SAIDE Projects 2012 Project Description Service Resources Community, Adult and Basic Education Household Food Security Facilitator Programme Roll Out Evaluation Alice BarlowZambodla/Christine Randell/Jenny Glennie Monitoring and evaluating the Household Food Security certificate programme of Unisa’s College of Agriculture. The GDE Adult Education and Training Rebecca Purcell Gotz Ephraim Mhlanga Jenny Glennie Conducting an audit of 47 existing AET Centres to establish levels of functionality with a view to developing recommendations for rationalization and reorganisation. Recommendations will be informed by fieldwork 2016/03/15 Conduct Monitoring and Evaluation Exercises Saide Newsletter Articles: Household Food security Programme – Project Leader’s Reflection Household Food Security Programme’s First Graduates Paper: Good Practice in Community Engagement: A Case study of Household Food Security in the Eastern Cape. New case study for Designing and Delivering Distance Education: Quality Criteria and Case Studies from South Africa Support Policy Development Monitoring and evaluation Report: GDE AET Draft Audit Report: Analysis of Fieldwork Data. 1 Project Gauteng Primary Literacy Strategy Sheila Drew and Tessa Welch Gauteng Primary Literacy and Mathematics Strategy (GPLMS) Maryla Bialobrzeska Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Curriculum Implementation 2016/03/15 Description findings amd statistical data of poverty and education levels within Gauteng. Subcontractors are Outsourced Insight, responsible for fieldwork and S3 technologies, responsible for GIS mapping. Evaluating the quality and effectiveness of the literacy resource packages being used in the Gauteng Primary Literacy Strategy. Managing the development of Foundation Phase Mathematics Lessons Plans for Gauteng Priority Schools for 2013, including provision of instructional design support and quality assurance Supporting CEPD in developing a framework for monitoring and evaluating curriculum implementation in the Schooling system. Service Resources Report: Materials Evaluation of Foundation Phase Literacy resource Packages: Gauteng Primary Literacy Strategy Presentation: Yes We Can! If… An Evaluation of the Quality and Effectiveness of 18 Literacy Resource Packages for the Foundation Phase. Useful tool GPLS tool for evaluating FP literacy materials Conduct monitoring and evaluation exercises Facilitate materials design and development processes Support policy development Conduct monitoring and evaluation Report: 01 M&E Framework FINAL 02 M&E Framework Instrument 1 (School Profile) FINAL 03 M&E Framework Instrument 2a (Document Review) FINAL 04 M&E Framework Instrument 2b (Coverage Review 2 Project Description Service Sheila Drew/Liora Hellman exercises Zenex Evaluation of the use of Concept Literacy ( CLP) Books Liora Hellmann and Tessa Welch Evaluating the extent and manner of use of the CLP books, both GET (Volume 1) and FET (Volume 2). The CLP books are teacher resource books that identify key maths and science concepts and translate these into Afrikaans, isiZulu and isiXhosa. The African Storybook Project Creating a digital library of African stories for early reading, and facilitating their use and versioning for local languages and contexts. 2016/03/15 Conduct monitoring and evaluation exercises Resources Exemplar) FINAL 05 M&E Framework Instrument 2c (Classroom Observation) FINAL 06 M&E Framework Instrument 3 (Teacher Interview) FINAL 07 M&E Framework User Guide FINAL 08 M&E Framework Pilot Data Display FINAL 09 M&E Framework Measurement Plan FINAL 10 M&E Framework CIIS Specification FINAL 11 M&E Framework Sampling Strategies and Guidelines FINAL 12 M&E Framework Implementation Plan FINAL Report: Evaluation of the Use of the Concept Literacy Books. Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Saide Newsletter Articles: African Storybook Project Starting Next Year. Useful Tools: Annotated Bibliography. Workshops: Planning Meeting for African Storybook Project BSG Planning Workshop Blogs: 3 Project Description Service Resources Why mother tongue literacy isn’t working: policy, pedagogy, parents and publishing. Reading: Why phonics is not enough Further Education and Training (FET) Projects DHET FET English Curriculum Revision Maryla Bialobrzeska DHET E-Cape FET Improvement Project Maryla Bialobrzeska Tracer Study of Former Namcol Students Liora Hellmann/Tony Mays/ Ed du Vivier/ Dr Brown (from Namibia) Managing NCV English First Additional Language curriculum revision process for DHET. Providing technical assistance to the DHET FET College improvement project. Improving quality of teaching and learning and programme delivery. Conducting a tracer study of former Namcol students to determine what happens to them after they complete their courses through Namcol. Support policy development Support policy development Build capacity Saide Newsletter Articles: DHET FET College Improvement Plan Useful Tools Well Functioning Teaching and Learning System. Conduct monitoring and evaluation exercises Saide Newsletter Articles: Namcol Tracer Study of Former Learners 2005 – 2010 Report: Namcol Tracer Study of Former Learners 2005 – 2010 Tools Survey instrument Teacher Education Projects ECD Fundamentals Sheila Drew Research a strategy for designing and developing fundamentals for ECD. Facilitate Programme and Course Design Report: ECD Fundamentals Consultative Meeting Report. ECD Fundamentals Networking Group Report (Draft). Caring Schools Maryla Bialobrzeska Adapting Caring Schools Guide and Tools to prepare a Mini Guide & Toolset to Course materials: Caring Schools Mini Guide and Toolkit for School Principals. 