Outputs register for HLR3 - Teacher Allocation Sierra Leone - Haßler, Björn; McBurnie, Chris; Beoku-Betts, Iman (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _r:AddedByZotZen

Outputs Register for HLR 3: The Impact of GIS-Supported Teacher Allocation in Sierra Leone - Haßler, Björn; McBurnie, Chris; Beoku-Betts, Iman (EdTech Hub, 2023)

Outil d'évaluation de la littératie numérique - Smart Africa Alliance; Hassan, Mansour; Grace, Macharia; Waziri, Nafisa; Haßler, Björn (Smart Africa Alliance, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: Coming soon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Outdoor thermal comfort and adaptive behaviors in a university campus in China's hot summer-cold winter climate region - Huang, Zefeng; Cheng, Bin; Gou, Zhonghua; Zhang, Fan (Building and environment, 2019)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

Outcomes for Implementation Research: Conceptual Distinctions, Measurement Challenges, and Research Agenda - Proctor, Enola; Silmere, Hiie; Raghavan, Ramesh; Hovmand, Peter; Aarons, Greg; Bunger, Alicia; Griffey, Richard; Hensley, Melissa (Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2011)

Outcomes for Implementation Research: Conceptual Distinctions, Measurement Challenges, and Research Agenda - Proctor, Enola; Silmere, Hiie; Raghavan, Ramesh; Hovmand, Peter; Aarons, Greg; Bunger, Alicia; Griffey, Richard; Hensley, Melissa (Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research, 2011)
An unresolved issue in the field of implementation research is how to conceptualize and evaluate successful implementation. This paper advances the concept of “implementation outcomes” distinct from service system and clinical treatment outcomes. This paper proposes a heuristic, working “taxonomy” of eight conceptually distinct implementation outcomes—acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, fidelity, implementation cost, penetration, and sustainability—along with their nominal definitions. We propose a two-pronged agenda for research on implementation outcomes. Conceptualizing and measuring implementation outcomes will advance understanding of implementation processes, enhance efficiency in implementation research, and pave the way for studies of the comparative effectiveness of implementation strategies.

Outcomes-based education and educational reform in South Africa - Botha, Nico (International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2002)
The outcomes-based education or OBE paradigm (the underlying philosophy behind South Africa's ‘Curriculum’ 2005), which focuses on the outcomes of the educational process, was introduced in South Africa during the last decade as one of the measures to improve the quality of education in post-apartheid South Africa and to address the demands for an increasingly skilled working force. The OBE system (model) was introduced in South Africa on the assumption that it would lead to an increase in the quality of education that South African learners attain in schools. However, questions remain regarding whether OBE will necessarily improve the quality of education and transform South African schools. These questions are addressed, and the introduction of outcomes-based education in South Africa is discussed.

Outcome mapping: building learning and reflection into development programs - Earl, Sarah; Carden, F.; Patton, Michael Quinn; Smutylo, Terry (International Development Research Centre, 2001)
Keywords: Assistance technique; Community development; Coopération internationale; Développement communautaire; Economic development projects; Evaluation; Evaluation research (Social action programs); International cooperation; Projets de développement économique; Technical assistance; Évaluation; Évaluation de programme

Outcome Mapping: A Basic Introduction - in, Copyright © 2022 Research to Action All rights reserved Log (Research to Action, 2012)
Outcome mapping (OM) is a methodology for planning and assessing projects that aim to bring about ‘real’ and tangible change. It has been developed with...

Outcome Harvesting: Principles, Steps, and Evaluation Applications - Wilson-Grau, Ricardo (2018)
Keywords: Final_citation

Outcome Harvesting: Principles, Steps, and Evaluation Applications - Wilson-Grau, Ricardo (Information Age Publishing, 2018)
Are you a grant maker, manager or evaluator who must assess your work to improve as well as be accountable for the use of resources and results? Does the project, program or organization you fund, manage or evaluate contend with substantial uncertainty about what to do and what will be the results? Do you thus experience constant change and unexpected and unforeseeable actors and factors in your intervention? Do you need to know what you are achieving and how in real time? And therefore, do you seek an alternative to conventional monitoring and evaluation of social change results? If yes, then you are the audience for this book. Beginning in 2002, working closely with co-evaluators and commissioners of evaluations, the author developed Outcome Harvesting to enable evaluators, grant makers, and managers to identify, formulate, verify, and make sense of changes that interventions have influenced in a broad range of cutting–edge innovation and development projects and programs around the world. Over these years, he led Outcome Harvesting evaluative exercises involving almost 500 non-governmental organizations, networks, government agencies, funding agencies, community-based organizations, research institutes and university programs. In over fifty evaluations, with forty co-evaluators he has harvested thousands of outcomes on six continents. Outcome Harvesting has proven useful in evaluations of a great diversity of initiatives: human rights advocacy, political, economic and environmental advocacy, arts and culture, health systems, information and communication technology, conflict and peace, water and sanitation, taxonomy for development, violence against women, rural development, organic agriculture, participatory democracy, waste management, public sector reform, good governance, eLearning, social accountability, and business competition, amongst others. In this book, the author explains the steps of Outcome Harvesting and how to customize them according to the nine underlying principles. He shares his experience and gives practical advice on how to work with Outcome Harvesting and remain true to its essential features.

Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3): Making positive sexual and reproductive health and education outcomes a reality for adolescents and young people in sub-Saharan Africa. - UNESCO (2020)

Oster and Thornton - Chaudhury (2013)

Os Desafios Das Reformas Na Formação De Professores Na África Subsariana - Vieira, Arlindo (2015)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:SSA; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Organizing Research and Development at the Intersection of Learning, Implementation, and Design - Penuel, William R.; Fishman, Barry J.; Haugan Cheng, Britte; Sabelli, Nora (Educational Researcher, 2011)
This article describes elements of an approach to research and development called design-based implementation research. The approach represents an expansion of design research, which typically focuses on classrooms, to include development and testing of innovations that foster alignment and coordination of supports for improving teaching and learning. As in policy research,implementation is a key focus of theoretical development and analysis. What distinguishes this approach from both traditional design research and policy research is the presence of four key elements: (a) a focus on persistent problems of practice from multiple stakeholders’ perspectives; (b) a commitment to iterative, collaborative design; (c) a concern with developing theory related to both classroom learning and implementation through systematic inquiry; and (d) a concern with developing capacity for sustaining change in systems.

Organizational culture and creativity in entrepreneurship education: A study of secondary education in Nigeria - Moses, Chinonye Love; Ayodele, Olokundun Maxwell; Mosunmola, Akinbode; Gbenga, Agboola Mayowa (Research Journal of Applied Sciences, 2016)
© Medwell Journals, 2016. This study was based on an ethnographic research of the culture of entrepreneurship teaching in 2nd Evangelical Church in West Africa (ECWA) Secondary School. Data was collated through the instrument of in depth interview and was analyzed through content analysis. The findings showed that there is positive relationship between organizational culture and creativity in entrepreneurship education. This is an indication that organizational culture impacts heavily on creativity in entrepreneurship teaching. The study concluded with the sections of recommendations for policy implications.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:West Africa; C:Nigeria; CA:AandC; CCZ:Nigeria; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; F:policy; F:teaching; P:culture; Q:secondary education; R:impact; R:interview; T:entrepreneurship education; Z:Creativity; Z:Entrepreneurship education; Z:Organizational culture; Z:Secondary education; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Organizational Agility (2014)

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States - Wikipedia (Wikipedia, 2020)

Orchestrating the XO computer with digital and conventional resources to teach mathematics - Diaz, A; Nussbaum, M; Varela, I (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2014)

ORBIT and OER4Schools: supporting effective primary and secondary school practice through OER - Haßler, Björn; Hennessy, Sara; Jestaz, Caroline (2012)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Bolivia BOL; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Colombia COL; _C:Congo XCO; _C:Congo, Democratic Republic COD; _C:Costa Rica CRI; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Czech Republic CZE; _C:Denmark DNK; _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:Estonia EST; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Georgia GEO; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Hungary HUN; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Israel ISR; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Ivory Coast CIV; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mauritius MUS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Peru PER; _C:Poland POL; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Romania ROU; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Saudi Arabia SAU; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Slovenia SVN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; _C:Viet Nam VNM; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; ⛔ No DOI found

Orange Education Portal - Orange Sierra Leone (2020)

Oracy and Literacy in the Making: Collaborative Talk and Writing in Grade 6 Mexican Classrooms - Rojas-Drummond, Sylvia; María, Márquez Ana; Riikka, Hofmann; Fiona, Maine; Luisa, Rubio Ana; José, Hernández; Kissy, Guzmán (Open Spaces for Interactions and Learning Diversities, 2016)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Optimizing thermal comfort and energy use for learning environments - Taylor, Mary; Brown, Nathan C.; Rim, Donghyun (Energy and Buildings, 2021)
Thermal comfort is a critical component of indoor environments, especially in schools where learning is the main objective. However, thermal comfort comes at a price that many schools are unable to afford. Therefore, it is critical to determine a method to lower the energy costs of a building while still maintaining occupant thermal comfort. The objective of this study is to investigate how three indoor environmental parameters of air speed, humidity, and air temperature influence energy and thermal comfort in classroom environments. We employed a multi-objective optimization method that considers all three thermal parameters in the design and operation of a classroom. This method is demonstrated for three distinct climate locations (very hot and humid, cold and humid, warm and marine). Overall, our findings demonstrate significant energy savings from 1.3 to 9.1 kWh/year/m2 for cases where energy reduction is achieved. These values are for cases where the total annual number of hours that more than 10% of people are dissatisfied in a space are 0 to 42 in Miami and San Francisco and 26 to 49 in Boston. This translates to a cost savings of $3,000 to $12,800 per year for the entire building at current market rates. Note that for all locations, there were also cases where the number of hours that more than 10% of people were dissatisfied were reduced from the baseline value while still reducing energy use. This optimization framework shows promise for building mechanical designers seeking to maintain increased levels of thermal comfort throughout the year while lowering energy use.
Keywords: Air speed; BE:RELEVANT; Building energy; Classroom; Humidity; Multi-objective optimization; Thermal comfort

Optimization of school network using location-allocation analysis: Case study: Bandung, Indonesia - Alifi, Muhammad Riza; Hayati, Hashri; Supangkat, Suhono (2017)

Optimising worked example instruction: Different ways to increase germane cognitive load - Paas, Fred; van Gog, Tamara (Learning and Instruction, 2006)
Worked examples are an effective instructional means to teach complex problem-solving skills. It has been argued that worked examples decrease extraneous load, enabling more Working Memory (WM) resources to be directed to activities that facilitate learning and transfer performance. Hence, cognitive load research has started to shift its focus towards finding instructional techniques that impose a germane cognitive load by stimulating the allocation of WM resources to such activities. This special issue provides an overview of recent experimental research on ways to further optimise the design and delivery of worked examples in order to foster learning and transfer.

