Overview of the ROER4D project Global Congress

Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams

12 December 2013

Breakwater Lodge, Cape Town

9 December 2013

Research on Open Educational Resources (OER) for Development

in the Global South

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?

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 Central & South East Asia

12 projects in 7 clusters

IDRCOSF

Built upon the prior OER Asia project funded by the IDRC. 1st meeting Chiangmai, Thailand

Prof Raj Dhanarajan

(Penang, Malaysia)OER Asia Project

Planning Committee

Dr Patricia Arinto(Associate Professor & Dean)

Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams(Associate Professor )Prof Fred Mulder

(Former VC, Emeritus Professor & UNESCO OER Chair)

Ms Carolina Rossini(IP Contracts lawyer)Dr Savithri Singh(College Principal)

Dr Matthew Smith(IDRC)

Prof Stavros Xanthopoylos(Director FGV)

Proposal Process – Call •Jul 2012: Targeted by Planning Group

1st round •Oct 2012: Proposals submitted & evaluated by the Planning Group

2nd round •Jan 2013: Invited to present at F-2-F meeting in Jakarta

Proposal •May 2013: Submit proposal to IDRC

Grant •Aug 2013: IDRC awards grant

ROER4D Four expected outcomes Build an empirical knowledge base on the use and impact of OER

focusing on post-secondary education – though sharing of data (Open Data)

Develop the capacity of OER researchers (Open Development)

Build a network of OER scholars - through sharing of resources and practices (Open Science)

Communicate research to inform education policy and practice – though open channels (Open Access)

ROER4D Project Summary

Sub -Project South America Sub-Saharan Africa

Central & South East Asia

#1: OER Literature Review Brazil, Chile, Colombia

Ghana, Kenya, South Africa

India, Indonesia, Malaysia

#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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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 MulderUNESCO OER Chair

(Netherlands)Mentor, AG

ROER4D Evaluation and Communication

Ricardo RamirezDal BrodheadWendy Quarry

(IDRC DECI-2 Project)

Julius Nyangaga(Kenya)

Charles Dhewa(Zimbabwe)

Mthunzi NxaweSukaina Walji(South Africa)

Open Research – ROER4D intentions to share

Conceptual Framework/s

Methods

Instrument questions

DataAnalysis tools

Findings

Proposal

LiteratureReview

Research process

OER Asia

NEW Open

project

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)

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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