2016/03/15 Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER 4 Project Distance Education Support for UCM CED Centre for Distance Education Tessa Welch/Tony Mays/Ephraim Mhlanga /Sheila Drew/Dee Pinto EU National Materials Co-ordination Sheila Drew 2016/03/15 Description Service Resources Build capacity Facilitate materials design and development processes Saide Newsletter Articles: An Assessment Workshop for the Catholic University in Beira (UCM-CED) – May 2012 Workshop: Assessment Workshop for the Catholic University’s Centre for Distance Education. UCM CED Materials Workshop Guide Co-ordinating certain key aspects of the development of teacher education support materials within the EU funded DHET Strengthening Foundation Phase Teacher Facilitate materials design and development processes Promote the use, creation and Saide Newsletter Articles: An Open Educational Resources (OER) Protocol: Guidelines for Publishing OER. Reports: DHET/European Union Strengthening Foundation Phase Teacher Education: National Materials Workshop Narrative support implementation of Bridge’s Leadership and Management Programme with two clusters or Communities of Practice comprising 10 School Principals each (one in the NW province & one on the E Rand). Mediation of the resources is provided by a Bridge staff member who participates in one meeting per month with the cluster and visits each school principal individually once a month as well. Supporting materials evaluation/ revision, audit of distance education systems, setting up of a QA system and capacity building for B.Ed Programme Co-ordinators . 5 Project Description Service Education Programme, primarily in the interests of contributing to the production of high quality Open Education Resources and avoiding unnecessary duplication of materials across the participating institutions. Data Informed Practice Improvement Project (DIPIP)- WITS Evaluation With Development of Materials for Professional Development Tessa Welch/Liora Hellmann/Maryla Bialobrzeska EU DHET Strengthening Foundation Phase Materials Development Sheila Drew 2016/03/15 Evaluating the Data Informed Practice Improvement Project being conducted by Wits for GDE maths teachers and facilitators; Coordinating the preparation of materials for professional development based on the project. Building capacity support for the development of Foundation Phase materials with Cape Consortium Resources sharing of OER Report Workshop: P982 EUP SPSP Mantional Materials Workshop Guide v0.3 Useful Tools: Draft Guidelines for publishing OER in the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) “Strengthening Foundation Phase Teacher Education Programme” Conduct monitoring and evaluation exercises Facilitate materials design and development processes Reports: Facilitate materials design and development processes An External Review of the Data-Informed Practice Improvement Project (DIPIP). Conducted by Saide for the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand. Course: Assessment for Learning: Using data from learners’ mathematics tests in teacher professional development Saide Newsletter Articles: Foundation Phase Teacher Education Expanding Reports: EU SPSP Cape Consortium: Materials Development Report January 2012 EU SPSP Cape Consortium: Materials Development Report July 2012. EU SPSP Cape Consortium Materials Development Report January 2013 v0.1 6 Project Description Service Resources African Teacher Education OER Network Tessa Welch 2016/03/15 Starting with a strong association between Saide and TESSA, the purpose of the network is to encourage understanding, use, and sharing of OER to support teacher education and development in Africa. This is done through engagement with African teacher education institutions, workshops for sharing experience on working with OER, and through a website/newsletters. Build capacity Build and disseminate knowledge Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Materials Development Concept and Macros v0.2 with notes (draft) Saide Newsletter Articles: News from the African Teacher Education OER Network (ATEN) Reports: Strengthening Existing Development and Use of OER in African Teacher Education Through Networking and Research: Final Report on Grant #2010-5606 for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 1 August 2010 – 31 July 2012. Presentations: Communities of Practice and Open Education Resources Introducing OER for Teacher Development in African Universities OER for African Teacher Education The African Teacher Education OER Network Workshops: E-Learning Materials Development and the Use of OERs in Iringa E-Learning Material Development Workshop for Integrating OER and Multimedia Quality and Effectiveness: Using Open Educational Resources in Teacher Education Course Design. ICET Pre-conference OER Workshop Useful Tools: An OER Protocol: Guidelines for Publishing