roer4d cape town workshop overview 9 dec 2013
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Overview of 1st ROER4D Workshop by Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams held 9 December 2013. ROER4D is a Research project on Open Educational Resources for Development in the Global South, focussing on post-secondary education. The project is funded by the IDRC, Canada and hosted at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.TRANSCRIPT
Overview of the ROER4D project ROER4D Research
Workshop 1
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
9 December 2013
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
9 December 2013
Research on Open Educational Resources (OER) for Development
in the Global South
Funding: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) & Open Society Foundation (OSF)
3 year project (27 Aug 2013 - 27 Aug 2016)
CAD 2 million
3 Regions South America Sub-Saharan Africa South East Asia
12 projects in 7 clusters
IDRCOSF
ROER4D Objectives Build an empirical knowledge base on the use and impact of OER
focusing on post-secondary education
Develop the capacity of OER researchers
Build a network of OER scholars
Communicate research to inform education policy and practice
Research on Open Educational Resources (OER) for Development
in the Global South
In what ways, and under what circumstances can the adoption of OER address the increasing demand for accessible, relevant, high-quality and affordable post-secondary education in the Global South?
Sub-Project 1: OER Literature Review
Mariana Eguren
(Lima, Peru)* 4 countries Jenny Louw
(Johannesburg, South Africa)* 4 countries
Prof Raj Dhanarajan
(Penang, Malaysia)
* 4 countries
Dr Patricia Arinto
(Manila, Philippines)DPI, Mentor, AG
Sub-Project 2: OER Survey
Prof Jose Dutra(Sao Paulo, Brazil)
* 3 countries,* 12 institutions
Prof Daryono(Jakarta,
Indonesia)* 3 countries,
* 12 institutions
Dr George Sciadas(Ottawa, Canada)
Statistician
Judith Pete(Nairobi, Kenya)
* 3 countries,* 12 institutions
Prof Stavros Xanthopoylos
(Rio, Brazil)Mentor, AG
Sub-Project 3 & 4: Academics’ adoption of OER
Prof Sanjaya Mishra
(New Delhi, India)* 4 institutions
Glenda Cox(Cape Town, South
Africa)* 3 institutions
Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
(Cape Town, South Africa)PI, Mentor, AG
Sub-Project 5,6 & 7: Teacher educators’ adoption of OER
Prof Mohan Menon
(Penang, Malaysia)
Guru Kasinathan
(Bangalore, India)Pilar Saenz
(Bogota,Colombia)
Dr Savithri Singh(New Delhi, India)
Mentor, AG
Sub-Project 8: OER adoption in one country
Batbold Zagdragchaa
(Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Dr David Porter(BCampus, Canada)
Mentor
Sub-Project 9 & 10: OER Impact Studies – DFID
Werner Westermann
(Santiago, Chile)* 1 country
Maria NgPI – OER Impact
(Singapore)* 10 projects
Wawasan Open University(Additional +/- R4 million -
DFID)
Prof Fred Mulder
(Netherlands)Mentor, AG
Sub-Project 11 & 12: Educational Expenditure – OSF
Carolina Botero(Bogota,
Colombia)Jenny Glennie
(SAIDE)(Johannesburg, South Africa)
Carolina Rossini(Brazil/USA)Mentor, AG
ROER4D Project Summary
Sub -Project South America Sub-Saharan Africa
Central & South East Asia
#1: OER Literature Review Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru
Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda
India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
#2: OER Survey 3 of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru
3 of Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda
3 of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia
#3, #4: Academics’ adoption of OER
- South Africa India
#5, #6, #7: Teacher educators’ adoption of OER
Colombia - India, Malaysia
#8: OER adoption in one country
- - Mongolia
#9, #10: OER Impact Studies
Chile TBA TBA
#11 & #12: Educational Expenditure
5 or 7 of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay
3 of Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda
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ROER4D Network Team
Funding PartnersDr Matthew Smith
(IDRC)Melissa Hagemann
(OSF)
Network Project Team
Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
(Principal Investigator)Dr Patricia Arinto
(Deputy Principal Investigator)Tess Cartmill
(Full-time Project Manager)Thomas King
(Part-time Research Administrator)
Rondine Carstens(Contract Graphic Artist)
Tinashe Makwande(Contract Videographer)
Sue Jacobson(Travel Agent)
UCT SupportProf Danie Visser
(Deputy Vice- Chancellor)(Project signatory)
Keval Harie(Lawyer)
Cheryl Brown / Stephen Marquard
(CET Acting Director/s)Shirley Rix & Leigh
Wentzel(Finance administrators)
Advisory GroupProf Raj Dhanarajan(Former VC & Emeritus
