Describing IFEF policy for developing OER conceerning Gender equality to be hosted on RELIEFH Portal

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Modeling a Framework for Production and Dissemination of Open
Educational Resources for Gender Equality:
The case of IFEF-RELIEFH Portal
Mokhtar Ben Henda
Bordeaux Montaigne University, France

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Key actors & products
IFEF – Institut de la Francophonie pour
l’éducation et la formation:
 Cooperation programs in the education sector,
 Capacity building for staff in the education system,
 Line up education and training programs in close
cooperation with Francophonie Member States
(OIF).
RELIEFH – Ressources Educatives Libres pour
l’Education et la Formation:
 OER Portal & Repository,
 OER on Gender Equality,

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Project key stimulators & incentives
132 million girls between the ages of 6 and 17 were
out of school in 2016,
15 million girls of primary school-age will never have
the opportunity to learn to read, write and count,
against approximately 10 million boys,
33% of girls do not complete primary education in
sub-Saharan Africa, compared to 29% for boys. In
addition, the poorest girls face the most barriers and
it gets worse at every level.

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Main task: developing GE educational content
Providing Gender Equality educational contents for educators:
 Textbooks on Gender Equality
 Educational scenarios for primary and secondary schools
Project key principles:
 Producing Open Educational Resources (OER)
 Using metadata standards (LOM application profile -> Interoperability ->
OER integrated repositories -> Open data: RELIEFH Portal)
 Improving Licensing culture: Copyright laws and exception use, fair use,
Creative Commons, Public domain)

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Sustaining Gender Equality: IFEF global Framework

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A- IFEF Training programme on GE
 Training educators on GE concepts and principles: 4
modules
 Module 1: Men-Women equality,
 Module 2: Stereotypes and preconceptions,
 Module 3: Equality in class, at school and within the
community,
 Module 4: Comments, reflexion and practices,
 Final assessment,
Certificat

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B- Quality control (fil rouge)
 Second phase of the training plan, practical experiences:
 Endorsement of theoretic training by practice,
 Candidates are put in a competitive context for the production of GE
educational resources,
 Three financial rewards for best quality resources,
 Toolbox:
 Online course materials and tutorials (OER, Metadata & Licensing),
 Production tools including a standardized form:
• Metadata application profile,
• Pedagogical scenario for teachers,
• Pedagogical scenario for learners,
 Key quality indicators:
 Quality of descriptive metadata,
 Semantic consistency of educational content material,
 Respect of licensing and copyright regulations,

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C- Productivity
Hiring developers to produce OER for GE:
 Experimented teachers with GE,
 Winners of the Quality Control competition,
 Any qualified participant to the training session,
Developers are monitored by group coordinators,
OER are edited using IFEF templates,
OER are hosted on RELIEF portal,

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Overview