Teacher Education OER. Draft for Comment. An Outline of Basil Bernstein’s Concepts by Ken Harley Blogs: Chalimbana eLearning Materials Development Workshop 7 Project Description Service Resources SACE CPTD Management system Tessa Welch Third Edition of Saide Teacher Education Publications Tony Mays Tessa Welch UKZN Advanced Certificate in Teaching Materials Development Sheila Drew 2016/03/15 eLearning Materials Development and the Use of OERs in Iringa. Supportiing ODL and Teacher Development in Zambia with OER Recent Developments in the African Teacher Education OER Network (ATEN) Preparing report on progress of implementation of system for teacher development managed by South African Council of Educators. This is done through documents review, data analysis of provincial pilots and interviews. Revising/updating Getting Practical and Curriculum. Getting Practical has been printed and Curriculum will be available at the end of the year. Monitoring and evaluation Report: The Status of the CPTD Management System Build and disseminate knowledge Saide Newsletter Articles: Getting Practical – New Edition Published Resources: Getting Practical. 3rd ed. Curriculum. 3rd ed. Developing of Foundation phase materials for mixedmode advanced certificate in teaching for UKZN. Facilitate materials design and development processes Workshops: UKZN Act Materials Development May 2012 UKZN ACT Materials Development October 2012 8 Project Description Service Resources CPUT Grade R Diploma Sheila Drew Participating initial planning discussion at CPUT, with a possibility of assisting with research and development of a grade R diploma for teachers funded by the European Union. Facilitate programme and course design projects Report: European Union Sector Policy Support Programme: “Strengthening Foundation PhaseTeacher Education”. Cape Peninsula University of Technology: Level 6 Grade R Diploma. JET initial teacher education research Tessa Welch Prepare report on the structure and implementation of initial teacher education programmes at Unisaand participate in planning of long term tracer study of how oteacher education programmes offered at higher education institutions in South Africa prepare teachers for the first year of teaching. Conduct monitoring and evaluation exercises Report: A Case Study of Unisa’s provision of Initial Professional Education of Teachers 2016/03/15 Useful tools An outline for writing up case studies of initial professional education of teachers [Jet Education Services] 9 Project Description Service Nistcol/VVOB Tony Mays Quality Assuring of a short and practical blended learning course for College of Education lecturers on innovation in learner support of ODel provision that can be hosted on the NISTCOL Moddle learning environment. Additional support will be provided with regard to recent innovations in the area of learner support, including an inttoducation to the potential of OER. Facilitate programme and course design projects Resources Higher Education Projects Taking responsibility for the VUMA! Student Portal for students initiated by Fotim, and further developing it to provide students with academic development tools. Vuma Portal Pilot Piloting and evalauating use Maryla of the recently developed Bialobrzeska/Ephraim tutorials on the portal at Mhlanga three universities. FAO Vuma Portal Shelley Nicholas 2016/03/15 Providing expertise in Build capacity Promote the appropriate use of technology Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Conduct monitoring and evaluation exercises Facilitate materials Saide Newsletter Articles: TUT Successfully Participates in the VUMA! Skills Zone Pilot Resources Tutorials in the Skills Zone of the portal The portal Workshops: 10 Project Description Brenda Mallinson/ Maryla Bialobrzeska Phase 1 and Phase 2 Instructional Design for course materials development and the use of Virtual learning Environments (Moodle) and materials development to the FAO on the food safety and quality standards course being offered at the University of the Cape Coast Ghana. Facilitating a series of workshops on quality assurance leading to the setting up of a quality assurance support agency. African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) Workshops on Quality Assurance Ephraim Mhlanga Africa Lead Alice Barlow Zambodla 2016/03/15 Hosting, updating and expanding USAID's Africa Lead Short Agricultural Courses database and training staff at African Agricultural institutions to use it effectively. We will also be responsible for updating and training staff at institutions to use the database jointly with Service design and development processes Build Capacity Promote the Appropriate Use of Technology Build capacity Support in development of quality assurance tools. Resources The Practicalities of Working with OER: A Workshop for the UCC Food Safety Course Writing Team Food Safety and Quality Standards Moodle Workshop. Transforming Food Safety and Quality Standards Materials for Online Deployment – a Moodle Workshop Workshops: The need for a common quality assurance framework in Africa Tools: ACDE – QAAA Quality Assurance Tools and Instruments: Adapted from Standards and Performance Indicators for Quality Assurance of Distance Higher Education Institutions and Programmes. Build