Presentation to OER Asia Symposium
September 2012
Kerry de Hart & Truida Oosthuizen
AN OVERVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC OER POSITIONING OF THE
ONLY DEDICATED ODL UNIVERSITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
UNISA - background
“towards THE African university in
the service of humanity”
South Africa’s only dedicated
distance education university
South African
education environment
Technology enables UNISA as ODeL
institution
Shortage of academics
Burgeoning numbers of students
draft Policy Framework on Distance Education in South African universities May 2012
UNISA and OER
Policies and official documents
Contributions to OER
Practice
Web presence
Other expressions
Policies and official
documents
Since 2010, 4 policies which specifically
OERrecommendation that all old
It mention
is the authors’
policies
need
to be revisited
so that
all procedures
21
of 27
policies
reviewed
disregard
facets
in the university are aligned and talk to the
of OER
strategic thrust of the university and guide the
Some
even
hamper
institutionpolicies
on the path
that
it shouldthe
be adoption
taking.
of OER
UNISA OER STRATEGY
Council
Senate
OER World Congress
OER Strategy
Development Task
Team
Examining the policy
Engaging with
direction 2012
government’s approach
to OER
Green Paper - PSET
Draft DE Policy
2012
Engage the community
OER Strategy Workshop
March 2012
Exploring OER
The Unisa OER
trajectory
Three phase study DISA
2011
Slide – Liz Archer, OER at Unisareflections on the journey
Contributions & Practice
Econ Tutor
Life consumer science
Household food security
Learn to speak an African language
Ethics in Accounting About Econ Tutor
SATEA
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the University of South Africa to provide teachers and
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econom.co.za/
UNISA, OER and the web
Other
VICECHANCELLOR
Prof Mandla
Makhanya
PRO VICECHANCELLOR
Prof Narend
Baijnath
2012 WORLD OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
(OER) CONGRESS UNESCO, PARIS,
JUNE 20-22, 2012
2012 PARIS OER DECLARATION
Conclusion
All indications are that UNISA is committed to
the OER movement.
By using and contributing towards OER’s,
UNISA can be a conduit through which
education can become the right and
responsibility of the masses, not without
challenges – however as an institution we are
ready to embrace them.
Thank you for your attention
Contact:
Kerry de Hart
Department of Taxation, Unisa
dhartkl@unisa.ac.za
Truida Oosthuizen
Manager: CEMs Tuition and Quality Assurance, Unisa
Toostuiz@unisa.ac.za