1. AT The Open University of Tanzania
OER - Journey
AT The Open University of Tanzania

2. OER activities at The Open University of Tanzania

3. Capacity Building
April 2014 – OER workshops facilitated Doreen Mushi from The Open University of Tanzania
MAY OER workshop facilitated by Trudi Van Wyk from Common - wealth of Learning
April 2013 – OER workshop facilitated Brenda Mallinson from the South African Institute of Distance Education
April 2016 – OER workshops facilitated by staff from the Open University of Tanzania in collaboration with Common wealth of Learning
April 2015 – OER workshops facilitated by Albert Ishengoma from The Open University of Tanzania

4. Content Development
TESSA: OUT staff engaged in the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) project which aimed at improving the quality of classroom practices as well as providing access to teacher education resources across sub-Saharan Africa through the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) in four languages to support school-based teacher education: English, French, Swahili (Tanzania) and Arabic (Sudan).
ICT COL-OUT OER Project: OUT staff have also developed OER courses namely Introduction to databases and Web Programming. This is part of a global initiative involving Open and Distance Learning institution from the Common wealth countries. The aim of the project is to assist youth in developing advanced ICT skills. These courses can be accessed in the OER repository:
The Digital Fluency: OUT staff have also developed an OER course for Academic community at Higher Education Institutions. It comprises of five modules: Digital Fundamentals; Working with Open Educational Resources; Learning Design and Development for Blended / Online Delivery; Academic Integrity in the Digital Age; Storage and Access for Digital Resources. These modules offer the academic community more than ‘computer literacy’ knowledge and skills which enable them to take advantage of the affordances of using ICTs for the full range of teaching and learning, research, administrative duties, and blended or online modes of provision. These modules are accessible in both the OUT OER repository and LMS:

5. DIGITAL FLUENCY MODULES IN THE LMS

6. OUT OER Working Group Content Development - Course Conversion Process
Preparation
Copyright clearance
Search for OER Material
Pedagogical Improvement
Reviews – external SME & internal CC adherence
Open Licensing
Publishing as OER
(Academic Staff, Students, SMEs)
(IEMT,
Library Quality Ass.)
OUT OER Working Group

7. Content Development – Course conversion Process cont.
Completed courses
OLW 314 Commercial law into OER
OEF 101 Philosophy of Education and Teaching
Ongoing courses
OLW 202: Law of Evidence
304: Population Migration and Development
OGE 121: Background to Physical resources
FRA 1: French 1
FRA 2: French 2
OLL 235: Phonetics and Phonology

8. Publications (2013-2016): 1. Samzugi, A. S. , & Mwinyimbegu, C. S
Publications ( ): 1.Samzugi, A.S., & Mwinyimbegu, C.S. (2013). ‘Accessibility of Open Educational Resources for Distance Education Learners: The Case of the Open University of Tanzania.’ HURIA: Journal of The Open University of Tanzania, Vol 14 pp Available online at: journal Vol 14 - final 2013_2.pdf
2. Nihuka, K. A., Mbwette, T. S., & Kihwelo, P. F. (2014). ‘Open Educational Resources Initiative at The Open University of Tanzania: Challenges and Lessons Learned.’ Paper presented at the EADTU (Open and Flexible Higher Education) International Conference, October, Krakow, Poland. Conference Proceedings: The Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2014 pp Available online at:
3. Muganda, C.K., Samzugi. A. and Mallinson, B.J. (2016). ‘Analytical Insights on the Position, Challenges and Potential for Promoting OER in ODeL Institutions in Africa.’ IRRODL, Vol. 17, No 4. Available online at:
4.Dr K. Nihuka (OUT) and Ms. B. Mallinson (OER Africa) "Towards OER Integration for Professional Development of Lecturers at OUT". Journal of Adult Education JAET No. 20, Vol 1, Available online at:

9. Conference papers/workshops (2017):
5. DETA conference (1-4 August 2017, Kigali, Rwanda)
Conf Theme: Getting practical about Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 in Teacher Education in Africa. Pre-conference Workshop: Exploring the Digital Fluency course for Academic staff.
Workshop Leaders: Brenda Mallinson and Maria Augusti
6. OE Global 2017 (8-10 March, Cape Town)
Paper Title: Modelling Openness in Academic Professional Development: case study of developing the Digital Fluency course at Open University of Tanzania.
Authors: Brenda Mallinson and Regina Monyemangene
7. Names: DOREEN. F. MWAMLANGALA
Institution: The Open University Of Tanzania
Title Of The Project: Challenges Of The Open Educational Resources: A Comparative Study Between Shanghai Open University And The Open University Of Tanzania

10. Policy Formulation Default licenses
i) CC BY-NC shall be the default license for all OUT OER teaching and learning materials.
ii) CC BY-ND shall be the default license for selected research and official publications.
iii) OUT reserves the right to create, produce and publish non derivative and derivative works as OER.

11. Policy Implementation
Objective 1: Creating widespread OER Awareness
Objective 2: Build capacity in working with OER
Objective 3: Increase OER Production and Publishing
Objective 4: OER integration institutionalised at OUT
Objective 5: Conducting and disseminating OER Research

12. Thank you for listening
Asante!