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REBECCA NGALANDE - UNIMA KCN PRESENTED AT 2011 OER CONVENING CONFERENCE – SAFARI PARK HOTEL - NAIROBI KENYA 18 TH

EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES OF OER AT UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI KAMUZU COLLEGE OF NURSING. REBECCA NGALANDE - UNIMA KCN PRESENTED AT 2011 OER CONVENING CONFERENCE – SAFARI PARK HOTEL - NAIROBI KENYA 18 TH MAY 2011. Paper Guide.

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REBECCA NGALANDE - UNIMA KCN PRESENTED AT 2011 OER CONVENING CONFERENCE – SAFARI PARK HOTEL - NAIROBI KENYA 18 TH

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  1. EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES OF OER AT UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI KAMUZU COLLEGE OF NURSING REBECCA NGALANDE - UNIMA KCN PRESENTED AT 2011 OER CONVENING CONFERENCE – SAFARI PARK HOTEL - NAIROBI KENYA 18TH MAY 2011

  2. Paper Guide  Is Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) prepared / ready to create relevant OER? What OER has been produced at KCN? Is institutional policy at KCN – and at the University of Malawi as a whole –amenable to OER?     To what extent is KCN involved in an OER community of practice within which to share, adapt and re-sue relevant OER?

  3. Outline of the Presentation • Background • Significance of OER • Lessons learnt • Challenges • Role of students in OER • Future of OER at KCN

  4. BACKGROUND: KCN University of Malawi (UNIMA) college Traced from 1965 Has two campuses

  5. KCN MISSION “Provide quality, comprehensive and cost effective nursing, Midwifery and other Health related educational programmes in response to societal provision to promote the health of the people of Malawi, Africa and beyond’’.

  6. CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE • Change of environment • National needs • Transition

  7. CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE Partial IT Dept Power supply UNIMA and government attitude towards tertiary education

  8. PURPOSE OF OER Improve access to learning opportunities by sharing knowledge and learning resources Save time, cut costs and contribute to improving the quality of teaching and learning – quality graduates with required competencies Stimulates and facilitate s growth of a pool of learning resources With OER you are free to use, adapt, mix and share the resources, and become part of the growing community

  9. STRATEGY Formulation of OER champions : • Sensitize • Lobby • stable power • Pilot project • Technical support • Funding

  10. OER TYPE • Learning package for midwifery students clinical experience part one; • Uncomplicated prenatal care • Uncomplicated labour • Uncomplicated postpartum care • Support : IADP, and South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)

  11. PILOT PROJECT OBJECTIVES Increase OER understanding Capacity building Develop /create OER

  12. OUTCOME Formulation of OER team Training of OER champions Production of the 1st OER resource Piloting of resource from July –September 2010 with 11 midwifery students

  13. LESSONS LEARNT : OER

  14. LESSONS LEARNT: The POWER Of OER • Your contribution makes a difference worldwide in education like • Students in USA & Africa are able to collaborate on a specific area of interest • An educator is able to find easily group exercises for her learning science class • Your experience in using open and freely shared course-related materials is valuable in the reuse and evolution of the materials as it improves quality and confidence of the producer

  15. LESSONS LEARNT: INSTITUTIONAL New movement in education An opportunity to market the institution

  16. LESSONS LEARNT : FACULTY An opportunity to market self Try new ways of teaching Network and collaborate Share experiences

  17. LESSONS LEARNT : STUDENTS Current information Collaborate and network with other colleges New methods of learning Flexibility —materials can be adapted for specific students needs

  18. LESSONS LEARNT : TEACHING RESOURCE • Responsibilities • Technical support and IT depts. • Attitude of faculty • Change of curriculum

  19. OER Production Challenges Challenges Strategy Processing purchase of generator Improved internet Recruitment stage Using off hours initially Good support from management but to source funding after launch of pilot Sensitization • Unstable internet and power • Material search • No local technical support and IT depts. • Time for the team • Lack of funding project • Attitude of faculty members

  20. OER WAY FORWARD Advance the OER movement: Awareness  NetworkingCreation and use: Develop more capacity  Quality assuranceIdentify facilitators and barriers:  Strong committed team  Sustainability

  21. 2ND PROJECT:Counseling skills • Complex - • Involved large group • Three colleges • Faculty and technical teams • Majority not committed • Core resource and departmental

  22. KCN OER CHAMPIONS • Rebecca C Ngalande – MCH & DDOF College OER Coordinator & e-learning champion BT • Elizabeth Chodzaza - MCH DHOD e- Learning Liason Officer & OER Champion team member BT • Chrissie Phiri - MCH OER Champion Team member LL • Wynes Gondwe - Clinical & DHOD OER Champion Team member BT • Mary Kamphinda Banda - DHOD Med-Surg OER Champion Team Member BT • Emphraim Banda ICT Support Staff OER Champion Team member BT

  23. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Team is grateful to the following for both material, moral, time and physical assistance IADP for guidance and encouragement SAIDE and Christiane Randell for facillitation during the initial phase KCN former and current librarians KCN management for encouragement and financial and moral support throughout the process

  24. THANK YOU from warm heart of Africa

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