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Transforming Education: SideCAP Project Updates and Future Plans

Stay informed with the latest updates from the SideCAP Project showcasing ongoing activities, reports from partners, and future initiatives to enhance open content and distance education in developing nations.

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Transforming Education: SideCAP Project Updates and Future Plans

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  1. EDULINK - SideCAP Project UPDATE Alanieta Lesuma-Fatiaki Show & Tell Presentation Tuesday 27th January 2009

  2. Recap from last show & tell • What we are working on.. • Report from Dodo land • What’s coming up • Many thanks… Overview

  3. 1- Project website setup & maintenance (UHI) 2 - Preparation of background reports (All) 3 - Kick-off meeting at the OU 4 - Establish ACP Researchers Network 5- Open Content activity 6- Open Content in DE workshop in UM 7 – Technology Training 8 – Drafts of Teaching Material 9 – QA Workshop in UWI 10 – Cascading Activity 11 – Final Dissemination Event in USP 12 – Final Evaluation Report Project Activities

  4. What we are working on

  5. Report from Dodo land • ODL in Mauritius • Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE) • VCILT, University of Mauritius (UOM) • Centre of Professional Development & Lifelong Learning (CPDL, UOM) • Mauritius College of the Air (MCA) • University of Technology, Mauritius • Ministry of Education

  6. Report from Dodo Land • Progress reports from each project partner • Presentation by each partner on material they have written, repurposed published • Documentation of each stage of developing the course • In-depth discussion on a process framework/lifecycle for OER courseware development. (14 steps from USP – 5 Steps lifecycle from UoM/UHI-OU which were quite similar)

  7. Report from Dodo Land SIDECAP – WDGEOL

  8. Way Forward • Complete pilot courses by proposed deadline June 2009 • Dissemination of information about project through cascading events • Write a chapter towards the book on 'how to repurpose Open Content for distance education in developing countries.' • ‘Prototype-run’ at least one from each partner with a few students and peers to evaluate and see responses etc in each partner’s context.

  9. Way Forward • UHI – Technology Training (22-26 June 2009) • UWI – Quality Assurance (16-20 November 2009) • USP – Final Dissemination Event (Feb-Mar 2010?)

  10. Many thanks… • The EU • The USP • FLN – Sue & Anouk • The Project team leaders; Professor Robin Mason of the Open University, UK and Professor Frank Rennie, University of Highlands and Islands (UHI), Scotland • Our Project partners; University of Mauritius and the University of the West Indies.

  11. Web links • SideCap Project site: http://sidecap.wetpaint.com/?t=anon • SideCap Group hub: https://sidecap.grouphub.com/login • SideCap Project blog: http://www.sidecap-project.blogspot.com/ • OpenLearn site: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php • Cohere: http://cohere.open.ac.uk • OU site: http://www.open.ac.uk/ • UM: http://www.uom.ac.mu/index.asp • UM, VCILT: http://vcampus.uom.ac.mu/vcilt/index.php • UWI: http://www.uwi.edu/ • UWI, Open Campus: http://www.uwi.edu/vicechancellery/uwioutreach/default.aspx • UHI: http://www.uhi.ac.uk/ • UHI, Lewis Castle College: http://www.lews.uhi.ac.uk/ • OIL site: http://oil.otago.ac.nz/oil/module1.html

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