Highlights of AVU Open
Education Resources and
Teacher Education
Programs
Mrs E M Balogun
Teacher Education Officer-NTCF sponsored
African Virtual University, Nairobi, Kenya
ABOUT AVU
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The African Virtual University (AVU)
www.avu.org is a Pan African
Intergovernmental Organization has been
signed by 15 African Governments.
AVU OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES
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An Open Educational Resource Portal OER@AVU
launched in 2011.
Available at http://oer.avu.org
Developed by 12 Universities in 10 African countries
Available in English, French and Portuguese
Free to use, can be modified and contributions to
enrich the resources are expected.
Has 219 textbooks of Mathematics, Sciences, teacher
education professional, ICT skills and ICT integration
in education all course content developed by African
Academics.
Textbooks uploaded on a social network Scribd
http:www.scribd.com/african virtual university
Videos posted on You tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/avu.org
OBJECTIVES OF AVU OERs
Increase access to quality Education and
innovative use of ICT
 Develop and share OERs which are
relevant to Africa’s development
 Create and improve an African based OER
library
 Facilitate adoption of OERs in the AVU
network.
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BENEFITS OF OERS
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Expanded access to learning
Easy to distribute at no cost
Augmentation of class materials
Enhancement of regular course content
Quick circulation
Less expense for students
Continually improved resources
AVU TEACHER EDUCATION (TE)
PROGRAM
Educational Support Services
 Development Services: developing
content, developing OER, AVU capacity
enhancement program (ACEP),Setup/
Upgrade ODEL centers, Research and
development and Quality Evaluation
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OBJECTIVES OF TE PROGRAM
To strengthen the capacity of the AVU
 To deliver and manage quality ICT
integrated education and training
opportunities in Participating Institutions.
 Expansion from 10 African countries in
the Project phase I to 21 African countries
in the phase II.
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The AVU OER and TE programs can
enhance Availability of Higher Education
which is currently 8%.
 Potential to absorb much of the demand
for Higher Education without building
more campuses
 Access to quality content
 Supplementing and improving instruction
delivery
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CONCLUSION
ACTION POINTS
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The AVU believes that NUC must be the first
point of call to reach the universities
Organize a workshop in your organization
and invite AVU for a presentation
Provide ICT facilities for your institutions to
be able to access the OERs
Enact a training program on basic ICT skills
for all staff.
Provide basic infrastructure for the ODeL
center.
THE END
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