Professor)Prof Fred Mulder
(Former VC & Emeritus Professor)
Ms Carolina Rossini(IP Contracts lawyer)Dr Savithri Singh(College Principal)
Prof Stavros Xanthopoylos(Director FGV)Mentors
Ineke Buskens(Qualitative Research
Consultant)Dr David Porter
(Researcher)Dr George Sciadas
(Statistician)
Evaluation & CommunicationMthunzi NxaweSukaina Walji
Wawasan Project Team
Maria Ng(Principal Investigator – OER
Impact)
ROER4D Evaluation and Communication
Ricardo RamirezDal BrodheadWendy Quarry
(IDRC DECI-2 Project)
Julius Nyangaga(Kenya)
Charles Dhewa(Zimbabwe)
Mthunzi NxaweSukaina Walji(South Africa)
Participants’ detailsName Position & Organisation ROER4D Role
Dr Patricia Arinto Associate Professor & Dean, Faculty of Education, University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU)
Deputy Principal InvestigatorMentor, Sub-project 1
Ms Carolina Botero Karisma Foundation, Colombia Lead researcher, Sub-Project 12
Ms Ineke Buskens Research for the Future / Facilitating the Future, Elgin, South Africa
Qualitative data analyst and gender specialist
Ms Rondine Carstens Graphic artist, University of Cape Town, South Africa Graphic artist
Ms Tess Cartmill Project Manager,University of Cape Town, South Africa
Project ManagerAdvisory Group member
Ms Glenda Cox Lecturer, University of Cape Town, South Africa Lead researcher, Sub-Project 4GO-GN PhD student
Dr Daryono Daryono Universitas Terbuka, Jakarta, Indonesia Regional Coordinator - South East Asia, Sub-project 2
Prof Raj Dhanarajan Emeritus Professor, Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia
Advisory Group memberSub-project 1: Literature review - South / South East Asia
Prof Jose Dutra Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Lead researcher, Sub-Project 2 (Survey across 3 regions)
Participants’ detailsName Position & Organisation ROER4D Role
Ms Mariana Eguren Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), Lima, Peru Sub-project 1: Literature review - South America
Mr Keval Harie Contracts lawyer, University of Cape Town, South Africa ROER4D Contracts lawyer
Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams Associate Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Principal InvestigatorMentor, Sub-project 3&4Mentor, Sub-project 10
Mr Guru (गु�रु) Kasinathan Director, IT for Change, Bengaluru, India Lead researcher, Sub-Project 5
Mr Thomas King Researcher, University of Cape Town Research Administrator
Ms Jenny Louw Coordinator: Information Services, SAIDE, Johannesburg, South Africa
Sub-project 1: Literature review - Sub-Saharan Africa
Mr Tinashe Makwande Digital materials developer, University of Cape Town Videographer
Mr Stephen Marquard Former Acting Director - Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town
Provided departmental support for ROER4D Project
Prof Mohan Menon Assistant Vice Chancellor (Academic Support), Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia
Lead researcher, Sub-Project 7
Prof Fred Mulder UNESCO OER Chair and Former VC Open Universiteit Nederland
Mentor, Sub-project 10Advisory Group Member
Participants’ detailsName Position & Organisation ROER4D Role
Ms Maria Ng Singapore Principal investigator Sub-Project 10
Mr Mthunzi Nxawe MEd ICT student, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Part-time evaluator
Ms Judith Pete Part-time lecturer at Catholic University of Eastern Africa and Tangaza University College, Nairobi, Kenya
Regional Coordinator - Africa, Sub-project 2GO-GN PhD student
Ms Carolina Rossini Project Director, Latin America Resource CenterOpen Technology InstituteNew America Foundation
Advisory Group memberMentor, Sub-project 11 & 12
Ms Pilar Saenz Karisma Foundation, Colombia Lead researcher, Sub-Project 6
Dr George Sciadas Statistics Canada, Canada StatisticianMentor, Sub-project 2
Dr Savithri Singh Principal, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India
Advisory Group memberMentor, Sub-project 5,6 & 7
Dr Matthew Smith Senior Program Officer, IDRC, Ottawa, Canada IDRC Programme ManagerAdvisory Group member
Ms Sukaina Walji E-learning Consultant, Cape Town, South Africa ROER4D Communications advisor
Participants’ detailsName Position & Organisation ROER4D Role
Mr Werner Westermann Director de Asuntos Estudiatiles, Instituto Profesional ProvidenciaSantiago, Chile
Lead researcher, Sub-Project 9
Prof Stavros Xanthopoylos Director & Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil Advisory Group memberMentor, Sub-project 2
Mr Batbold Zagdragchaa Executive Director, New Policy Institute, Mongolia Lead researcher, Sub-Project 8
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Written by Cheryl [email protected] in
2013 and adapted in 2014Graphics by Rondine Carstens