OER at the Open University of Sudan by Prof Mohamed Enam

1. OER in Open University of Sudan
Prof. Mohamed Abo Mohamed Emam
‫الرحيم‬ ‫الرحمن‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫بسم‬

2. • OUS Vision: to be a pioneer and a
distinctive institution in open learning
locally and globally.
• OUS Mission: Providing opportunities
of distinctive higher education through
open learning; promoting teacher
education and contributing in
knowledge creation for human
development.

3. Establishment
• April 2002
• Governmental university
• Mix-mode approach to
education delivery
• First enrolment August 2003

4.  Vastness of Sudan
 Harsh environmental conditions
 Cultural and ethnic diversity
 Increasing number of school leavers
 Limited number of universities’ enrolment
 Pressing need to community and continuous
learning
 Removing constraints:
 time and place constraints
 social and economic constraints
 rigid universities admission requirements
 Complimentary to residential universities
Why OUS?

5. Major Student’s
characteristics
Gender: 55% Female – 45% male
Age : 20 – 80 years old
Profession: most of them are Teacher
and other professions

6. Facts & Figures
1.Learning Center s:170 centers
2.Student’s Advisors: 270
3.Supervisors: 2500
4.Published self learning books ≈ 400

7. OUS and OER
• Seminar on OER 2008
Khartoum, Sudan. Presented
by Dr. Frank Banks, Open
University Uk.
• ACDE-TCC & ACDE QAAA
• OER Africa Workshop
Khartoum, Sudan, 2010.

8. Current situation that ease
OER
• Text books
• Website
• Portals
• Fm radio
• Ip radio
• Tv educational channel ( Free flow of
information)
• Printer Press
• E-library
• E-learning centre

9. Example: TESSA
• OUS has translated TESSA materials into
Arabic and develop manuals and guides for
basic education teachers. More than 53,000
teachers had the subject of using these
materials.
• Besides OUS has contributed in studies and
research in TEAMS project as a part of TESSA
programme.

10. Distance Education in Teaching Training :
Through collaborative TESSA working we have
identified key skills, values and competencies for
teachers working in resource challenged
environments across the region, audited primary
curricula and created a framework for TESSA OER
study units.

11. Future plan
• OCW
• MOOCs
• Open schooling initiatives

12. Challenges
• Promoting, The definitions and basic concepts of OER,
• Encouraging the culture of sharing of resources in the
educational institutes ,
• Stating OER adoption in educational laws and bylaws,
• Pinpoint materials in high qualities ( Contents,
delivery system, … etc).
• IP (Intellectual Property)
• Capacity Building
• Platforms
• Embargo and Sanctions
• Polices

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