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Meeting Venue:
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Sarova PanAfric Hotel
Kenyatta Avenue
P.O. Box 7493 – 00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 20 2720822 / Facsimile: +254 20 2715905
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Accommodation Venue:
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Sarova PanAfric Hotel
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Meeting Facilitator:
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Mr. Nicholas Kimolo, Managing Director, Futuristic, Nairobi
Mr. Wayne Mackintosh, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), - Education Specialist, eLearning and ICT Policy
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Objectives:
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- To bring together a selected number of educational practioners from across the East African region to discuss the role of Free and Open Educational Resources in the East African Education.
- To identify innovative and creative ways of partnerships to build Open Educational Resources as a direct input in the provision of life long learning and alternative education for all
- To establish a content development group to spearhead the development of Free and Open Educational Resources
- To demonstrate and highlight several content production and dissemination technologies that can be used in the development of Free and Open Educational Resources
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DAY 1
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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08:30 – 09:00
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REGISTRATION
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09:00 – 10:00
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Keynote Address 1
Mr. Wayne Macintosh, Education Specialist, eLearning and ICT Policy, Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
"The Role of Free Content and Open Educational Resources in the Education Sector, a COL perspective"
Keynote Address 2
Professor Henry Thairu, Former Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC)- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
"A Call to Higher Educational Institutions to collaborate on the Development of Free Content and Open Educational Resources"
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10:00 – 10:30
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REFRESHMENTS
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10:30 – 11:00
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OFFICIAL OPENING
Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Information & Communication
"The Kenya Government Position on Development of Free Content and Open Education Resources and its impact in achieving the objectives set-out in the National ICT Policy, The Kenya Educational Sector Plan and the ICT for Education Policy"
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11:00 – 13:00
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PRESENTATIONS
Prof. Kashorda Meoli
Strathmore University
Experiences on the development of Educational Content from Strathmore University
Prof P. Torongey
Dean – Faculty of Science
Moi University
"Experiences on the development of Educational Content from Moi University"
Prof. E. Omwenga, Director
Nairobi University Information Technology Services
University of Nairobi
Experiences on the development of Educational Content from the University of Nairobi"
Mr. Victor Kyalo, Chief Executive Officer
Kenya Educational Network (KENET) and Ubuntu Alliance
"Experiences with the use of Open Educational Content"
Mr. Sammy Buruchara, Managing Director
NairobiNet
"Experiences on eLearning and Digital Educational Content from a Private Sector Perspective"
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All presentations will include discussions on Challenges, Progress made and the Way Forward
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13:00 – 14:00
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LUNCH
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14:00 – 15:30
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PRESENTATIONS continued
Dr. Gerald Chege - Experiences on the development of Educational Content from USIU
Mr. Joris Komen – Founding President (SchoolNet Namibia) – SchoolNet Namibia Experiences on the use of Open Educational Resources
Mr. Smith Kwesi – Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT - A developers perspective on the development of Open Educational Resources and the Centre’s Experience
Nicholas Kimolo - The role of the FLOSS4Edu and WikiEducator in enhancing collaboration in the development of Frre Content and Open Educational Resources
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11:00 – 16:00
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PLERIMINARY DISCUSSIONS
Moderator: Dr. Seville, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Strathmore College
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16:00 – 16:30
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REFRESHMENTS
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16:30 – 17:30
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Dr. Jason Githeko – Egerton University / KENET Board Member - Experiences on the development of Educational Content from the Egerton University
Mr. Wire Lughambo – The Experiences of the East African Centre for Open Source Software (EACOSS) on the development of Open Educational Resources
Mr. Edephonce Nfuka – The Experiences of the University of Dar es Salaam on the development of Open Educational Resources
Session Moderated by Prof. Meoli Kashorda
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17:30 – 18:00
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Discussions on the Formation of the East African Open Educational Content Developers Group – Mr. Nicholas Kimolo
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DAY 2
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Thursday, November 23, 2006
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08:30 – 10:30
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Training Session Part 1
Trainer: Ms Dorcas Muthoni (Linux Chix Africa/ Open World Technology), Dr. Ronald Waweru
Training on the Use of Open Source Software Technologies in Content Production
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10:30 – 11:00
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Trainers: Dr. Ronald Waweru ( JKUAT) & Nicholas Kimolo
Free and Open Source Learning Management Systems
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10:00 – 10:30
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BREAK
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10:30 – 11:00
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Trainers: Nicholas Kimolo, Wayne Macintosh ,
Training on the use of WikiEducator and other Wiki based Technologies on the development of Free Content and Open Educational Resources
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11:00– 11:30
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Presenter: Prof. Henry Thairu
A demonstration of Open Educational Content in Physical Sciences
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11:30 – 12:00
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PM – Closing Ceremony
Launch of East African Open Education Content Developers Group
Closing Speech by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education – Prof Karega Mutahi
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