and disseminate knowledge Promote the appropriate use of technology Build capacity Promote OER 11 Project Strengthening Critical Value Chains with AgShare Open Knowledge Jenny Glennie/ Alice Barlow Zambodla/Catherine Ngugi/Neil Butcher Agshare OER Jenny Glennie/ Catherine Ngugi/ Neil Butcher 2016/03/15 Description RUFORUM. The next phase of the AgShare project will involve facilitating the institutional integration of the AgShare method at Makerere, Mekelle and Haramaya Universities. Sokoine University will be supported to develop relevant OERs to support their PhD programme in Soil and Water Mangagement. All OER developed on the project are to be quality insured and disseminated widely to various stakeholders to improve quality of agricultural teaching and learning and support capacity development of agricultural value chain stakeholders. Conducting four OER pilots at selected universities in East Africa within Masters degree programmes. The aim is to demonstrate the potential of OER in Service Resources Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Build capacity Facilitate programme and course design projects Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Build capacity Facilitate programme and Saide Newsletter Articles: AgShare Pilot Impact Assessment Special Issue of the Saide Newsletter for Ruforum Conference, September 2012. Reports: Agshare Planning and Pilot Project: Impact Study 12 Project Description Service supporting agricultural development in Africa. Health OER Jenny Glennie/Catherine Ngugi/ Neil Butcher Higher Education Quality Committee Jenny Glennie Distance Education for Universities in South Africa Jenny Glennie Tony Mays UNISA Council Jenny Glennie University Funding Committee Jenny Glennie 2016/03/15 Building on proof-ofconcept work done during a prior planning grant, launching and sustaining an African Health OER Network over two years, in partnership with the University of Michigan. Participation by the Saide Director in the HEQC as Deputy Chairperson Incorporation of feedback on the draft policy into a final policy Participation by Saide Director in the UNISA Council, its Audit Committee (Deputy Chair)and its ICTs Committee (Deputy Chair). Participation by the Saide Director in the Minister’s Committee to refund course design projects Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Build capacity Build and disseminate knowledge Resources Blog: Agshare Pilot Project Haramaya University – AICM OER Materials Launch Saide Newsletter Articles: African Health OER Network Impact Analysis Reports: African Health OER Network Impact Study by Ken Harley. Growing an Institutional Health OER Initiative: A Case Study of the University of Cape Town Workshops: Health Alliance Workshop to finalise MPH proposal Support policy development Quality Assurance Support policy development Draft policy document Support policy development Presentations: Planning and Risks at Unisa Enrolment Planning in Higher Education Role of Unisa’s ICT Committee in the Current Context Support policy development Contribution on distance education to the final report 13 Project Description UNISA College of Human Sciences Tony Mays University Funding Providing operational management support to College Management Committee. UNISA PVC’s office Tony Mays UNISA College of Education Tony Mays Disposition of the final PHEA funds Neil Butcher 2016/03/15 Providing support to PVC’s office iro International reference Group, Organisational Architecture review and development of conference paper and articles. Providing support for curriculum renewal in the new College including particular foci on Open Education Resources integration and the conceptualisation and management of teaching practice. The grant covers four components Preparation of Relevant University of Winneba Service Resources Build capacity Reports: Nurturing Well-Rounded Academics: Evaluation of a Mentoring Approach, Unisa CHS. Nurturing Academic Leadership: Lessons from the Unisa College of Human Sciences Experience. University of South Africa Audit on Formative Assessment Workshops: Unisa CHS Programme Manager’s Forum: Reflexive Research Unisa CHS e-Tutors Workshop Facilitate programme and course design projects Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Build capacity Presentations: CEDU ( College of Education at Unisa) – Reminagined PQM Workshops: College of Education Strategic Planning Review Workshop Promote the appropriate use of technology Promote the use, 14 Project PHEA Education Technology Initiative Jenny Glennie/ Neil Butcher OER Africa Implementation Grant 2009 – 2013 Jenny Glennie/ Catherine Ngugi/ 2016/03/15 Description materials as OER; Development of eLearning policies in Lesotho; Layout, design and digital publication of Saide’s Design Guide. Development of African Storybook website and research on technological devices Working with seven universities in Sub-Saharan Africa to develop Educational Technology strategies and design and implement various projects to give practical expression to these strategies. Working with different institutions and academics to support OER development projects. Service Resources creation and sharing of OER Build capacity Facilitate materials design and development processes Promote the