Harnessing Open Educational Resources to the Challenges of Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

dc.creator	Jayshree Thakrar
dc.creator	Denise Zinn
dc.creator	Freda Wolfenden
dc.date	2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:17:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:17:55Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c1d4fc95215e4101b45919e44b35711b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19210
dc.description	The challenges to teacher educators in sub-Saharan Africa are acute. This paper describes how the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) consortium is working within institutional and national policy systems to support school-based teacher professional development. The TESSA consortium (13 African institutions and 5 international organisations delivering teacher education across 9 countries) designed and produced a bank of open educational resources (OERs) to guide teachers’ classroom practices in school-based teacher education. Drawing on examples from the TESSA consortium and from the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, the authors categorize the forms of TESSA OER integration as highly structured, loosely structured, or guided use. The paper concludes by outlining success factors for the integration of OERs: accessibility, adequate resources, support for teachers, accommodation of local cultural and institutional practices, and sustainable funding.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/705/1319
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 10, Iss 4 (2009)
dc.subject	Open educational resources
dc.subject	sub-Saharan Africa
dc.subject	teacher education
dc.subject	school-based teacher development
dc.subject	TESSA
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Harnessing Open Educational Resources to the Challenges of Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.type	article