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Connecting OER

Connecting OER. Dr Michelle Selinger Global Education Strategist Corporate Affairs Cisco. Cisco and Education for All Cisco’s role in OER developments Issues and tensions in OER development A view of the Open Universities’ role in OER.

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Connecting OER

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  1. Connecting OER Dr Michelle Selinger Global Education Strategist Corporate Affairs Cisco

  2. Cisco and Education for All • Cisco’s role in OER developments • Issues and tensions in OER development • A view of the Open Universities’ role in OER

  3. “ Our vision is to make comprehensive use of ICT to accelerate the democratization and development of the country ” Tefera Waluwa Minister of Capacity Building Ehtiopia

  4. NetworkingAcademy Cisco Foundation CommunityInvestment andFellowship NEPAD Global Education Initiatives Cisco Corporate Citizenship Focused onEducation & Economic Development

  5. EDUCATION Key Focus on Women & Girls Multi-stakeholder Development Partnerships Knowledge Sharing Internet& ICTs Multipliers Innovation& collaboration Growth In local Enterprise More Efficient NGOs/NPOs More Effective Government Address Basic Needs Enabling Environment Innovation & communication Cisco’s Social Investment Focus

  6. Cisco’s Education Initiatives • Based on creating partnerships within and outside of Cisco • Learn and understand a country’s needs and culture through indigenous input • Identify projects that work and replicate in other countries – with adaptation to local needs and culture • Keeping an exit strategy in mind – making the projects sustainable and with the potential to scale Replicable, Scaleable, Sustainable

  7. The Education Model at the Centre Socio-Economic Framework Basic Enablers Curriculum & Assessment Infrastructure Educational Model Professional Development Learning Environment Change Management Monitoring & Evaluation Administration & Productivity

  8. Cisco’s role in OER development Affordable connectivity for access • Research on low cost networks • Linksys and Scientific Atlanta • Streaming media • Digital media network • Content delivery network • Integrated voice, video and data

  9. Global e-Schools & Communities Initiative (GeSCI) - Government Networks Kijabe Healthcare – Infrastructure & Map of Care Pathways National Science Foundation - Fibre connectivity to West African Universities Cisco Product Donations – Equipment for Local Organizations Internet Exchange Points – Equipment, Support, Training, & Expertise for IXPs Habitat for Humanity – Global investment beyond US UbuntuNet - Connectivity for Universities & NRENS in East Africa (and beyond) Teachers Without Borders – Teacher Training (Science/Math) & Community Education Mediterranean Youth Technology Club – Technology Studies, Cultural Activities, & Games Cisco Community Investment

  10. Cisco’s Role in OER Development Content development • Cisco Networking Academy Program • Assessment engine • Simulations • Blended learning model • WHO Health Academy • Colemar (Revlon)

  11. Cisco Networking Academy ProgramMultiple Pathways and Exit Points CAREERS IP Tel Enterprise Networking UNIVERSITY CCNPRemote AccessAdvanced RoutingTrouble ShootingMultilayerSwitching Security CCNABasicsRoutingSwitching WAN SMB Networking COLLEGE Wireless FUNDAMENTALS COURSESHP ITE IHP ITE II Panduit NIE Java UNIX Network Installer Basic IT Support System Admin HIGH SCHOOL

  12. Cisco Networking Academy - Global 165 Countries 500,000+ Students/Year • Cisco’s Commitment: • Building Technical Expertise • Inclusion in the Knowledge Economy • Curriculum, Infrastructure, Program Support • $200M+ Invested • Partnerships . . . Government, UN, ITU, USAID As of October 31, 2006

  13. Participating Students by Region(500,000+ Students) 8% 11% 1% 16% 27% 9% 20% 14% 2% 18% 3% 25% 13% 30% U.S. and Canada 4% 30% Europe 16% 23% Latin America 7% 18% Central and Eastern Europe Russia and CIS Middle East Africa % 18% % of Worldwide Total as of 10.31.06 • % Female as of 10.31.06 Asia Pacific - Mature Asia Pacific - Emerging and Less Developed Japan Source: NetAcad Metrics as of October 31, 2006

  14. A Diverse Program • Diverse Students: • Age • Gender • Challenging Circumstances • Diverse Communities: • Advanced Educational Institutions • Public Schools • Second Chance • Mature & Developing Countries

  15. International Development InitiativesCisco Gender Initiative • EDUCATEyoung women on careers in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) • EXPLORE opportunities for females to participate in the Cisco Networking Academy Program • EMPOWERfemales to succeed and continue their education in engineering and computer science • CONNECTwomen to other women in ICT • Create aPIPELINEof females entering the ICT workforce

  16. Cisco’s role in OER development • Sponsorship of NGOs • e.g. Teachers without borders toolkit • Connected Communities 2.0

  17. Empowering NGOs – Empowering Teachers Teachers Without Borders: Teachers’ Tool Kit Meeting grant deliverables with tools teachers can use… Available tothe most remote, least enabled, most committed, highest stake MISSION: To close the education divide through teacher training & community education

  18. Mobilizing Community Entrepreneurs Stimulating Community Tourism Enabling Successful Start-up Businesses Energizing Schools Through Technology Empowering Small Business Growth Digital Opportunity Trust Interns & Programs Sustainable Social, Educational, & Economic Opportunity!

  19. A shared infrastructure to provide citizen centric, public, private and NGO services to citizens and communities in underserved areas Connected Communities 2.0 SocialInclusion and Educational Services Microfinance and Entrepreneurial Services Critical Registration Services Healthcare Services Unemployment Services

  20. Welcome to the Human Network The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people, resources, programs and services. Only by connecting these can we all prosper.

  21. Tensions • Nature of knowledge v Globalisation • Improving developing country HEIs v Providing OER & TNE • Alternative access to HE v Availability of technlogy • Peer review v Cultural relevance • Innovation and interactivity v Access • Quality v Cost • Learner generated content v Quality • Provider - user collaboration v Academic authority • Informal and non-formal v Formal

  22. Issues in OER Development • Affordable access • Cultural, pedagogy and technology dissonance • Language of instruction • Teaching at a distance • Assessment models • Link with books and other media

  23. Technological Considerations Technology Dissonance

  24. The Open Universities’ role in OER • Recognised expertise in ODL • Low level entry pathways • Design for distance education • Low cost and low power access devices • Teaching models • Range of media • Use of video, audio and text to support learners • Partnering with radio and TV stations • Podcasting and broadcasting

  25. The Open Universities’ role in OER • Learner generated content • Partner with developing country Virtual Universities • Capacity building • Links to Personal Learning Environments • Use of Web 2.0 tools

  26. ElearningtoConnected Learning Connectivity Cross-curricular Creativity Consistency Culture Context Collaboration Content Control Communication Community Construction

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