Optimising thermostat settings in school and office buildings for thermal comfort, cognitive performance and energy efficiency - Wyon, David P.; Wargocki, Pawel (2021)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT; ⛔ No DOI found

Optimal Experimental Design for Staggered Rollouts - Xiong, Ruoxuan; Athey, Susan; Imben, Guidi W.; Bayati, Mohsen (Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2019)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study - Bramer, Wichor M.; Rethlefsen, Melissa L.; Kleijnen, Jos; Franco, Oscar H. (Systematic Reviews, 2017)
Background: Within systematic reviews, when searching for relevant references, it is advisable to use multiple databases. However, searching databases is laborious and time-consuming, as syntax of search strategies are database specific. We aimed to determine the optimal combination of databases needed to conduct efficient searches in systematic reviews and whether the current practice in published reviews is appropriate. While previous studies determined the coverage of databases, we analyzed the actual retrieval from the original searches for systematic reviews. Methods: Since May 2013, the first author prospectively recorded results from systematic review searches that he performed at his institution. PubMed was used to identify systematic reviews published using our search strategy results. For each published systematic review, we extracted the references of the included studies. Using the prospectively recorded results and the studies included in the publications, we calculated recall, precision, and number needed to read for single databases and databases in combination. We assessed the frequency at which databases and combinations would achieve varying levels of recall (i.e., 95%). For a sample of 200 recently published systematic reviews, we calculated how many had used enough databases to ensure 95% recall. Results: A total of 58 published systematic reviews were included, totaling 1746 relevant references identified by our database searches, while 84 included references had been retrieved by other search methods. Sixteen percent of the included references (291 articles) were only found in a single database; Embase produced the most unique references (n = 132). The combination of Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science Core Collection, and Google Scholar performed best, achieving an overall recall of 98.3 and 100% recall in 72% of systematic reviews. We estimate that 60% of published systematic reviews do not retrieve 95% of all available relevant references as many fail to search important databases. Other specialized databases, such as CINAHL or PsycINFO, add unique references to some reviews where the topic of the review is related to the focus of the database. Conclusions: Optimal searches in systematic reviews should search at least Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar as a minimum requirement to guarantee adequate and efficient coverage.

OPT: Open Pre-trained Transformer Language Models - Zhang, Susan; Roller, Stephen; Goyal, Naman; Artetxe, Mikel; Chen, Moya; Chen, Shuohui; Dewan, Christopher; Diab, Mona; Li, Xian; Lin, Xi Victoria; Mihaylov, Todor; Ott, Myle; et al. (arXiv, 2022)
Large language models, which are often trained for hundreds of thousands of compute days, have shown remarkable capabilities for zero- and few-shot learning. Given their computational cost, these models are difficult to replicate without significant capital. For the few that are available through APIs, no access is granted to the full model weights, making them difficult to study. We present Open Pre-trained Transformers (OPT), a suite of decoder-only pre-trained transformers ranging from 125M to 175B parameters, which we aim to fully and responsibly share with interested researchers. We show that OPT-175B is comparable to GPT-3, while requiring only 1/7th the carbon footprint to develop. We are also releasing our logbook detailing the infrastructure challenges we faced, along with code for experimenting with all of the released models.
Keywords: Computer Science - Computation and Language; Computer Science - Machine Learning

Opinion: Remember Pergau - Mason, Phil (Devex, 2019)
For those politicos tempted to kill off the U.K. Department for International Development, this word alone should warn against it, writes DFID veteran Phil Mason.

Openness reexamined: teachers’ practices with open educational resources in online language teaching - Pulker, Hélène; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes (Distance Education, 2020)
Open educational practices (OEP) as a research field is relatively new. One aspect that has received limited attention is the impact of using open educational resources (OER) on the development of OEP. This article, based on a doctoral study (Pulker, 2019), considers teachers’ activities when reusing and adapting OER, with a view to providing evidence of reuse and understanding whether these activities influence teaching practices. A qualitative study following a constructivist grounded theory methodology was undertaken with 17 part-time online language teachers via semi-structured interviews. The article presents the five-step model of reuse that emerged from the data analysis. We suggest that OER reuse has a positive impact, even though teachers’ practices might not be open as defined up until now. A graphic representation depicts the process that teachers engage with when using and adapting OER. The research brings new understanding of teachers’ experiences of reuse, showing that the principal motivation is enhancing students’ learning.
Keywords: OEP; OER; closed spaces; distance education; language teaching

Opening new doors: Community engagement in India - Batada, A.; Banarjee, S.; Subramanian, M. (The Sesame Effect: The Global Impact of the Longest Street in the World, 2016)
Keywords: 01.11.19; Final_citation; cited; existing; tempss_1

OpenDevEd/OpenAlex-SDK (Open Development & Education, 2024)

OpenCitations Meta - Massari, Arcangelo; Mariani, Fabio; Heibi, Ivan; Peroni, Silvio; Shotton, David (2023)
OpenCitations Meta is a new database that contains bibliographic metadata of scholarly publications involved in citations indexed by the OpenCitations infrastructure. It adheres to Open Science principles and provides data under a CC0 license for maximum reuse. The data can be accessed through a SPARQL endpoint, REST APIs, and dumps. OpenCitations Meta serves three important purposes. Firstly, it enables disambiguation of citations between publications described using different identifiers from various sources. For example, it can link publications identified by DOIs in Crossref and PMIDs in PubMed. Secondly, it assigns new globally persistent identifiers (PIDs), known as OpenCitations Meta Identifiers (OMIDs), to bibliographic resources without existing external persistent identifiers like DOIs. Lastly, by hosting the bibliographic metadata internally, OpenCitations Meta improves the speed of metadata retrieval for citing and cited documents. The database is populated through automated data curation, including deduplication, error correction, and metadata enrichment. The data is stored in RDF format following the OpenCitations Data Model, and changes and provenance information are tracked. OpenCitations Meta and its production. OpenCitations Meta currently incorporates data from Crossref, DataCite, and the NIH Open Citation Collection. In terms of semantic publishing datasets, it is currently the first in data volume.
Keywords: Digital Libraries (cs.DL); FOS: Computer and information sciences

OpenAlex: A fully-open index of scholarly works, authors, venues, institutions, and concepts - Priem, Jason; Piwowar, Heather A.; Orr, Richard (ArXiv, 2022)
OpenAlex is a new, fully-open scientific knowledge graph (SKG), launched to replace the discontinued Microsoft Academic Graph (MAG). It contains metadata for 209M works (journal articles, books, etc); 2013M disambiguated authors; 124k venues (places that host works, such as journals and online repositories); 109k institutions; and 65k Wikidata concepts (linked to works via an automated hierarchical multi-tag classifier). The dataset is fully and freely available via a web-based GUI, a full data dump, and high-volume REST API. The resource is under active development and future work will improve accuracy and coverage of citation information and author/institution parsing and deduplication.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Open Textbooks and Social Justice: Open Educational Practices to Address Economic, Cultural and Political Injustice at the University of Cape Town - Cox, Glenda; Masuku, Bianca; Willmers, Michelle (Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020)
There is currently a clarion call to address social injustice in South African higher education (HE) in order to achieve greater equity in access. Within this context, current social injustices pertain to financial exclusion as well as epistemic marginalisation and are embodied in the predominance of expensive textbooks which are authored in the Global North, meaning that they are unaffordable for many students and do not represent local realities. This paper provides evidence from the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) project at the University of Cape Town (UCT), on the potential of open textbooks to address social injustice in South African HE and the practices utilised by UCT staff to address these challenges. The paper uses Nancy Fraser’s (2005) trivalent lens to examine inequality, specifically as relates to the following dimensions: economic (maldistribution of resources); cultural (misrecognition of culture and identities); and political (misrepresentation or exclusion of voice). This enables the authors to critically analyse the UCT context and the extent to which open textbook production as well as open education practices within the classroom promote social justice through “parity of participation”. The findings presented demonstrate that open textbooks have the potential to disrupt histories of exclusion in South African HE institutions by addressing issues of cost and marginalisation through the creation of affordable, contextually-relevant learning resources. In addition to this, they provide affordances which enable lecturers to change the way they teach, include student voices and create innovative pedagogical strategies.
Keywords: open textbooks; pedagogy; social justice

Open Praxis: Three Perspectives, One Vision - Kuhn, Caroline H.; Adam, Taskeen; Pete, Judith (Open at the Margins, 2020)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Open peer-review platform for COVID-19 preprints - Johansson, Michael A.; Saderi, Daniela (Nature, 2020)
Illustration of paper under a magnifying glass
Keywords: _genre:PR-primary_research

Open Pedagogy: A Systematic Review of Empirical Findings - Clinton-Lisell, Virginia (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
Open licensing used in open educational resources allows for teaching and learning practices that are not possible with traditional copyright. There is a growing body of empirical research on open pedagogy. However, definitions and instantiations of open pedagogy vary in the literature. The purpose of this review was to systematically search and synthesize empirical findings on open pedagogy. In this, the definitions of open pedagogy across empirical reports were examined. Generally, open pedagogy was defined in the context of open licensing affordances; however, there were exceptions particularly when examining faculty experiences with open pedagogy. Synthesized findings may be used by faculty to inform use of open pedagogy especially when considering issues with student confusion and changing power dynamics.
Keywords: open education; open pedagogy; systematic review; ⛔ No DOI found

Open Knowledge Repository - World Bank (2023)
Keywords: Final_citation

Open Issues and Conclusions - Mantelero, Alessandro (Beyond Data: Human Rights, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment in AI, 2022)
Having discussed in previous chapters the valuable contribution that an assessment model encompassing human rights, ethical and societal issues can provide to the development and regulation of AI, these concluding remarks address some of the challenges we face in implementing this approach in tangible reality. The focus on future global regulatory scenarios in the field of AI shows how the holistic HRESIA model, which includes the contextualisation of human rights and socio-ethical values in a given area, could be an effective answer for both the countries which have a human rights-based AI regulation and those who do not. In addition, holistic assessment and values-oriented design procedures can build trust in the development of AI, addressing the increasing public concern for invasive and pervasive AI applications, as well as the growing attention of policy makers to the side effects of AI use in the presence of concentration of power in digital services.
Keywords: AI regulation; Data protection; Digital ecosystems; Human rights; Risk assessment; Trust

Open Initiatives for Decolonising the Curriculum - Lockley, Pat (Decolonising the University, 2018)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Open Initiatives for Decolonising the Curriculum - Lockley, Pat (Decolonising the University, 2018)

Open Government Case Study: Costing Sierra Leone’s Open Data Program - Joswiak, Naomi (Results for Development, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; ___working_potential_duplicate

Open Government Case Study: Costing Sierra Leone’s Open Data Program - Joswiak, Naomi (Results for Development, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; ___working_potential_duplicate

Open Educational Resources in Africa: A Curated Resource List - Koomar, Saalim; Jull, Stephen (2020)
Keywords: C: Ghana; H: Open resources; LP: English; __C:filed:1

Open Educational Resources Guide for Colleges of Education - Haßler, Björn (T-TEL Professional Development Programme, 2016)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Open Educational Resources: Challenges and Opportunities in Indian Primary Education - Ganapathi, Janani (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Poland POL; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Open educational practices of MOOC designers: embodiment and epistemic location - Adam, Taskeen (Distance Education, 2020)
This article reports the lack of epistemic diversity in producers of massive open online courses (MOOCs) through examining whose knowledges and what knowledges are forefronted in MOOCs. Through analysis of 27 semi-structured interviews, the study explored the relationship between South African MOOC designers and their open educational practices (OEP), questioning in what ways MOOC designers enact openness in their design, based on their own reasoning of what openness means. The study illustrates that MOOC designers create MOOCs that strongly link to who they are, what they value, and how they understand the world, highlighting the crucial need to have epistemically diverse MOOC designers from different cultures, value systems, and epistemologies, that critically reflect on their positionalities and subjectivities. From this, the study asserts a new way of looking at OEP where MOOC designers go beyond implementing OEP, to being someone who is open. I termed this the embodiment of openness.
Keywords: Final_citation; MOOC designer; OEP; cited; critical consciousness; embodiment; epistemic location; existing; positionality

