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OER at the Open University of Sudan
1. OER in Open University of Sudan
Prof. Mohamed Abo Mohamed Emam
الرحيم الرحمن هللا بسم
2. • OUS Vision: to be a pioneer and a
distinctive institution in open learning
locally and globally.
• OUS Mission: Providing opportunities
of distinctive higher education through
open learning; promoting teacher
education and contributing in
knowledge creation for human
development.
3. Establishment
• April 2002
• Governmental university
• Mix-mode approach to
education delivery
• First enrolment August 2003
4. Vastness of Sudan
Harsh environmental conditions
Cultural and ethnic diversity
Increasing number of school leavers
Limited number of universities’ enrolment
Pressing need to community and continuous
learning
Removing constraints:
time and place constraints
social and economic constraints
rigid universities admission requirements
Complimentary to residential universities
Why OUS?
7. OUS and OER
• Seminar on OER 2008
Khartoum, Sudan. Presented
by Dr. Frank Banks, Open
University Uk.
• ACDE-TCC & ACDE QAAA
• OER Africa Workshop
Khartoum, Sudan, 2010.
8. Current situation that ease
OER
• Text books
• Website
• Portals
• Fm radio
• Ip radio
• Tv educational channel ( Free flow of
information)
• Printer Press
• E-library
• E-learning centre
9. Example: TESSA
• OUS has translated TESSA materials into
Arabic and develop manuals and guides for
basic education teachers. More than 53,000
teachers had the subject of using these
materials.
• Besides OUS has contributed in studies and
research in TEAMS project as a part of TESSA
programme.
10. Distance Education in Teaching Training :
Through collaborative TESSA working we have
identified key skills, values and competencies for
teachers working in resource challenged
environments across the region, audited primary
curricula and created a framework for TESSA OER
study units.
12. Challenges
• Promoting, The definitions and basic concepts of OER,
• Encouraging the culture of sharing of resources in the
educational institutes ,
• Stating OER adoption in educational laws and bylaws,
• Pinpoint materials in high qualities ( Contents,
delivery system, … etc).
• IP (Intellectual Property)
• Capacity Building
• Platforms
• Embargo and Sanctions
• Polices