OpenCourseWare Consortium

Impact of Open Education Worldwide

Panelists who include Board Members of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC) will explore the

basics of open education in practice, including considerations for licensing materials as open educational

resources (OER) and for using OER to support student access and achievement. Case studies from Delft

University of Technology, Tufts University, the University of California, Irvine, and Creative Commons will

showcase the variety of open educational projects from different universities around the world.

Dr. Ignasi Labastida, University of Barcelona and Creative Commons, Spain

Diafuka Saila-Ngita, VMD, PhD, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

• The Open Strategy of Delft University of Technology

Willem Van Valkenburg, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands

• Georgia Tech’s OMS CS: Smart Partnerships Building Better Education

Charles Isbell, Senior Associate Dean, Georgia Institute of Technology


Session 12: Keynote: The Online Revolution: Education for Everyone

Daphne Koller, Stanford University; Co-Founder and co-CEO, Coursera

Time: 04:00 - 05:00PM Room: MARA BALLROOM

Chair: Dr. Mor SECK, Manager/Director Senegal Distance Learning Centre & President of the

Association of African Distance Learning Centres

Plenary Closing Ceremony

Time: 05:00pm – 5:30PM Room: MARA BALLROON

Summary: Dr. Atieno Adala, AVU

Closing Remarks: Bakary Diallo, Rector AVU

Vote of Thanks: Prof Felix Chiedu Mafiana, Director Quality Assurance National Universities

Commission, Nigeria

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