Open educational practices of MOOC designers: embodiment and epistemic location - Adam, Taskeen (Distance Education, 2020)
This article reports the lack of epistemic diversity in producers of massive open online courses (MOOCs) through examining whose knowledges and what knowledges are forefronted in MOOCs. Through analysis of 27 semi-structured interviews, the study explored the relationship between South African MOOC designers and their open educational practices (OEP), questioning in what ways MOOC designers enact openness in their design, based on their own reasoning of what openness means. The study illustrates that MOOC designers create MOOCs that strongly link to who they are, what they value, and how they understand the world, highlighting the crucial need to have epistemically diverse MOOC designers from different cultures, value systems, and epistemologies, that critically reflect on their positionalities and subjectivities. From this, the study asserts a new way of looking at OEP where MOOC designers go beyond implementing OEP, to being someone who is open. I termed this the embodiment of openness.
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; MOOC designer; OEP; __C:filed:1; critical consciousness; embodiment; epistemic location; positionality

Open educational practices (OEP) in the design of digital competence assessment - Maina, Marcelo Fabián; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Mancini, Federica; Ortiz, Lourdes Guàrdia (Distance Education, 2020)
This article presents the implementation of an assessment model for generic competences in K-12 enabled by open educational practices. It showcases a digital competence assessment model that outlines the design of competence assessment scenarios constructed by means of a collaborative process involving teachers from six European countries, learning designers, and researchers. Our study draws attention to the concept of open educational practices as a broad descriptor of four areas of teacher practice regarding design, content, teaching, and assessment. The process unfolds through three phases, where teachers’ engagement with collaborative processes and network-based tools facilitate the construction of active shared learning. It analyzes the joint creation of open practices, and the production of open educational resources. The scalability, flexibility, and adaptability of competence assessment scenarios underline their transferability to similar contexts. The experience may benefit educational institutions and communities of teachers interested in innovating and opening up education.
Keywords: K-12 assessment; collaborative teaching; digital competence; open educational practices; pedagogy of integration

Open Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: Making Change Happen - Lane, Andy (Journal of Learning for Development - JL4D, 2017)
Education for All has been a concept at the heart of international development since 1990 and has found its latest instantiation within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as SDG 4, ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’. Open education, in the form of resources and practices are both seen as contributors to SDG4 as evidenced by the recent 2nd World Open Educational Resources Congress. The ambition for open education to contribute to the SDGs is clear from this and other gatherings but the means to make it happen are not as clear, and many have claimed that little has happened since the SDGs were launched in 2015. To help address this apparent gap, this paper: (1) sets out the scale and scope of the SDGs; (2) reviews the potential contribution of open educational resources and practices to support the SDGs, and (3) uses a framing of power and systems thinking to review the way open education activities might be fostered within tertiary education in all local, national and regional contexts in order to support the SDGs, and not just SDG 4. It will also tentatively propose a theory of change that brings together power relationships, systems thinking and open education as key components and provide a case study of how this might work in practice through a newly funded project proposal. It is hoped that this theory of change and proposal will be a starting point for wider debate and discussion on how to make change happen in this important arena.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Open education and critical pedagogy - Farrow, Robert (Learning, Media and Technology, 2017)
This paper argues for a revaluation of the potential of open education to support more critical forms of pedagogy. Section 1 examines contemporary discourses around open education, offering a commentary on the perception of openness as both a disruptive force in education, and a potential solution to contemporary challenges. Section 2 examines the implications of the lack of consensus around what it means to be open, focusing on the example of commercial and proprietary claims to openness commonly known as ‘openwashing’. Section 3 uses Raymond's influential essay on open source software ‘The Cathedral and the Bazaar’ as a framework for thinking through these issues, and about alternative power structures in open education. In Section 4, an explicit link is drawn between more equal and democratic power structures and the possibility for developing pedagogies which are critical and reflexive, providing examples which show how certain interpretations of openness can raise opportunities to support critical approaches to pedagogy.
Keywords: Final_citation; MOOC; OER; cited; critical pedagogy; critical theory; critique; discourse analysis; evidence; existing; open education; openwashing

Open development: networked innovations in international development - Smith, Matthew L. (Mit Press, 2013)

Open Development & Education Statement on Black Lives Matter - administrator (Open Development & Education, 2020)
Ending racism is a fundamental part of human rights, we unequivocally assert that Black Lives Matter. We at Open Development & Education Reject the discriminatory practices against Black people in the United States of America. We stand in solidarity with those calling for an end to all forms of racial discrimination around the world.  Through […]

Open Data Readiness Assessment: Sierra Leone - World Bank (2015)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Open Data Readiness Assessment: Prepared for the Government of Sierra Leone - Chrzanowski, Pierre; Holm, Jeanne; Manley, Laura; Dodds, Elizabeth; Baker, Rob (World Bank Group; Open Aid Partnership, 2016)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Open Content - Haßler, Björn; Mays, Tony (International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society, 2015)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _C:Canada CAN; _C:France FRA; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _bjoern_cv; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Open at the Margins - Adam, Taskeen; Allen, Nicole; Amiel, Tel; Asino, Tutaleni; Atenas, Javiera; Bali, Maha; Barnes, Naomi; Bourg, Chris; Bouterse, Siko; Caines, Autumm; Campbell, Lorna M.; Cangialosi, Karen; et al. (Rebus Community, 2020)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Georgia GEO; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Greece GRC; _C:India IND; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Israel ISR; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Saudi Arabia SAU; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:State of Palestine PSE; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Venezuela VEN; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Open and Innovative Schooling: An Implementation Experience in Fifteen Secondary Schools across Mozambique - Cossa, Sérgio Paulo; Nakala, Lurdes Patrocínia Matavela; Cherinda, Nilsa Adelaide Issufo Enoque Pondja (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
This case study explores the open and innovative schooling model piloted in fifteen secondary schools across all regions of Mozambique in the period 2018 to 2020. The model involved provision of access to curriculum-based digital Open Educational Resources (OER) using an Aptus device to enable sharing offline. Learning support centres offering access to some ICT as well as opportunities for individual use or structured tutorials were established in fifteen schools around the country. A mixed methods tracer study was designed and implemented using quantitative analysis to ascertain student enrolment, retention and success and then used qualitative focus surveys and focus groups to gauge the satisfaction of students, teachers and managers with the OIS model to inform future planning. While the pilot was generally considered successful in augmenting existing secondary schooling provision, access to devices, teacher development and support and expansion of curriculum coverage were all found to be in critical need of improvement if the model is to be scaled.
Keywords: Aptus; OER; _genre:PR-primary_research; learing support; open schooling; secondary schooling; tracer study; ⛔ No DOI found

Open and distance learning for health: supporting health workers through education and training - Dodds, T (Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2011)
This case study surveys the growing use of open and distance learning approaches to the provision of support, education and training to health workers over the past few decades. It classifies such uses under four headings, providing brief descriptions from the literature of a few examples of each group. In conclusion, it identifies key lessons from the experience of open and distance learning generally that could be of benefit in health education and training at a distance.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:West Africa; C:Gambia; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:pt; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; P:health; P:measurement; Q:ODEL; Q:distance learning; Q:e-learning; Q:open educational resources; Q:open learning; T:Ausbildung; T:Training; T:continuing education; publicImportV1

Open access research and policy impact: experiences from developing the African Education Research Database - Mitchell, Rafael; Rose, Pauline; Asare, Samuel (Is Open Research really changing the world, 2018)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Open Access Research: A Review of DFID’s Policy and Practice - Fosci, Mattia; Johnson, Rob; Chiarelli, Andrea (2019)

Open Access: challenges and opportunities for Low- and Middle- Income Countries and the potential impact of UK policy - Harle, Jon; Warne, Verity (2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Online tutoring works: Experimental evidence from a program with vulnerable children - Gortazar, Lucas; Hupkau, Claudia; Roldán-Monés, Antonio (Journal of Public Economics, 2024)
We provide evidence from a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a novel, 100-percent online math tutoring program, targeted at secondary school students from highly disadvantaged neighborhoods. The intensive, eight-week-long program was delivered in groups of two students during after-school hours, mostly by qualified math teachers. The intervention significantly increased standardized test scores (+0.26 SD) and end-of-year math grades (+0.49 SD), while reducing the probability of repeating the school year. The intervention also raised aspirations, as well as self-reported effort at school. The two-on-one design allows us to significantly reduce costs and improve scalability, while showing similar results as one-on-one tutoring programs.
Keywords: Child outcomes; Final_citation; Mathematics; Mentoring; Online tutoring; RCT

Online tools supporting the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews and systematic maps: a case study on CADIMA and review of existing tools - Kohl, Christian; McIntosh, Emma J.; Unger, Stefan; Haddaway, Neal R.; Kecke, Steffen; Schiemann, Joachim; Wilhelm, Ralf (Environmental Evidence, 2018)
Systematic reviews and systematic maps represent powerful tools to identify, collect, evaluate and summarise primary research pertinent to a specific research question or topic in a highly standardised and reproducible manner. Even though they are seen as the “gold standard” when synthesising primary research, systematic reviews and maps are typically resource-intensive and complex activities. Thus, managing the conduct and reporting of such reviews can become a time consuming and challenging task. This paper introduces the open access online tool CADIMA, which was developed through a collaboration between the Julius Kühn-Institut and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, in order to increase the efficiency of the evidence synthesis process and facilitate reporting of all activities to maximise methodological rigour. Furthermore, we analyse how CADIMA compares with other available tools by providing a comprehensive summary of existing software designed for the purposes of systematic review management. We show that CADIMA is the only available open access tool that is designed to: (1) assist throughout the systematic review/map process; (2) be suited to reviews broader than medical sciences; (3) allow for offline data extraction; and, (4) support working as a review team.
Keywords: Evidence synthesis; Managing systems; Rapid review; Review management; Systematic review software; Text mining; Time management; _Added-ailr-2024

Online Peer-Tutoring: A Renewed Impetus for Autonomous English Learning - Herrera Bohórquez, Luis Ignacio; Largo Rodríguez, José David; Viáfara González, John Jairo; Herrera Bohórquez, Luis Ignacio; Largo Rodríguez, José David; Viáfara González, John Jairo (How, 2019)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Online initial teacher education: a systematic review of the literature - Dyment, Janet E.; Downing, Jillian Jane (Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020)
This paper presents a systematic review of the literature on online initial teacher education. This review is timely given the growing numbers of online students studying teacher education in Australia and beyond. The paper begins with a presentation of the search protocol including search terms, databases, and inclusion/exclusion criteria that resulted in 492 refereed articles being included in the review. Analysis of title and abstract of these articles allowed insight into a variety of factors and trends, including journal of publication, year of publication, research approach, and key focal areas. Two well-established research focal areas emerged: technological pedagogical innovations and student experiences of studying teacher education online. Two emerging research focal areas were teacher educator experiences of teaching online and online teacher education in traditionally experiential specialisations, such as drama and outdoor education. When all the articles are considered holistically, a fragmented and siloed research approach is revealed, evidenced by a large number of journals publishing articles on multiple focal areas, leading to considerable repetition among the evidences presented across the articles. As such, this paper highlights the need for a more coherent and organised approach to research in online teacher education and its dissemination to all stakeholders.
Keywords: Online; blended; initial teacher education; pre-service; systematic review; teacher education

