Teachers Without Borders/CollabOERation projects

TWB Nigeria and WikiEducator CollabOERation projects


 * We work with various categories of teachers and this makes it almost impossible to see any idea that we do not have teachers who need them. --Raphael Oko, TWB Nigeria

also see discussion

Proposals for CollabOERation proof of concept projects
 * teacher training programs and curriculum on Human Rights Education and Peace Education. These are some of our core areas of need at the moment.
 * Human Rights Education
 * Peace Education
 * Learning Disabilities


 * One Laptop per Teacher - stand-alone teacher training about individual teaching skills to supplement the TWB Nigeria - Voices of Teachers programs. These could be promoted and introduced in the radio broadcast, with online resources for teachers if they wish to follow-up and learn more about the topic. We are currently launching the 'One Laptop per Teacher' campaign through the Cherrypal computers and this will make it easier for access to the internet by the teachers


 * Science without supermarkets - One of the active participants in WikiEducator works with new teachers developing science lessons for K-6. Some of these might be adapted for use in Nigeria. As they were originally developed, they require materials that are easily available in the US, but it would be interesting to modify them to fit a more global audience by using other products and natural and found items.

== Objectives, Overview and CollabOERation==

Objectives
 * CollabOERation - proof of concept - WikiEducator community, teachers with limited access to professional development
 * deliverables - materials that can be used for self-study or for a facilitated workshop either on-site or online
 * timeframe - 3-6 months, individual OERs, teacher training program framework

QUESTIONS

Audience
 * Nigerian teachers - Teacher certification, English proficiency
 * Grade level
 * Class - classroom, school, neighborhood, number of students
 * Support - local, remote

Technology available
 * personal laptops
 * internet access
 * support - local, remote

== Teacher Training Programs==


 * teacher training programs and curriculum on Human Rights Education and Peace Education. These are some of our core areas of need at the moment.

Questions
 * Will teachers be learning on their own? Or will the programs be facilitated?
 * Is this for general information? Should the focus be primarily on local issues?
 * Do you have sources of information that should be included?
 * Do you have general guidelines or suggestions for training development?

=== Human Rights Education===
 * teacher training programs and curriculum on Human Rights Education. These are some of our core areas of need at the moment.

Suggestions
 * Justice and Human Rights - includes links to Human Rights lesson plans - Amnesty International, Universal Voices, United Nations Human Rights Council


 * Strengthening the capacity of African civil society organisations through distance learning training - Fahamu.org - offers CDROM-based materials and email facilitation

Resources
 * PCF5 Session Reports - Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning Wiki - reports on a wide range of topics, some include specific curricula


 * World Freedom Atlas - A visualization showing the level or human rights, democracy and good governance within countries

=== Peace Education===
 * teacher training programs and curriculum on Peace Education. These are some of our core areas of need at the moment.

Suggestions


 * Peace Education - Web Based Induction Programme for Elementary Teacher Educators
 * Learning4Peace - under development, some ideas, links
 * Education4Peace - under development, some ideas, links

Resources
 * PCF5 Session Reports - Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning Wiki - reports on a wide range of topics, some include specific curricula
 * Religious Understanding for Peace (RU4P) - project for high schools worldwide


 * Europeans for Peace

=== Learning Disabilities===

There are a number of WikiEducators who specialize in working with and teaching about learning disabilities. As part of the ongoing CollabOERation project, this is a program that would be well suited to adopting as a proof-of-concept project.

Suggestions


 * Autism Spectrum Disorders http://wikieducator.org/The_Autism_Spectrum_Disorders
 * Inclusive Education - Learning disabilities http://wikieducator.org/Inclusive_Education#.28v.29_Learning_Disabilities - includes teacher training activities
 * disabilities simulations - AbilityHub http://www.abilityhub.com Abledata http://www.abledata.com/ Indiana University http://www.indiana.edu/~iuadapts/sitemap.html

Resources


 * Using E-Learning as a Strategic Tool for Students with Disabilities http://wikieducator.org/images/9/98/PID_209.pdf

== One Laptop per Teacher==


 * One Laptop per Teacher - stand-alone teacher training about individual teaching skills to supplement the TWB Nigeria - Voices of Teachers programs. These could be promoted and introduced in the radio broadcast, with online resources for teachers if they wish to follow-up and learn more about the topic. We are currently launching the 'One Laptop per Teacher' campaign through the Cherrypal computers and this will make it easier for access to the internet by the teachers


 * http://www.cherrypal.com
 * http://www.cherrypal.com/GreenOpenFair/

Questions
 * Are there teaching skills that you want to learn?
 * What are some of the day-to-day problems that you face?
 * How do you like to learn? In a group discussion? Listening to an experienced colleague? Reading? Answering questions? Solving puzzles?
 * How much time can you spend learning something new?

Suggestions


 * Become a Great Teacher


 * Computers in Education - Curriculum Framework for using computers in Teacher Training Programme


 * Teaching, Learning and Technology - how to use technology with students

== Science without supermarkets==


 * Science without supermarkets - One of the active participants in WikiEducator works with new teachers developing science lessons for K-6. Some of these might be adapted for use in Nigeria. As they were originally developed, they require materials that are easily available in the US, but it would be interesting to modify them to fit a more global audience by using other products and natural and found items.

Starting with
 * Biology in elementary schools
 * Biology in middle schools

Questions
 * Which lessons are appropriate for your students' grade-level?
 * What products used in these lessons are available to teachers and students in your neighborhood?


 * Are there lessons that you would like to use but need to be modified for your situation? How would you change the lesson for your students?


 * Do you have science lessons that you want to add to the CollabOERation? We can help you with things like formatting in WikiEducator.

= Other projects for consideration=

This is the streams project link: http://www.uvm.edu/~streams/ and this is my piece: http://academics.smcvt.edu/Vermont_rivers/. We make tailored web sites for schools - they work in a stream near their school that we also sample to get an insect list. The web sites provide photos of the most common insects in each school's stream. It would be possible to adapt it to a Nigeria context - would require samples - ideally a Nigerian aquatic ecologist. With that level of on-the-ground support, we could add the web sites based on an insect list provided by a local scientist. We also do water quality, but the costs rapidly multiply at that point.
 * Streams Project (VT EPSCoR High School Outreach with a research component) -- Declan McCabe