Open University

For The Teacher Education In Sub Saharan Africa Project

  • Amount
    $175,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    11/15/2012
  • Term
    24.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    Project
Overview
Launched in 2005, the Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa (TESSA) project has since grown to become an internationally-recognized exemplar of OER for teacher training in SSA. From 2005 - 2009 the project primarily focused on developing country-specific versions of the TESSA materials, while activities from 2009-2012 focused on program implementation, the production of supplementary materials, and research to understand how teacher educators were using TESSA. To understand the project's progress to date against its original goals and determine ways in which the program could be improved, a formative evaluation of the project was conducted from May to September 2012. This proposal follows up on the recommendations made in the evaluation, which primarily addressed sustainable approaches to pedagogic change within teacher training institutions using TESSA (in other words, ways in which TESSA could be more deeply embedded within training institutions). Three strands of work will focus on documenting, extending, and scaling TESSA across multiple contexts. The first strand includes documentation of the policy and organizational structures of two organizations where TESSA is used extensively (one distance and one campus university). The second will explore replication of TESSA use from one training institution to three other teacher colleges in Ghana (which use a face-to-face model of instruction), and the third will attempt to scale TESSA use by encouraging National Certificate of Education Supervisor use of TESSA Nigeria on a mobile platform. The aim of this project is to expand and embed the use of TESSA OER in partner institutions, leading to sustainable pedagogic change.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.open.ac.uk 
Address
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
Grants to this Grantee
for sponsorship of GO-GN workshop at Open Education Global Conference  
The Open University’s Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) is an international network that uses seminars and online community building to connect researchers and postgraduate scholars who are studying the design and implementation of open educational resources, polices, and practices. This conference sponsorship grant will support a workshop focused on sharing research activities to further collaboration. Outcomes include increased diversity of global representation in the network, co-design of research outputs, further consolidation of the GO-GN network as leaders in open education research, and development of a model for future events both for GO-GN and other open education communities. (Substrategy: Field Building)
for the Global OER Graduate Network  
The Open University’s Global OER Graduate Network, or GO-GN, is an international network that uses seminars and online community building to connect scholars and Ph.D. students who are studying issues related to open education. The network will continue to enhance the diversity of its membership, synthesize important research findings, and sustain a community of practice. A robust research infrastructure and increased use of high-impact studies will support the effective implementation of open educational resources and practices. (Substrategy: Field Building)
for the Open University OER Research Hub  
The OER Research Hub at the Open University in the United Kingdom aims to establish and raise the profile of an evidence base for OER. The hub will refine research directions for the OER field, improve the tools for building research capacity, and develop approaches for supporting the research needs of other organizations and funders working in the OER field. This work will coalesce the research base regarding OER and improve research capacity.

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