One Laptop per Child Rwanda: Enabling Factors and Barriers - Adam, Taskeen; Haßler, Björn; Cruickshank, Heather (South Africa International Conference on Educational Technologies, 2016)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Burkina Faso BFA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:Croatia HRV; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Cyprus CYP; _C:Denmark DNK; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Israel ISR; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Peru PER; _C:Poland POL; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Romania ROU; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Serbia SRB; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; _C:Viet Nam VNM; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

One Laptop Per Child at Home: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru. - Beuermann, Diether W.; Cristia, Julian; Cueto, Santiago; Malamud, Ofer; Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015)
This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial whereby approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use outside the home. Children randomized to receive laptops scored about 0.8 standard deviations higher in a test of XO proficiency but showed lower academic effort as reported by teachers. There were no impacts on academic achievement or cognitive skills as measured by the Raven's Progressive Matrices test. Finally, there was little evidence for spillovers within schools. (JEL I21, I28, J13, O15)
Keywords: ___duplicate_item

Onder de motorkap: Onderzoek naar EdTech testbeds in Europa - Boot, N.; Jukema, H.; Stappen, E. van der (2022)
Het onderwijs is voortdurend in ontwikkeling. Studenten hebben behoefte aan afwisselend onderwijs dat aansluit op hun eigen belevingswereld. Terwijl docenten het best mogelijke onderwijs willen

On the Ventilation performance of low momentum confluent jets supply device in a classroom - Andersson, Harald; Kabanshi, Alan; Cehlin, Mathias; Moshfegh, Bahram (Energies, 2020)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

On the use of computer‐assistance to facilitate systematic mapping - Haddaway, Neal R.; Callaghan, Max W.; Collins, Alexandra M.; Lamb, William F.; Minx, Jan C.; Thomas, James; John, Denny (Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020)
Abstract The volume of published academic research is growing rapidly and this new era of “big literature” poses new challenges to evidence synthesis, pushing traditional, manual methods of evidence synthesis to their limits. New technology developments, including machine learning, are likely to provide solutions to the problem of information overload and allow scaling of systematic maps to large and even vast literatures. In this paper, we outline how systematic maps lend themselves well to automation and computer‐assistance. We believe that it is a major priority to consolidate efforts to develop and validate efficient, rigorous and robust applications of these novel technologies, ensuring the challenges of big literature do not prevent the future production of systematic maps.
Keywords: selected_for:effects of climate ch...on learning...LMICs 2024; tagged

On the Robustness of the Brewer-Dobson Circulation in the Tropical Stratosphere - Haßler, Björn; McIntyre, M (Millennium 150th Anniversary Conference of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2000)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; ⛔ No DOI found

On the impact of early marriage on schooling outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa and South West Asia - Delprato, Marcos; Akyeampong, Kwame; Sabates, Ricardo; Hernandez-Fernandez, Jimena (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
This paper examines the effect of age of marriage on women's schooling outcomes for 36 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa and South West Asia. We employ an instrumental variable approach to account for the endogeneity of early marriage driven by socio-economic and cultural factors. Our results show that delaying early marriage by one year is associated with an increase of half a year of education in Sub-Saharan Africa and nearly one third of a year of education in South West Asia as well as a lower likelihood of dropping out from secondary school of 5.5% in South West Asia.
Keywords: Early marriage; Empowerment; Instrumental variable; South West Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Women education

On Technology Integration: Perspective from Nigeria - Ifinedo, Eloho (JYU dissertations, 2019)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Congo XCO; _C:Congo, Democratic Republic COD; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:Estonia EST; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Israel ISR; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Luxembourg LUX; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mali MLI; _C:Mauritius MUS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Morocco MAR; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Niger NER; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Saudi Arabia SAU; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Arab Emirates ARE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Viet Nam VNM; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

On critical pedagogy - Giroux, Henry A. (Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011)

Om kvalitet i kvalitativa studier - Larsson, Staffan (Nordic Studies in Education, 2005)

Off the coast international poetry journal - Ajadi, S.B.; Boy' (Resolute Bear Press, 2012)

OER4Schools - Research Overview - Haßler, Björn (2020)
This report provides a very brief overview of the research that is connected to the OER4Schools programme. The references papers are listed below.
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:c

OER Guidance for Schools - Haßler, Björn; Neo, Helen; Fraser, Josie (Leicester City Council, 2014)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _bjoern_cv; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:c

OER Awareness and Use: The Affinity Between Higher Education and K-12 - Blomgren, Constance (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018)
Educators within Higher Education (HE) and K-12 share in the need for high quality educational resources to assist in the pursuit of teaching and learning. Although there are numerous differences between the two levels of education, there are commonalties in the perceptions of the purpose, practical uses, and challenges that abide in the use of Open Educational Resources (OER). Observations made while producing podcasts and videos for OER awareness, use, and championing, form an exposition of the merits of OER for HE and K-12. Benefits include cost-savings in acquiring resources for teaching and learning as well as user-generated content, instructor creativity, and contextualized and responsively timely learning opportunities. Additionally, the teaching culture of K-12 has historically supported the sharing of learning activities and learning resources. At all levels of education, OER awareness requires a deeper understanding of the changes to teaching and learning borne by open educational practices.
Keywords: Final_citation; HE OER; K-12 OER; OER awareness; OER benefits; cited; existing; open educational practices; open pedagogy

OER Adaptation and Reuse across cultural contexts in Sub Saharan Africa: Lessons from TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) - Wolfenden, Freda; Buckler, Alison Sarah Hemmings; Keraro, Fred (Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2012)

OECS-Systematic-Regional-Diagnostic-P165001-1.pdf - World Bank (2018)

OECS Regional Education Statistical Digest 2017-18 - OECS (2020)

OECS Programme for Educational Advancement and Relevant Learning (PEARL) - OECS Secretariat (2021)

OECS PD Magazine - OECS Commission (2019)

OECS Instructional Content and Engagement Framework - OECS Commission; McBurnie, Chris; Megha-Bongnkar, Ghislaine (2021)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

OECS Education Sector Strategy (2012-2021) - OECS Secretariat (2012)

OECS Education Sector Response and Recovery Strategy to COVID-19 - OECS (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, 2020)

OECS Education Forum Meeting Report - Gonsalves, Sarah-Lee; Regis, Callista; Haßler, Björn (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, 2022)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

OECS Declaration on Education Statement - Gonsalves, Sarah-Lee; Regis, Callista; Theeb, Thaer AlSheikh; Haßler, Björn (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, 2022)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _bjoern_cv

OECS Academic Recovery Programme - Outputs Register - Haßler, Björn; Megha-Bongnkar, Ghislaine; Regis, Callista; Blower, Tom (Open Development & Education, 2021)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:o

OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training - Key Messages and Country Summaries - OECD (2015)
Full country policy reviews have been conducted, as part of the two OECD studies on VET, in Australia, Austria, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom (England and Wales), and the United States (with case studies of Florida, Maryland and Washington State) and also the U.S states of South Carolina and Texas.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; CC:Australia; CC:Austria; CC:Chile; CC:China; CC:Costa Rica; CC:Czech Republic; CC:Denmark; CC:Egypt; CC:Germany; CC:Kazakhstan; CC:Korea; CC:Mexico; CC:Netherlands; CC:Norway; CC:South Africa; CC:Sweden; CC:Switzerland; CC:UK; CC:United States; CLL:en; Hungary; publicImportV1

OECD Legal Instruments - OECD (2021)
Keywords: Final_citation; anystyle; existing

OECD Directorate for Education and Skills (2023)
Keywords: Final_citation; anystyle; existing

ODL Embedded with Innovative Communication and Digital Media to Empower All Levels of Farm Sectors to be Smart Farmers - Intaratat, Kamolrat (Journal of Learning for Development, 2022)
This research shows how innovative communication and digital media could help empower any level of farm sector in Thailand and be embedded into ODL to serve their most effective demands.  Qualitative research was used via case-based studies among eight key farm leaders from four success farms with data mapping and an interview form. Content analysis was also used. Tangible results of how ODL embedded with innovative communication and digital media can empower all levels of farm sectors under “SDGs” is described. The main findings are “ODL embedded with Innovative communication and digital media must be: 1) undertaken for the right reasons; 2) sensitive to real demands and problems; 3) fit with the existing context such as existing infrastructure, i.e., farms and ICT; 4) best engaged among all stakeholders with all kinds of participatory processes; and 5) an appropriate design to fit with all farmers’ contexts, i.e., friendly relationships, pedagogical, administrative, and all kinds of participatory channels and opportunities.
Keywords: Innovative Communication & Digital Media; ODL; Smart Farmer Thailand; ⛔ No DOI found

Occupants’ responses to window views, daylighting and lighting in buildings: A critical review - Vasquez, Natalia Giraldo; Rupp, Ricardo Forgiarini; Andersen, Rune Korsholm; Toftum, Jørn (Building and Environment, 2022)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

‘Obuntu Bulamu’–Development and Testing of an Indigenous Intervention for Disability Inclusion in Uganda - Bannink Mbazzi, Femke; Nalugya, Ruth; Kawesa, Elizabeth; Nambejja, Harriet; Nizeyimana, Pamela; Ojok, Patrick; Van Hove, Geert; Seeley, Janet (Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2020)

(obsolete) (Open Development & Education, 2023)
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

[obsolete] (Open Development & Education, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: Internal; _Obsolete; _forthcoming; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

[obsolete] (Open Development & Education, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: Internal; _Obsolete; _forthcoming; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

O Uso Pedagógico do Tablet no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia (IFRO) - Pereira, Dauster Souza; Bueno, José Lucas Pedreira (EDUCA-Revista Multidisciplinar em Educação, 2015)
Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Nutiseadmete kasutamise profiilid loodusainete ja matemaatika õppimise kontekstis - Pedaste, Margus; Must, Olev; Leijen, Äli; Mäeots, Mario; Siiman, Leo; Kori, Külli; Adov, Liina (Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Estonia EST; _C:Luxembourg LUX; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Nudges to Improve Learning and Gender Parity: Preliminary findings on supporting parent-child educational engagement during Covid-19 using mobile phones - Aurino, Elisabetta; Tsinigo, Edward; Wolf, Sharon (EdTech Hub, 2022)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

NTVETQF - National Technical and Vocational Education and Training Qualifications Framework - Government of Ghana (2012)
Keywords: FullBiblioUHMLgen; GeneralCitations; Ghana; Qualification Framework

NQF Act nº67, 2008 - National Qualifications Framework - Government of South Africa (2009)
To provide for the National Qualifications Framework; to provide for the responsibilities of the Minister of Education and the Minister of Labour; to provide for the South African Qualifications Authority; to provide for Quality Councils; to provide for transitional arrangements; to repeal the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:South Africa; Qualification Framework; publicImportV1

Nouvelles formes d’apprentissage en Afrique de l’Ouest: Vers une meilleure insertion professionnelle des jeunes - Walther, Richard (2008)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; C:Benin; C:Mali; C:Senegal; C:Togo; CLL:fr; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Notes from the Field: 'Nurses International' Uses OER to Support Nurse Educators - Ewing, Helen; Chickering, Miriam; Burner, Lindsay; Keating, Stacen A.; Berland, Alex; Frank, Erica (Journal of Learning for Development, 2020)
Educating nurses in developing countries is challenging due to limited resources. Nurses International advances nursing education through the use of Open Educational Resources which provides a unique model to teach and mentor nurse educators globally. Using current resources and materials that are free online and teacher-facing, an innovative program has been established that can be employed to scale up education of the healthcare workforce through teaching the teachers and enhancing the education of nurses.
Keywords: Open Educational Resources; educator development; nurse education; ⛔ No DOI found

