1. WGDEOL Coordinators Nieshaakema James-Sarr Kaviraj Sukon WGDEOL Coordinator ICT and Distance Learning Specialist UNESCO BREDA WGDEOL Coordinator Manager-Research Human Resource Development Council

2. Dr Kaviraj Sharma SUKON WGDEOL Coordinator Manager-Research Human Resource Development Council IVTB House, Phoenix Republic of Mauritius Telephone: (230) 258 2472, (230) 435 7245 Fax: (230) 696 8851 E-mail: [email_address] Nieshaakema JAMES-SARR WGDEOL Coordinator ICT and Distance Learning Specialist UNESCO BREDA 12, Avenue L. S. Senghor, BP 3311 Dakar, Senegal Telephone: (221) 33 849.23.23 ext. 2342 Fax: (221) 33 823.86.23 Email: [email_address]

3. Global WGDEOL: Objectives WGDEOL Strategy Develop Models Provide synthesis and coherence to ODL initiatives through partnership: ADEA WGs, IICBA, IITE, AVU, TESSA, ACDE, ICDE,.. Help African Govt., Educational Org., NGOs enhance Access, Equity and Quality of Teacher Training and Education thru’ DEOL Consolidate 4 Pillars 1. Research: Importance of T-S, S-S in DEOL process 2. Capacity Building: Training of Teachers & documentalists. 3. Advocacy: Sensitize key policy/decision makers 4. Coordination: Optimal & Efficient use of resources Architecture for DEOL systems, instructional design, teaching, evaluation and assessment. Website to share information.

5. WGDEOL Steering Committee Meeting More children receiving basic education Under-staffed & Over-crowded Schools

6. ICTs to the Rescue??? Not exactly! The strategy will determine whether these tech tools, these new species will thrive and ultimately have a positive affect on all “biotic components”. Yong Zhao’s argument: An Ecological Analysis of Technology Diffusion in Schools and Its Implications for Teacher Professional Development Teachers and Students

7. It’s rich .. free … Updated Open Source

9. I t’s not Tech No. of PCs in School or a 1- Day Teacher training does not guarantee Learning On-going Professional Development On-going Support Integration of New & Old Technologies Integration of Technology in Teaching but the Teach!

16. OpenED aims to use Open-source course management systems to train educators to design, maintain, and evaluate online content and learning to support and extend national curriculum and training programs, including the non-formal sector. More widely, OpenED aims to support teacher training institutes to undertake their ICT-based systemic renovation and also to meet the immense needs for training of other priority sectors for development, including literacy, health, and agriculture. Taking advantage of the Open Educational Resources movement and relying on digital solidarity, it also aims to launch a collaborative teachers’ international e-community.

18. UNESCO BREDA ADEA Working Group Open and Distance Learning Working Group on Teacher Profession

19. The Open Source movement aims to design, disseminate, and promote hardware and software which enable users to freely benefit from the contributions of a global academic community. Making Article 26 a reality

25. PHASE 3

31. Organize on-going PD activities Provide forum to display/share work African Society of Education Technology (ASET) Train: capture, synthesize, report qualitative & quantitative data Lessons Learned into Guides. Operational Framework Train educators to connect locally and regionally and create a forum for this exchange Train learners to connect locally and regionally Organize Regional Workshop to develop framework