DS4OERS WS/Guide/Acknowledgements

The  was originally developed for the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning (PPODFL)

The Partnership for ODFL in the Pacific is a 5-year project (2020 – 2025) funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade to support and enhance capacity and efficiency of education sectors in the Pacific through greater use of innovative delivery mechanisms and technology. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL), together with the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (PACFOLD), is implementing the project in the nine Commonwealth countries in the Pacific (Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu).

The UNESCO Chair in OER based at the OER Foundation was commissioned to design, develop and facilitate the inaugural offering of the course.

The Samoan instance of this course is a derivative work of the original course published by the Commonwealth of Learning. This version of the course was remixed under the provisions of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license for the Samoan Knowledge Society initiative and hosted on open source infrastructure provided by the MESC innovative Lifelong Learning Lab in collaboration with the UNESCO Office for the Pacific States.