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symposium aims to:
- consider strategic opportunities and barriers for OER in Kenya and the region;
- explore policy enablers and practices for harnessing the potential of open education approaches for the benefit of the formal education sector in Kenya and the region; and
- commence work on open “proposals for action”, building on existing foundations and achievements to planning the way forward for a sector-wide response to open education in Kenya and the region.}}
Day 1: 6 June 2013
| Item | Description | Duration | Start time |
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| Registration | Informal networking (Tea and coffee to be served at symposium venue). | 60 mins | 8.00am |
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| Welcome and aims of the symposium | Symposium Chair: Frances Ferreira
Frances Ferreira welcomes participants to the symposium and summarises the aims and intended outputs for the seminar. |
15 mins | 9.00am |
| Official welcome from the host | TBA | 15 mins | 9.15am |
| Message from UNESCO | Presenter: Jaco du Toit International cooperation in follow-up activities to the Paris OER Declaration. |
15 mins | 9.30am |
| Participant introductions | Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh | 45 mins | 9.45am |
| Morning tea | Informal networking | 30 mins | 10.30am |
| Welcome from the Commonwealth of Learning | Professor Asha Kanwar, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning. (Video presentation) |
15 mins | 11.00am |
| Fair and reasonable practice comparison Please complete the Online survey |
Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
Wayne Mackintosh will compare the outputs of the optional fair and reasonable practice survey from respondents participating in the symposium with the international data collected by the OER Foundation to see how national and regional views and perceptions relating to open education compare. |
10 mins | 11.15am |
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The case studies provide real-life examples intended as a catalyst for ideas relating to open education in Kenya and the region. During the session, participants should jot down ideas from which they should generate and write down on the sticky notes provided:
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| Regional school-level case study
OERs for Open Schooling |
Presenter: Frances Ferreira
Frances Ferreira will summarise and share insights on COL's OER for Open Schools project involving the design and development of open education materials to support independent study in 17 specially selected secondary school subjects across six countries – Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Seychelles, Trinidad & Tobago and Zambia. Frances will highlight the benefits and lessons learned. |
15 mins | 11.25am |
| African higher education case study | Presenter: Catherine Ngugi
Catherine Ngugi will share information about exemplar OER developments from higher education institutions in Africa. Catherine will reflect on lessons learned from OER Africa's perspective. |
15 mins | 11.40am |
| Plenary question and answer session | Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
During this session, participants are invited to ask questions of clarity and further information from the presenters to assist with refining individual inputs on opportunities, barriers and policy issues. These will be recorded on the sticky notes required by the end of Session 2. The one-breath rule applies for asking questions. |
10mins | 11.55am |
| Open Africa Showcase | Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
Participants are invited to share examples of open education initiatives in Africa sharing benefits of the projects and lessons learned. |
20 mins | 12.10am |
| Lunch | Lunch and informal networking | 45 mins | 12.30pm |
| International case study
The OER university: Low cost, low risk but high impact innovation for tertiary education |
Presenter: Wayne Mackintosh
Wayne will provide a summary of the OERu international collaboration. The presentation will consider potential savings of open education approaches for the sector and how OER collaborations can promote quality of provision. |
15 mins | 1.30pm |
| International case study
The pedagogy of discovery: Using OER to enable free range learning |
Presenter: Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor will demonstrate the pedagogy of discovery using the Regional relations in Asia and the Pacific course developed by the University of Southern Queensland for the OERu as an example. Jim will highlight the rational underpinning this free range learning approach and how OER can support cost-effective design and implementation for university-level courses. |
15 mins | 1.45pm |
| Plenary question and answer session | Facilitator: Frances Ferreira
During this session, participants are invited to ask questions of clarity and further information from the presenters to assist with refining individual inputs on opportunities, barriers and policy issues. These will be recorded on the sticky notes required by the end of Session 2. The one-breath rule applies for asking questions. |
15 mins | 2.00pm |
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| Recording opportunities, barriers and policy issues | Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
During this session participants write down the most important opportunities, barriers and policy issues based on their personal experience and observations during the case study presentations on the sticky notes provided. Participants are then invited to post their contributions on the three boards provided. |
15 mins | 2.15pm |
| Small group session: Categorization of opportunities, barriers and policy issues | Three groups comprising randomly assigned participants are tasked to group the opportunities, barriers and policy issues identified by the participants in the previous sessions. Where appropriate, priority issues may be highlighted. | 30 mins | 2.30pm |
| Plenary report back session | Each assigned rapporteur provides a summary of the categories identified for the opportunities, barriers and policy issues. This provisional summary of data will be used as the input for the next session. | 30 mins | 3.00pm |
| Plenary session
Suggested aims, outputs and group division to develop proposals for action. |
Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
Participants discuss what they would like to achieve with the workshop and determine the division of small groups to achieve these aims. |
30 mins | 3.30pm |
| Afternoon tea | Informal networking | 30 mins | 4.00pm |
| Small group session
Determining aims for proposals for action. |
Participants will self-select for participation in the groups recommended above, possibly divided as follows:
Each group will identify one or more proposals for action and the high level aims for input into the concluding session for the day on the way forward for open education in Kenya and the region. |
30 mins | 4.30pm |
Day 2: 7 June 2013
| Item | Description | Duration | Start time |
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| Pre-workshop tea and coffee | Informal networking | 30 mins | 8.00am |
| Plenary session:
Report back on the aims for group proposals for action & discussions on the way forward for open education in Kenya and the region. |
During this session each group provides a brief summary (maximum of 5 mins) of the aims for their proposals for action. | 30mins | 8.30am |
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| Open content licensing for educators | Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
During this session Wayne will cover the foundations of OER, Copyright, and open licensing. |
90 mins | 9.00am |
| Morning tea | Informal networking | 30 mins | 10.30am |
| Small group work
Review of policy examples |
The small groups established on Day 1 will review policy examples and identify strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for policy development in their own context. | 30 mins | 11.00am |
| Plenary session
Report back on policy examples. |
Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
Small groups report back on their review of the policy examples summarising strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for policy development. |
30 mins | 11.30am |
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| Small group work
Proposal for action: Narrative and aims. |
Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
During this session participants work in small groups to develop their proposal narrative, namely what they propose to do including the objectives, inputs and anticipated processes required for the proposal for action. |
60 mins | 12.00pm |
| Lunch | Light lunch and informal networking | 60 mins | 12.30pm |
| Plenary session
Feedback and critical friend review |
Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
Small groups provide feedback on their proposals for action. Participants provide a critical friend review of proposals presented. |
45 mins | 1.30pm |
| Small group work
Proposal for action: Objectives, Inputs, Process steps, responsibilities and time-line |
Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh
Small groups refine their proposals for action and document group decisions. |
45 mins | 2.15pm |
| Plenary feedback on proposals for action | Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh | 30 mins | 3.00pm |
| Plenary session
The way forward |
During this plenary session participants consider the way forward and generate recommendations based on the proposals for action developed during the seminar. | 30 mins | 3.30pm |
| Afternoon tea | Informal networking | 30 mins | 4.00pm |
| Concluding session | Facilitator: Frances Ferreira | 30 mins | 4.30pm |