Not just for special occasions: supporting the professional learning of teachers through critical reflection with audio-visual information - Saito, Eisuke; Khong, Thi Diem Hang (Reflective Practice, 2017)
Despite increased use of professional learning communities in the teacher education field, they do not necessarily guarantee change in teachers’ daily practice. This study is a multiple case study of three school leaders in Vietnam to connect their teachers’ learning and practice by utilising visual records. In the cases studied, we see a progression of models of joint reflection based on visual information, from only occasional reflection to daily critical reflection, the latter of which the authors call ‘vide-flection’ referring to a process for people to consider their actions, thoughts, or experiences by utilising video-recorded images. For joint vide-flection, school leaders visit every classroom for several minutes every day to observe the wellbeing and learning of pupils and video-record struggles or breakthroughs in children’s learning; they share those images with teachers to jointly reflect on the situations. Through this vide-flection, teachers develop more detailed awareness of pupils needs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Keywords: ADULTS; AUDIOVISUAL aids in education; AUDIOVISUAL materials; CRITICAL thinking studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EDUCATION; FOCUS groups; INTERVIEWING; PROFESSIONAL education; PROFESSIONAL employee training; REFLECTION (Philosophy); RESEARCH funding; Reflective practice; SCHOOL administrators; TEACHER training; TEACHING; THEMATIC analysis; VIETNAM; Vietnam; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099873; __finaldtb; critical reflection; professional learning; teacher professional development; vide-flection

not all literature ‘reviews’ are the same - Thomson, Pat (patter, 2013)
I was trying to explain to a doctoral researcher the other day that the literature work that you do at the beginning of the doctorate is not the same as the literature work for the actual, final th…

Non-state education provision; access and quality for the marginalised - Aslam, Monazza (2017)
This report undertakes a rapid review of some recent, high quality syntheses and reports to summarise the evidence on the effectiveness of different types of non-state schools in reaching the marginalised and providing quality education to them. Non-state provision has risen dramatically over the last few decades especially across South and West Asia and the Latin America and Caribbean region and provides opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. The all-encompassing term ‘non-state’ constitutes a spectrum of providers with different characteristics, scope and scale. Overall, the evidence is indicative of potential improvements in learning outcomes in certain types of non-state provision but this is caveated by the very low overall learning outcomes across education systems, as well as by the extent to which non-state provision is aligned with human rights. There is evidence of certain types of non-state providers being able to reach the marginalised and disadvantaged more effectively but questions exist with regards to their sustainability. Whilst different types of arrangements may work in different contexts, the critical factor remains the governments’ ability to both foster an enabling environment but also combine it with effective legislation, monitoring and regulation to ensure quality education provision.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Non-linear density wave solutions for different models of galaxies - Vukcevic, M. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014)

Non-formal vocational education in Uganda: Practical empowerment through a workable alternative - Blaak, M.; Zeelen, J.; Openjuru, G.L., (International Journal of Educational Development, 2013)
This article reflects on the potential of non-formal vocational education in Uganda to improve the quality of life of those excluded from formal education. Based on an exploration of humanizing development theorists Sen, Freire and Nyerere, together with two case studies, practical empowerment is described as a desirable outcome of education for development. Practical empowerment includes acquiring marketable skills as well as capabilities to critically give direction to one's life. Although education leading to this outcome is desirable for all, non-formal vocational education can reach those currently excluded from formal education, thus enhancing their empowerment by equipping them with useful skills and knowledge. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; F:outcomes; HDR25; R:case study; T:TVET; Z:Alternative provision; Z:Drop-out; Z:Employment skills; Z:Poverty; Z:Vocational education and training; _C:Uganda UGA; __C:filed:1; publicImportV1

Nomadic Fulani communities manage malaria on the move - Akogun, O.B.; Adesina, Adedoyin; Njobdi, S.; Ogundahunsi, O. (International Health, 2012)

No teacher is an Island - Open Development & Education - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Bokamba, Tania Elena Megogo; Mason, Miriam; Godwin, Katie; Godwin, Anne-Fleur Lurvink, Tania Elena Megogo Bokamba, Miriam Mason and Katie Godwin, Anne-Fleur Lurvink, Tania Elena Megogo Bokamba, Miriam Mason and Katie (2022)
When we step into the head-teacher’s office in one of our project schools, Foday, the facilitator comes in and greets us. He asks us to be patient while they sort out lunch for the children and get the teachers together. We sit back and relax, and watch the hundreds of learners receive their rice

No Teacher is an Island: A case study on the enablers and barriers for effective school-based teacher professional development in Sierra Leone - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Bangura, Zainab; Fortune, Alhaji; George, Alex H.; Godwin, Katie; Mason-Sesay, Miriam; Moseray, David; Tholley, Ibrahim; Turay, Emmanuel B.; Haßler, Björn (OpenDevEd, 2022)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _bjoern_cv; _r:AddedByZotZen; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

No teacher is an island - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Godwin, Katie; Mason-Sesay, Miriam (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

'No Air: Microenvironment and Vogue as Morticians of Visual Art Education in Nigeria' - Ajadi, S.B.; Nyikgwah, R. (The CAPS Journal of Vocational Studies, 2012)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Library Edition - Johnson, L.; Adams Becker, S.; Estrada, V.; Freeman, A. (Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium, 2014)

NMC/CoSN horizon report: 2017 K - Freeman, Alex; Becker, Samantha Adams; Cummins, Michele (The New Media Consortium, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation

Nine takeaways from our reviews of COVID-19 education responses - Chuang, Rachel; Moss Coflan, Caitlin; Kaye, Thomas; Koomar, Saalim; McBurnie, Chris (2020)

Nigeria - University, Kano; S.M. Ali (2018)

New report on TVET in Sub-Saharan Africa – Open Development & Education (2019)
Keywords: _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

New product development process: The case of selected technical and vocational colleges in Nigeria - Oyebola, Abiodun Isaac; Olaposi, Titilayo Olubunmi; Adejuwon, Olawale Oladapo; Akarakiri, Joshua Babatunde (African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2018)
© 2017 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. An examination of the literature reveals that studies on new product development processes have been carried out mostly in western contexts using sequential models. This study was conducted using the innovation systems approach and a sequential model to analyze new product development processes in selected technical and vocational colleges in Nigeria. Using a questionnaire survey method, the sequential model revealed that most of the respondents (91%) conceived of their products through job experience and only 4.9% conceived of product ideas through R&D, showing a weakness in science-based enquiries in the invention stages. In addition, 73.9% developed prototypes while 82.2%, 80.4%, and 69.2% conducted feasibly studies, business analyses and market surveys, respectively. These results imply capability in the commercialization stages of the sequential model. The systems of innovation approach however revealed very weak linkages with universities and R&D institutes which could have complemented lack of R&D activities in the technical and vocational colleges. While some useful and beneficial technological products have been developed in the colleges, we conclude that the use of sequential models and systems of innovation approach may bring a fresh perspective to the product development process.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:Nigeria; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:pt; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; P:measurement; P:technology; R:questionnaire; R:survey; T:TVET; T:vocational college; Z:innovation; Z:process; Z:product development; Z:technical and vocational education; Z:technological products; publicImportV1

New modes of teacher pre-service training and professional support - Anamuah-Mensah, Jophus; Banks, Frank; Moon, Bob; Wolfenden, Freda (Teacher education and the challenge of development: a global analysis, 2012)
Keywords: Economic development -- Effect of education on -- Developing countries.; Teachers -- Training of -- Developing countries.; Teaching -- Developing countries.

New methodology shows 258 million children adolescents and youth are out school - UNESCO (2019)

New Look at Habits and the Habit-Goal Interface - Wood, Wendy; Neil, David (Psychological Review, 2007)

New Hub Aims to Help Schools Find the Right Ed-Tech Products During COVID-19 - Bradley, Brian (Market Brief, 2020)
The World Bank-supported project offers a growing database of ed-tech platforms meant to help schools use technology more effectively.
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Neural sequence learning models for word sense disambiguation - Raganato, A.; Bovi, CD; Navigli, R. (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Networked shaping–a perspective for international vocational education and further education of vocational educators - Eicker, Friedhelm; Fiedler, Kai-Arne; Haseloff, Gesine (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Nepal “Ask me anything” Session: Responses to audience questions - Kaye, Tom; Groeneveld, Caspar; Moss, Caitlin; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2020)
On Thursday, 30 April 2020, the EdTech Hub participated in an “Ask me anything” session for policy-makers and funders in Nepal. The session focused on designing high-quality, effective, distance education programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included high-level officials from the Nepalese government (e.g., the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Curriculum Development Office and the Education Review Office), representatives from development partners (e.g., the World Bank, UNICEF and USAID) and other education organisations (e.g., OLE Nepal). The session was convened for two purposes. First, to consider international good practice and current trends in distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic, presented by the World Bank EduTech team and the EdTech Hub. Second, for the EdTech Hub team to gather questions from participants, to be able to target guidance specifically to the situation in Nepal. This document provides answers to a consolidated list of 10 questions received from stakeholders during the session. To consolidate any overlap, we have occasionally combined multiple questions into one. In other cases, where multiple important issues required a focused response, we split apart questions.
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; C:Nepal; F: Helpdesk response; LP: English; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Liberia LBR; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Singapore SGP; _EdTechHub_Output; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _cover:v1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _zenodoETH; docs.opendeved.net; dode_eth-src-dode; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Intergenerational Investment* - Ashraf, Nava; Bau, Natalie; Low, Corinne; McGinn, Kathleen (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020)
Abstract Using a randomized controlled trial, we study whether a negotiation skills training can improve girls’ educational outcomes in a low-resource environment. We find that a negotiation training given to eighth-grade Zambian girls significantly improved educational outcomes over the next three years, and these effects did not fade out. To better understand mechanisms, we estimate the effects of two alternative treatments. Negotiation had much stronger effects than an informational treatment, which had no effect. A treatment designed to have more traditional girls’ empowerment effects had directionally positive but insignificant educational effects. Relative to this treatment, negotiation increased enrollment in higher-quality schooling and had larger effects for high-ability girls. These findings are consistent with a model in which negotiation allows girls to resolve incomplete contracting problems with their parents, yielding increased educational investment for those who experience sufficiently high returns. We provide evidence for this channel through a lab-in-the-field game and follow-up survey with girls and their guardians.