appropriate use of technology Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Build capacity Build and disseminate knowledge Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Build capacity Saide Newsletter Articles: PHEA ETI Inter-Institutional Workshop Development and Delivering of Teaching and Learning Materials PHEA ET Update Reports: PHEA ETI Additional Grant Report July to November 2012. Workshops: OER Deployment Workshop, Makerere University PHEA ETI Inter-Institutional Annual Workshop OER Deployment Workshop, UDSM Blogs: PHEA ETI Update – OER Workshop at UDSM PHEA ETI – OER Site Visit to Makerere University, Uganda Saide Newsletter Articles: OER Sensitization Workshop in Sudan The Basics of Open Educational Resources. A Review of ‘A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources” OER Africa’s Copyright and Policy Toolkits Now Available. 15 Project Description Service 2012 OER Hewlett Grantees’ Meeting The OER Paris Declaration Reports: Advocating and Supporting OER: Digital Acceleration and Beyond. UniMa/OER Africa e-Learning for New Course Designers Workshop Report. Visit Report KCN Counselling OER Booklet and CD. Toolkits: OER Copyright and Licensing Toolkit OER Policy Review and Development Toolkit Presentations: Pillars of the OER Ecosystem: High Quality Supply Bridging the Divide: Visions of Education Futures Through Technology Pillars of the OER Ecosystem: Supportive Policies The Impact of OER and eLearning in Higher Education in Africa Openess in the Developing World: Initiatives in a Few African Countries Workshops E-Learning for New Course Designers Workshop Blogs: First Creative Commons (CC) Regional Convening 2012 Paris OER Declaration Approved World Open Educational Resources Congress OER Africa/Saide Now Working with Merlot Neil Butcher OER Africa 2012-2014 Catherine Ngugi, 2016/03/15 Resources Third phase of project ; Supporting faculties in English-speaking African Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER 16 Project Description Service Jenny Glennie Tony Mays universities to develop and implement institutional strategies and policies to promote the use and creation of OER to improve teaching and learning. Editing of a publication comprising case studies of the use, re-use and adaptation of OER in Higher Education. Lesotho Higher Education Policy and Strategic Plan Ephraim Mhlanga Developing Higher Education Policy and a strategic plan for Lesotho higher education. Lesotho Higher Education Quality Assurance Ephraim Mhlanga Strengthening of Quality Assurance Systems of Higher Education institutions in Lesotho. UNESCO COL Case Studies on OER Jenny Glennie 2016/03/15 Build capacity Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER Resources Support policy development Build capacity Support policy development Build capacity Saide Newsletter Articles: Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice Book chapter: Vignette: Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Blogs: Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice Reports: Developing a Higher Education Policy & Strategic Plan for the Kingdom of Lesotho: Situational Analysis. Higher Education Policy for the Kingdom of Lesotho. Version 6. Higher Education Strategic Plan Version 4. Workshops Higher education policy framework for Lesotho: Situational analysis. Reports: CHE Lesotho Improvement Workshop Report Workshops: Lesotho CHE Quality Improvement Workshop Useful Tools: Guidelines for Self-Assessment (Self-Evaluation) CHE Monitoring Tool. 17 Project Description Service Resources Supporting the South African College for Applied Psychology (SACAP) Accreditation Application. Ephraim Mhlanga African eLearning Network Alice BarlowZambodla and Brenda Mallinson Review of SACAP Application for accreditation of its Higher Certificate in Counselling and Communication Skills by Distance Education. Quality assurance Investigating the viability of parameters and potential partnerships for the formation of a network for eLearning practitioners and researchers across the university sector in Africa. Promote the appropriate use of technology Reports: Final Report on African eLearning Network Scoping Project Good Practices for Online Professional Networks and Communities. Draft Report Version 4.6 Secretarial and information service support to the National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa Build and disseminate knowledge Facilitate materials design and Saide Newsletter Article: Nadeosa Case Studies on Good Practice in ODL Case Studies: Good Practice in Community Engagement: A Case study of Household Food Security in the Eastern Cape. New case study for Designing and Delivering Distance Education: Quality Criteria and Case Studies from South Africa. The Potential of Mobile Phones in Supporting Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Learners: The Case of the University of Pretoria. A Case Study of Regional Strategic Alliances Toward Offering a Professional Psychosocial Support Programme: A Case Study from the University of Swaziland. Resources: Generic NADEOSA Secretariat Jenny Louw Design Guide 2016/03/15 18 Project Sheila Drew, Greig Krull 2016/03/15 Description Service development processes Resources Design Guide. Promote the use, creation and sharing of OER 19