Open University
For The Teacher Education In Sub Saharan Africa Program
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Amount$300,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2014
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Open University is one of the largest universities in the world and has been at the forefront in offering open and distance learning, including open educational resources, for decades. This grant would provide support to the Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa (TESSA) project, an internationally-recognized exemplar of OER for teacher training in SSA, to test what it takes to not only provide access to open resources but also enable adaptation of those resources by faculty at four colleges of education in Ghana. This work will help to inform TESSA and the broader OER community about how OER practices can transform teaching and learning.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.open.ac.uk/
Address
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA United Kingdom
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA United Kingdom
Grants to this Grantee
for support of organizational diversity, equity and inclusion capacity to advance educational equity
for exploring the viability of introducing open textbooks in higher education in the United Kingdom
The Open University was founded in the U.K. in 1969 to open up higher education to all, regardless of circumstances or location. The university will explore the viability of introducing open textbooks in U.K. higher education. The project will also test the generalizability of two open textbook adoption models currently supported by the Program: the OpenStax model and the Open Textbook Network approach.
for the Global OER Graduate Network
The Open University’s Global OER Graduate Network is an international network that connects Ph.D. researchers (and their supervisors) who are studying issues related to OER through seminars and online community building. The network will continue enhancing the diversity of its members, drawing out important research findings, and sustaining a community of students and researchers. A robust OER research infrastructure and increased use of high impact research will support mainstream OER adoption.