NEEV: An education informational chatbot - Khan, Aysha; Ranka, Sakshi; Khakare, Chaitali; Karve, Subodh (International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2019)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Needs for In-service Professional Development of Teachers to Improve Students’ Academic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa - Ayodele Ajani, Oluwatoyin (Arts and Social Sciences Journal, 2018)

Needs assessment: Current state of Comprehensive Sexual Education for Young People with Disabilities in the East and Southern African region. - UNESCO (2021)

Need for more and better implementation science in global health - Ridde, Valéry (BMJ Specialist Journals, 2016)

Navigating the ‘Data Revolution’: A Case Study on the One Tablet Per School Programme in Sierra Leone - McBurnie, Chris (EdTech Hub, 2021)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _cover:v3; _zenodoETH; dode_eth-src-dode; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Nature island tourism: Applying an eco-tourism sustainability framework to the island of Dominica - Lambert, Esther (University of Waterloo, 2009)

Nature and type of government and NGO interventions in curbing unemployment and underemployment of urban youth in Kenya - Simiyu, John; Sambu, Lenah (Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, 2012)
This paper examines nature and type of Government and NGO interventions in curbing youth unemployment and underemployment based on a study of the youth in Nairobi and Kisumu cities in Kenya. The study was descriptive in nature with a stratified sample from a population comprising respondents selected from slums of two major cities in Kenya where youth unemployment is rampant: Kibera slums in Nairobi and Manyatta slums in Kisumu. Questionnaires and interviews were the main research instruments used to gather data from the field for analysis. The sample size was determined by the number of registered youth groups in the slums. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics. Youth unemployment and underemployment is a crucial concern throughout the developing world, but it is a particularly acute problem in Africa where young people comprise a large proportion of the economically active population. Suffice to say, youth unemployment is highly dependent on the overall status of the economy. Economic activity, measured by GDP growth is probably the single factorthat most influences the chances of young people finding a job. In order to find a decent job in a globalized world, young people need to develop a range of skills and knowledge that are typically gained through formal education and training. African governments are implementing various policies and schemes to promote employment opportunities for young people, including skills training and entrepreneurship funds. Even if properly designed, however, the implementation of these interventions is constrained by cost and the lack of capacity among governments to evaluate the impact of policies. The study is useful to scholars and employment institutions in supplementing efforts by NGOs and the Government in dealing with the impact of youth unemployment and underemployment.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

National Tutoring Programme: Nimble RCTs - EEF (EEF, 2021)
The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

National systems of production, innovation and competence building - Lundvall, Bengt-Åke; Johnson, Björn; Andersen, Esben Sloth; Dalum, Bent (Research policy, 2002)

National Sustainable Development Plan-2020-2035 - MoFPEPD (Ministry of Finance, Planning, Economic, and Physical Development, 2019)

National Sustainable Development Plan 2020-2035 - National Plan Secretariat (Ministry of Finance, Planning, Economic, and Physical Development, Grenada, 2019)
Keywords: _publish

National population mapping from sparse survey data: A hierarchical Bayesian modeling framework to account for uncertainty - Leasure, Douglas R.; Jochem, Warren C.; Weber, Eric M.; Seaman, Vincent; Tatem, Andrew J. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020)
Population estimates are critical for government services, development projects, and public health campaigns. Such data are typically obtained through a national population and housing census. However, population estimates can quickly become inaccurate in localized areas, particularly where migration or displacement has occurred. Some conflict-affected and resource-poor countries have not conducted a census in over 10 y. We developed a hierarchical Bayesian model to estimate population numbers in small areas based on enumeration data from sample areas and nationwide information about administrative boundaries, building locations, settlement types, and other factors related to population density. We demonstrated this model by estimating population sizes in every 10- m grid cell in Nigeria with national coverage. These gridded population estimates and areal population totals derived from them are accompanied by estimates of uncertainty based on Bayesian posterior probabilities. The model had an overall error rate of 67 people per hectare (mean of absolute residuals) or 43% (using scaled residuals) for predictions in out-of-sample survey areas (approximately 3 ha each), with increased precision expected for aggregated population totals in larger areas. This statistical approach represents a significant step toward estimating populations at high resolution with national coverage in the absence of a complete and recent census, while also providing reliable estimates of uncertainty to support informed decision making.
Keywords: Bayesian statistics; demography; geographic information systems; international development; remote sensing

National Policy on Community Education and Training Colleges - Government of South Africa (2015)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:South Africa; publicImportV1

National Learning Assessment 2014 test Booklet - Uwezo Kenya (Twaweza, 2014)

National Institutes of Health approaches to dissemination and implementation science: current and future directions - Glasgow, Russell E.; Vinson, Cynthia; Chambers, David; Khoury, Muin J.; Kaplan, Robert M.; Hunter, Christine (American journal of public health, 2012)

National innovation systems—analytical concept and development tool - Lundvall, Bengt-Åke (Industry and innovation, 2007)

National Industrial Training Standards - Government of Kenya (2015)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Kenya; Qualification Framework; publicImportV1

National ICT Policy of Sierra Leone - Ministry of Information and Communications (Government of Sierra Leone, 2009)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; ⛔ No DOI found

National guidelines for school re-entry in early learning and basic education - Ministry of Education (Population Council, 2020)

National Frequency Allocation Table 2017_1622727105.pdf (2017)

National Education Standards - primary and secondary education - Government of Malawi (2015)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Malawi; Qualification Framework; publicImportV1

National Education Sector Plan, volume one: Basic Education Programme, rationale and approach, 2013/2014–2017/2018 - Ministry of Education (MoE), Republic of Kenya (MoE, 2014)

National Education Sector Investment Plan 2020-2030 - Malawi Ministry of Education (2020)

National Education Policy - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Sierra Leone) (2010)

National Digital Literacy Framework (National Information Technology Development Agency, 2023)

National Digital Literacy Framework - National Information Technology Development Agency (2023)

National Credit and Qualifications Framework - Government of Botswana (2016)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Botswana; Qualification Framework; publicImportV1

National and sub-national variation in patterns of febrile case management in sub-Saharan Africa - Alegana, Victor A.; Maina, Joseph; Ouma, Paul O.; Macharia, Peter M.; Wright, Jim; Atkinson, Peter M.; Okiro, Emelda A.; Snow, Robert W.; Tatem, Andrew J. (Nature Communications, 2018)
Given national healthcare coverage gaps, understanding treatment-seeking behaviour for fever is crucial for the management of childhood illness and to reduce deaths. Here, we conduct a modelling study triangulating household survey data for fever in children under the age of five years with georeferenced public health facility databases (n = 86,442 facilities) in 29 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, to estimate the probability of seeking treatment for fever at public facilities. A Bayesian item response theory framework is used to estimate this probability based on reported fever episodes, treatment choice, residence, and estimated travel-time to the nearest public-sector health facility. Findings show inter- and intra-country variation, with the likelihood of seeking treatment for fever less than 50% in 16 countries. Results highlight the need to invest in public healthcare and related databases. The variation in public sector use illustrates the need to include such modelling in future infectious disease burden estimation.

Narrowing the Digital Divide a case study of “learning by doing” approach to narrowing the Digital Divide in East Africa (Kenya) by Dubai Women's College students - Butt, Z; Chaudhri, AA; Nassiri, N (2013)
It is globally assumed that improvements in Information Communication Technology (ICT) will enforce a better global communication; improve business processes and commercial activities, thereby leading to superior standards of living for individuals while benefitting society. This paper narrates the experiences of fifteen HCT students who visited Kenya in an attempt to narrow the existing “Digital Divide” by building computer networking labs in some of the vocational institutes in remote East Africa. This paper encapsulates key reflections of the study tour participants who embraced a “learning by doing” model in order to gain valuable international work experience and narrow the digital divide in four educational institutes in Kenya. The success of this initiative mandates that we document the learning from this experience in order to ensure success and sustainability of future projects of similar calibre. We believe the process of conducting “international field-trips” followed by reflections formulating lessons learnt from these trips will be useful for future volunteers.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:East Africa; C:Kenya; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; F:access; F:learning; F:women; P:economy; Q:digital divide; Q:digital technology; R:case study; T:TVET; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Muslim Women and The Balancing Act: Planning and Time Management to the Rescue - Aisha Abdu-Ismail (Journal of Policy and Development Studies, 2014)

Multiple Users’ Experiences of an AI-Aided Educational Platform for Teaching and Learning - Niu, Shuanghong Jenny; Li, Xiaoqing; Luo, Jiutong (AI in Learning: Designing the Future, 2023)
This chapter aims to provide a better understanding of how AI technology can be used to assist in teaching and learning at schools. The Smart Learning Partner (SLP) educational platform is based on AI technology to provide new possibilities for individualized learning and more educational resources. We used a case study approach to investigate how this AI-aided SLP platform helped to assist in teaching and learning from the multiple users’ perspectives of students, teachers, and the principal at a Chinese school. This chapter starts with a description of AI used in education and learning. The AI-aided SLP educational platform is then presented to illustrate in what ways it works to assist in teaching and learning. Based on the users’ self-reported experience, this platform can support students’ learning by providing students with individualized diagnostic feedback and assessments as well as information about the progress of their learning. In addition, students receive recommendations of micro lectures from the platform to aid improvement based on the students’ assessment results. Additionally, students can also access various micro lectures according to their interests. This platform provides teachers with reports of real-time learning situations and progress at the individual or class level. Accordingly, teachers can better adjust their pedagogical decision and teaching according to the students’ needs. The principal used the information to allocate resources and assist in curriculum planning at school. In conclusion, all users positively stated that this AI-aided SLP platform assisted in teaching and learning at school even though there were still certain challenges. At the end of the chapter, recommendations for the future platform design are offered.
Keywords: AI-aided educational platform; Artificial intelligence (AI); Multiple perspectives; Teaching and learning

Multiple Agency Coordination in Emergency Response - Holsberg, Melissa (2012)
When establishing, exercising, and implementing emergency plans, coordinating with response participants will improve implementation of plans.

Multimodality and Literacy in School Classrooms - Jewitt, Carey (Review of Research in Education, 2008)

Multimodal digital classroom assessments - Fjørtoft, Henning (Computers & Education, 2020)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Multimedia learning and games - Mayer, Richard E. (Computer games and instruction, 2011)
Many strong claims are made for the educational value of computer games, but there is little strong empirical evidence to back up those claims. For example, in a recent review, Hannifin and Vermillion observed: "Games are very motivating and have tremendous potential in education, but despite a rapidly growing research base, there is yet insufficient evidence to draw definitive conclusions." Similarly, O'Neil and Perez noted: "Computer games were hypothesized to be potentially useful for instructional purposes [but]... there is almost no guidance for game designers and developers on how to design games that facilitate learning." In order to provide guidance to game developers, it would be useful to have research-based principles for how to design educational computer games (i.e., a science of instruction) and a research-based theory of how people learn from educational computer games (i.e., a science of learning). The goal of this chapter is to examine how best to build a scientifically rigorous research base relevant to the design of effective educational computer games. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Computer Games; Learning; Multimedia; Research and Development

Multimedia - Haßler, Björn (Web Design Guidelines for Low Bandwidth, 2007)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Multigrade teaching in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Uganda, Senegal, and the Gambia - Mulkeen, Aidan; Higgins, Cathal (The World Bank, 2009)

Multi-Stage Prompting for Knowledgeable Dialogue Generation - Liu, Zihan; Patwary, Mostofa; Prenger, Ryan; Prabhumoye, Shrimai; Ping, Wei; Shoeybi, Mohammad; Catanzaro, Bryan (Findings 2022, 2022)
Existing knowledge-grounded dialogue systems typically use finetuned versions of a pretrained language model (LM) and large-scale knowledge bases. These models typically fail to generalize on topics outside of the knowledge base, and require maintaining separate potentially large checkpoints each time finetuning is needed. In this paper, we aim to address these limitations by leveraging the inherent knowledge stored in the pretrained LM as well as its powerful generation ability. We propose a multi-stage prompting approach to generate knowledgeable responses from a single pretrained LM. We first prompt the LM to generate knowledge based on the dialogue context. Then, we further prompt it to generate responses based on the dialogue context and the previously generated knowledge. Results show that our knowledge generator outperforms the state-of-the-art retrieval-based model by 5.8% when combining knowledge relevance and correctness. In addition, our multi-stage prompting outperforms the finetuning-based dialogue model in terms of response knowledgeability and engagement by up to 10% and 5%, respectively. Furthermore, we scale our model up to 530 billion parameters and demonstrate that larger LMs improve the generation correctness score by up to 10%, and response relevance, knowledgeability and engagement by up to 10%. Our code is available at: https://github.com/NVIDIA/Megatron-LM.

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Primary School Site Selection in Al-Mahaweel district Using GIS Technique - Ali, Khalid Ahmed (2018)
Site selection is the process of finding sites that meet the requirements set by the selection criteria. The long-term and success sustainability of planning school, finding the appropriate school locations is challenging and an important. This study aims to develop a primary school site selection model using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integrated new approach. It was carried out by Geographic Information Systems and multi-criteria evaluation model (MCEM). Different criteria were used to suggest a number of potential primary school sites using a spatial analysis, which is the new school should be away from existing schools and the major roads, a new site should also be reliably flat land and on certain types of land use. The population factor of the age group less than 14 years was included as a factor to choose the suitable location. As a result, the final suitability map indicates that 18 % of the study area is suitable for a primary school site, 73% moderately suitable, and 9% of the study area under unsuitable.

MQA Act nº42, 2001 - Mauritius Qualifications Authority Act - Government of Mauritius (2001)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Mauritius; publicImportV1

Moving towards more participatory practice with Open Educational Resources (OER): TESS-India Academic Review - Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina; Cross, Simon; Lee, Clare; Paranjpe, Sandhya; Safford, Kimberly (The Open University, 2017)
Keywords: C: India; _C:India IND; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Moving towards cost-effective delivery models of teacher coaching: evidence from field experiments in South Africa - Kotze, Janeli; Taylor, Stephen; Fleisch, Brahm (2018)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

Moving towards cost-effective delivery models of teacher coaching: evidence from field experiments in South Africa - Kotze, Janeli; Taylor, Stephen; Fleisch, Brahm (RISE, 2018)
Structured learning programmes have emerged as a promising way to address the low learning levels observed in many developing countries. The delivery model of these programmes matters, and on-site teacher coaching has been recommended to be highly effective, especially in early grade literacy. In this paper, we report on a series of government-led randomised experiments in South African primary schools that build on each other to test various models of teacher training and coaching. We find that sustained on-site coaching is more cost-effective (0.41 SD increase in test scores per USD 100) than either short coaching interventions (no significant impact) or centralized teacher training workshops (0.23 SD increase in test scores per USD 100). The ability to scale on-site coaching, however, is an open question. In the latest experiment, therefore, a virtual coaching programme was compared to on-site coaching. The focus of this paper is on the midline evaluation results from this experiment. After one year of intervention, virtual coaching was no less effective than on-site coaching at improving both the instructional practice of teachers and the targeted literacy outcomes of children. This points to the potential for technological innovations to enable wider rollout of coaching programmes, even in contexts where teachers are not familiar with new technologies.
Keywords: __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2425920; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

Moving toward the automation of the systematic review process: a summary of discussions at the second meeting of International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) - O’Connor, Annette M.; Tsafnat, Guy; Gilbert, Stephen B.; Thayer, Kristina A.; Wolfe, Mary S. (Systematic Reviews, 2018)
The second meeting of the International Collaboration for Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) was held 3–4 October 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. ICASR is an interdisciplinary group whose aim is to maximize the use of technology for conducting rapid, accurate, and efficient systematic reviews of scientific evidence. Having automated tools for systematic review should enable more transparent and timely review, maximizing the potential for identifying and translating research findings to practical application. The meeting brought together multiple stakeholder groups including users of summarized research, methodologists who explore production processes and systematic review quality, and technologists such as software developers, statisticians, and vendors. This diversity of participants was intended to ensure effective communication with numerous stakeholders about progress toward automation of systematic reviews and stimulate discussion about potential solutions to identified challenges. The meeting highlighted challenges, both simple and complex, and raised awareness among participants about ongoing efforts by various stakeholders. An outcome of this forum was to identify several short-term projects that participants felt would advance the automation of tasks in the systematic review workflow including (1) fostering better understanding about available tools, (2) developing validated datasets for testing new tools, (3) determining a standard method to facilitate interoperability of tools such as through an application programming interface or API, and (4) establishing criteria to evaluate the quality of tools’ output. ICASR 2016 provided a beneficial forum to foster focused discussion about tool development and resources and reconfirm ICASR members’ commitment toward systematic reviews’ automation.
Keywords: Automation; Data abstraction; Data extraction; Evidence synthesis; Priority ranking; Systematic review; Tools

Moving teachers to Malawi’s remote communities: A data-driven approach to teacher deployment - Asim, Salman; Chimombo, Joseph; Chugunov, Dmitry; Gera, Ravinder (2017)
There are severe geographical disparities in pupil-teacher ratios (PTR) across Malawi, with most teachers concentrated near commercial centers and in rural schools with better amenities. Most of the variation in PTR is concentrated in small sub-district areas, suggesting a central role for micro-geographic factors in teacher distribution. Employing administrative data from several government sources, regression analysis reveals that school-level factors identified by teachers as desirable are closely associated with PTR, including access to roads, electricity, and water, and distance to the nearest trading center, suggesting a central role for teachers’ interests in PTR variation. Political economy network mapping reveals that teachers leverage informal networks and political patronage to resist placement in remote schools, while administrative officials are unable to stand up to these formal and informal pressures, in part because of a lack of reliable databases and objective criteria for the allocation of teachers. This study curates a systematic database of the physical placement of all teachers in Malawi and links it with data on school facilities and geo-spatial coordinates of commercial centers. The study develops a consistent and objective measure of school remoteness, which can be applied to develop policies to create rules for equitable deployments and targeting of incentives. Growing awareness of disparities in PTRs among district education officials is already showing promising improvements in targeting of new teachers. Simulation results of planned policy applications show significant potential impacts of fiscally-neutral approaches to targeted deployments of new cohorts, as well as retention of teachers through data-calibrated incentives.
Keywords: Data-driven model; Deployments; Lebanon_event_2021; Malawi; Political economy; Schools; Teachers; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Gambia GMB; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Philippines PHL; _C:Singapore SGP; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Moving teachers to Malawi’s remote communities: A data-driven approach to teacher deployment - Asim, Salman; Chimombo, Joseph; Chugunov, Dmitry; Gera, Ravinder (International Journal of Educational Development, 2019)
There are severe geographical disparities in pupil-teacher ratios (PTR) across Malawi, with most teachers concentrated near commercial centers and in rural schools with better amenities. Most of the variation in PTR is concentrated in small sub-district areas, suggesting a central role for micro-geographic factors in teacher distribution. Employing administrative data from several government sources, regression analysis reveals that school-level factors identified by teachers as desirable are closely associated with PTR, including access to roads, electricity, and water, and distance to the nearest trading center, suggesting a central role for teachers’ interests in PTR variation. Political economy network mapping reveals that teachers leverage informal networks and political patronage to resist placement in remote schools, while administrative officials are unable to stand up to these formal and informal pressures, in part because of a lack of reliable databases and objective criteria for the allocation of teachers. This study curates a systematic database of the physical placement of all teachers in Malawi and links it with data on school facilities and geo-spatial coordinates of commercial centers. The study develops a consistent and objective measure of school remoteness, which can be applied to develop policies to create rules for equitable deployments and targeting of incentives. Growing awareness of disparities in PTRs among district education officials is already showing promising improvements in targeting of new teachers. Simulation results of planned policy applications show significant potential impacts of fiscally-neutral approaches to targeted deployments of new cohorts, as well as retention of teachers through data-calibrated incentives.
Keywords: Data-driven model; Deployments; Lebanon_event_2021; Malawi; Political economy; Schools; Teachers; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Gambia GMB; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Philippines PHL; _C:Singapore SGP; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Moving in circles along a straight path: The elusiveness of inclusive education in early childhood development in Uganda - Ejuu, G. (Journal of Childhood & Developmental Disorders, 2016)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Moving education into the digital age: the contribution of teachers’ professional development - Twining, P.; Raffaghelli, J.; Albion, P.; Knezek, D. (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013)
This article introduces the main outcomes of discussions at EDUsummIT 2011 by the specific Technical Working Group on Teacher Professional Development (TWG3). The focus was to explore how professional development of teachers may ensure that teachers are better prepared to use information and communication technology (ICT) to promote 21st century learning. The article is organized into three main sections: a review of key literature on professional development of teachers (TPD), in general and with specific reference to ICT; a summary of the key points emerging from TWG3's discussions; and recommendations for action. On the basis of discussions held within the TWG3, the authors concluded that effective TPD requires changes at several levels of educational systems (political, institutional and individual), and that ICTs should be seen as an opportunity for introducing new goals, structures and roles that support these changes. It is significant that while many of the issues highlighted by the group are well established, addressing them continues to be problematic globally.
Keywords: ICT; IT; digital age; policy recommendations; practitioner research; teacher professional development; transformation

Moving beyond the predictable failure of Ed-Tech initiatives - Sancho-Gil, Juana M.; Rivera-Vargas, Pablo; Miño-Puigcercós, Raquel (Learning, Media and Technology, 2019)
The development of Information and Communication Technology has created waves of excitement about its power to fix educational problems and improve learning results, prompting a succession of policy efforts to integrate digital technology into education. Educators, schools and corporations are increasingly driving these initiatives. This article makes the argument that a narrow vision of digital technology, which both ignores the complexity of education and wastes valuable public resources, is becoming an obstacle to significant improvement and transformation in education. Utilising our research and experience in the field of educational technology, this paper problematises the common elision of ‘technology’ and ‘digital technology’. From this basis, we then critically reflect on various common approaches to introducing digital technology in education under the guise of promoting equality and digital inclusion. These include national government-led programmes, more recent trends for local school-led initiatives, and the role of non-formal education initiatives led by corporations/foundations. Amidst the varying surface-level ‘failure’ and/or ‘success’ of these approaches, we point to limited underpinning ‘information and knowledge society’ logics in framing the application of digital technology to education. As such we conclude by considering the educational challenges for future Ed-Tech initiatives.
Keywords: Educational change; digital technology corporations; educational challenges; educational policies; school improvement

Motor emissions could have fallen by over 30% without SUV trend, report says - Horton, Helena; reporter, Helena Horton Environment (The Guardian, 2023)
Global fall averaged 4.2% between 2010 and 2022 but would have been far more if vehicle sizes stayed same
Keywords: Automotive emissions; Automotive industry; Business; Carbon footprints; Environment; Greenhouse gas emissions; Motoring; Pollution; World news

Mother Language Day 2021: Improving data on mother-tongue languages for better learning outcomes - Haßler, Björn; Castillejo, Alice; Marzotto, Mia; El-Serafy, Yomna; Khalayleh, Abdullah; Koomar, Saalim; Langa, Ancha; Nyilinkindi, Jacques; Saadeddin, Zeina; Tegha, Ghislaine; Villavicencio Peralta, Xuzel Ana (EdTech Hub, 2021)
To celebrate International Mother Language Day 2021, EdTech Hub’s Björn Haßler spoke with Alice Castillejo and Mia Marzotto of Translators without Borders. They talked about the importance of mother tongue-based education and the need to support speakers of marginalised languages. This blog post captures their conversation. “How do we know that speakers of marginalised languages are left behind?” Alice: Research…
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _DOILIVE; _EdTechHub_Output; _zenodoETH

Mother Language Day 2021 - Haßler, Björn; Castillejo, Alice; Marzotto, Mia; El-Serafy, Yomna; Khalayleh, Abdullah; Koomar, Saalim; Langa, Ancha; Nyilinkindi, Jacques; Saadeddin, Zeina; Tegha, Ghislaine; Villavicencio Peralta, Xuzel Ana (2021)
To celebrate International Mother Language Day 2021, Björn spoke with Alice Castillejo and Mia Marzotto at Translators without Borders. We talked about the importance of mother tongue-based education and the need to support speakers of marginalised languages. Research around the world shows that educational outcomes are worse for students studying in a second language. The use of an unfamiliar language is linked to high dropout rates and low academic achievement. We also know that 40% of children worldwide are not educated in a language they speak at home. We need to put aside our assumptions about what languages people speak and understand. For example, Portuguese is only one of many languages spoken in Mozambique. To really understand the richness of different languages, we need to collect, share, and visualise the real picture. Having done that, we can then apply this information. Do children who speak a particular language drop out early? We can then develop multilingual educational tools for learners and teachers based on improved data about relevant languages. We can also track educational outcomes by primary language, to ensure no learner is left behind. We can use language data to take action on three levels: children, teachers, and systems. With children, we can identify which language groups didn’t register for school, dropped out early, or consistently underperform. We can then adjust our communication and programming to meet their needs, leaving no one behind. We can also take action to support teachers. With language data, we can also take action on a system level. If over 40% of children are educated in a language they don’t speak at home, we need to know how this affects their education. Much as we did for gender, if we don’t gather the data on inequality, we cannot begin to address it. Collective gathering and sharing of language data can allow us to understand how to increase learning outcomes for speakers of marginalised languages and provide the support they need and deserve.
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'Morphing the Rules: Advanced Applications of Mud in Nigerian Buildings' - Ajadi, S.B. (Procs 4th West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER, 2012)
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More Than "If Time Allows": The Role of Ethics in AI Education - Garrett, Natalie; Beard, Nathan; Fiesler, Casey (AIES '20: AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society, 2020)

More Data, More Relations, More Context and More Openness: A Review and Outlook for Relation Extraction - Han, Xu; Gao, Tianyu; Lin, Yankai; Peng, Hao; Yang, Yaoliang; Xiao, Chaojun; Liu, Zhiyuan; Li, Peng; Zhou, Jie; Sun, Maosong (AACL 2020, 2020)
Relational facts are an important component of human knowledge, which are hidden in vast amounts of text. In order to extract these facts from text, people have been working on relation extraction (RE) for years. From early pattern matching to current neural networks, existing RE methods have achieved significant progress. Yet with explosion of Web text and emergence of new relations, human knowledge is increasing drastically, and we thus require “more” from RE: a more powerful RE system that can robustly utilize more data, efficiently learn more relations, easily handle more complicated context, and flexibly generalize to more open domains. In this paper, we look back at existing RE methods, analyze key challenges we are facing nowadays, and show promising directions towards more powerful RE. We hope our view can advance this field and inspire more efforts in the community.

MOOCs taken by educated few - Emanuel, Ezekiel J. (Nature, 2013)
Remarkably, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infects macrophages — immune cells that are equipped to detect pathogens and mediate innate immune responses — without stimulating innate immunity. Greg Towers and colleagues now show that this depends on the recruitment to the HIV-1 capsid of specific cofactors that are involved in orchestrating nuclear entry and targeting. When these capsid–cofactor interactions are prevented either by virus mutation, cofactor depletion or pharmacological inhibition of cofactor recruitment, viral DNA can be detected by innate immune sensors, including cyclic GMP-AMP synthase.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Moocs struggle to lift rock-bottom completion rates - Murray, Seb (Financial Times, 2019)
Business schools are using nudge methods and peer learning to keep students’ attention
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

MOOCs for Professional Development of Teachers through E-Learning System: The Indian Scenario - Kayal, Soumen; Kayal, Baisakhi Das (SRELS Journal of Information Management, 2020)
Keywords: _C:France FRA; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

MOOCs for in-service teachers: the case of Uganda and lessons for Africa - Oyo, B.; Kalema, B. M.; Byabazaire, J. (Revista Española de Pedagogía, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

MOOCs for in-service teachers: the case of Uganda and lessons for Africa - Oyo, B.; Kalema, B.M.; Byabazaire, J. (Revista Española de Pedagogía, 2017)
In recent times, computers and internet have penetrated secondary schools in Africa but with greater attention to students’ computer literacy than teachers. At the same time, previous studies on digital literacy of teachers are unsustainable and mainly skewed on pre-service teachers than in-service teachers. These realities point to the need to investigate and implement effective and sustainable initiatives for improving digital literacy and online life-long learning for in-service teachers in Africa. This paper therefore presents a specialised MOOC platform known as TEP (Teachers’ E-learning Portal) for digital literacy and online life-long learning for in-service teachers in Uganda. TEP is built for environments with inadequate access to computers, internet and technical assistance. As such, TEP is accessible online or offline, managed by accredited local universities in collaboration with beneficiary secondary schools, and runs on existing resources in schools (technical personnel, computers and internet). Results from initial implementation of a computer literacy MOOC through TEP indicate that irrespective of age, when teachers are adequately supported internally by their schools and externally by a university, can improve their digital literacy and subsequently engage in online life-long learning. In addition, the results both in terms of high percentage of teacher participants’ completions (89%) and high volume of educational e-content generated, confirm TEP as an effective, attractive, and self-sustainable MOOC platform for in-service teachers’ in resource constraint environments. The paper finishes with an analysis of the relevance of TEP to Africa.
Keywords: _Source:Intuitive; _THEME: Education management; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; __:import:03; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2426079; __finaldtb

MOOCs for development: trends, challenges, and opportunities - Castillo, Nathan M.; Lee, Jinsol; Zahra, Fatima T.; Wagner, Daniel A. (Information Technologies & International Development, 2015)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

MOOCs for development: trends, challenges, and opportunities - Castillo, Nathan M; Lee, Jinsol; Zahra, Fatima T; Wagner, Daniel A (Information Technologies & International Development, 2015)
The recent rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has generated significant media attention for their potential to disrupt the traditional modes of education trough ease of access and free or low-cost content delivery. MOOCs offer the potential to enable access to high-quality education to students, even in the most underserved regions of the world. However, much of the excitement surrounding opportunities for MOOCs in non-OECD contexts remains unproven. Challenges with regard to infrastructure, sustainability, and evaluation have disrupted early attempts to expand inclusion for those least educated. Drawing on proceedings from a recent international conference on MOOCs for Development held at the University of Pennsylvania, this report synthesizes trends, challenges, and opportunities within the growing subfield.
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MOOCs as an alternative for teacher professional development: examining learner persistence in one Chinese MOOC - Wang, Qiong; Chen, Bodong; Fan, Yizhou; Zhang, Guogang (Peking University, 2018)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

MOOCs as an alternative for teacher professional development: examining learner persistence in one Chinese MOOC - Wang, Qiong; Chen, Bodong; Fan, Yizhou; Zhang, Guogang (Peking University, 2018)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have developed into a significant international movement, showing great promise in addressing equity, quality, and efficiency issues in global education. To date, many MOOCs have been developed specifically for teacher professional development (TPD). In this regard, an important empirical question remains to be addressed: How and to what extent can MOOCs support equity, quality, and efficiency in teacher professional development? To help fill this knowledge gap, this study, conducted from 2014 to 2016, focused on persistent teacher-learners in a TPD MOOC that was offered for seven consecutive rounds by the X-Learning Center of Peking University. The study found that more than 15% of the 105,383 teachers who enrolled in this MOOC were persistent teacher-learners, defined as learners who enrolled in multiple rounds. Data analysis showed that these persistent teacher-learners had diverse motivations for re-enrollment, including refreshing conceptual understanding, achieving higher scores, earning course certification, and discussing practical problems. The study also found that the persistent teacher-learners developed self-regulated learning skills in the course of multiple rounds of the MOOC and showed significantly higher learning achievement than one-time enrollees. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of both clicklog data and interview data revealed additional insights into the persistent teacher-learners’ learning within the MOOC and their real-world teaching practice beyond the MOOC. Overall, this study contributes to an improved understanding of the potential of MOOCs as an alternative TPD delivery mode in developing countries and sheds light on the future design of effective TPD through MOOCs.
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MOOCs and the claim of education for all: A disillusion by empirical data - Rohs, Matthias; Ganz, Mario (International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2015)
MOOCs have shaped the discussion on learning with digital media for the last few years. One claim of MOOCs in the tradition of Open Educational Resources is to expand access to education, mainly in the field of higher education. But do MOOCs meet this claim? The empirical data in this article confirm the suspicion that, despite all the heterogeneity of the participants, MOOCs are mostly used by people with a higher level of education. Data of participants from two MOOCs from Germany, as well as, empirical data from large providers and universities are used. But due to the different forms of MOOCs there is no comprehensive proof possible. With respect to the Knowledge Gap Theory and the Digital Divide, a theoretical framework is provided to explain possible causes of a different usage. The aim of the article is to point out the risks of an increase of inequalities as a consequence of hyping MOOCs and to stimulate a discussion about possible answers to make MOOCs an instrument of education for all.
Keywords: Access to education; Digital Divide; Distance learning; Education; Final_citation; MOOCs; Socioeconomic factors; cited; existing

MOOCs and the claim of education for all: A disillusion by empirical data - Rohs, Matthias; Ganz, Mario (International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2015)
MOOCs have shaped the discussion on learning with digital media for the last few years. One claim of MOOCs in the tradition of Open Educational Resources is to expand access to education, mainly in the field of higher education. But do MOOCs meet this claim? The empirical data in this article confirm the suspicion that, despite all the heterogeneity of the participants, MOOCs are mostly used by people with a higher level of education. Data of participants from two MOOCs from Germany, as well as, empirical data from large providers and universities are used. But due to the different forms of MOOCs there is no comprehensive proof possible. With respect to the Knowledge Gap Theory and the Digital Divide, a theoretical framework is provided to explain possible causes of a different usage. The aim of the article is to point out the risks of an increase of inequalities as a consequence of hyping MOOCs and to stimulate a discussion about possible answers to make MOOCs an instrument of education for all.
Keywords: Access to education; Digital Divide; Distance learning; Education; MOOCs; Socioeconomic factors

MOOCs and OER in the Global South: Problems and Potential - King, Monty; Pegrum, Mark; Forsey, Martin (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018)
This paper examines the problems and potential of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Education Resources (OER) in the global South. Employing a systematic review of the research into the use of open online learning technologies in Southern contexts, we identify five interrelated themes emerging from the literature: 1) access to the Internet; 2) participant literacies; 3) online pedagogies; 4) the context of content; and 5) the flow of knowledge between North and South. The significance of Southern voice and participation is addressed in the final section, which concludes that on balance, the literature offers a qualified endorsement of the potential and actualities of MOOCs and OER in the global South. The ongoing tendency for the research literature to pay little heed to the agency of the social actors with the most to gain from these innovations is noted, opening up space for further research into the lived experience of online learners in the global South.
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