Live Session Details for Day 2: Africa

OEGlobal Tour 2025 Day 2 Africa and Europe
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Join us for today’s live sessions 2025-10-15T12:00:00Z→2025-10-15T13:30:00Z Lightning Talks and Panel for Africa

Recording Now Available

Details

Welcome and Opening

Cross-Regional Panel Discussion
Open Education Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions in Africa

Confirmed Panelists:

  • Glenda Cox (Moderator), University of Cape Town, South Africa, OEGlobal & UNOE
  • Monge Tlaka, OER Africa - Lead (South Africa) & Neil Butcher and Associates (NBA)
  • Balira Ousmane KONFE, Organization of the French Speaking States (OIF), Dakar, Senegal (Spécialiste de programme - Coordonnateur)
  • Yves Valery Obame, University of Bertoua (Cameroon) & University of Geneva (Switzerland). OER Cameroon Founder & Lead
  • Nkem Osuigwe, African Library & Information Associations & Institutions (AFLIA)- (Human Capacity Development & Training Director)

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Snapshot / Lightning Talks

  • Igor Lesko & Jan Gondol (Moderators)

Confirmed Speakers:

Closing Remarks / Comments

  • Glenda Cox, Igor Lesko and Jan Gondol

Optional After-Session Conversations

  • Stay online to meet and connect with attendees

What we’ll be talking about …
We’ll be asking the following questions … You can share your perspectives by hitting reply below!

  • Is Open Education still relevant for Africa?
  • What are the Open Education Opportunities in Africa?
  • What are the Open Education Challenges in Africa?
  • What is the Future Direction for Open Education?
  • What impact do you think artificial intelligence will have on Open Education in the region?
  • What are the research priorities in this field? Are there gaps or underexplored areas?
  • If you could prioritize one key action to strengthen Open Education in the region, what would it be?

OEGlobal Tour 2025 Navigation

:spiral_calendar: General Calendar plus links to daily events

:arrow_up_small: Main Space virtual lobby for the Tour
:arrow_forward: Welcome Greeting and Meeting
:arrow_forward: Tour Information How to Participate, What to See and Do

:arrow_forward: Day 1 Middle East, Asia, & Oceania
:arrow_forward: Day 2 Africa and Europe
:arrow_forward: Day 3 Latin America and North America
:arrow_forward: OE Award Winners Ceremony

General Calendar of Events
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Here are a few of the messages in the live chat on Zoom with links:

Igor Lesko:
Here is more information about the CPD frameworks that Monge from OER Africa/NBA is referring to: Continuous Professional Development Frameworks | OER Africa

Some time ago, OEGlobal also collaborated with OIF and the African Virtual University on creating an OER Competency Framework. It is available here: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000266159_eng

Abdalla Ahmed
Shared: Open educational resources competency framework OER (256.8 KB)

Najma Agherdien
Monge and colleagues, its great that you have developed frameworks and have projects aimed at more/better/ collaboration and open co-creation and sharing. From my experience in the HE space, we/academics are overloaded, struggle with Institutional demands and all the rest of it. In mho, the structures (policies /promotion criteria) have to change and then practice/praxis often is difficult to shift.

Igor Lesko
Hello Najma, agree. The operational realities play a big role here. This may be of interest to read too: Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process: Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process – Simple Book Publishing

Wisal Alim
Librarians play a key role in open education globally.
They support access to Open Educational Resources (OER), guide copyright and Creative Commons licensing, collaborate with faculty to design open content, and lead institutional initiatives that promote equity and lifelong learning. Their impact varies across countries, but the goal is the same: making education more accessible and inclusive.

Heather Blicher
Make it practical- :clap:

Najma Agherdien
Academics often request protected time (teacher Buy-outs) to create OER. This requires funding. As part of our University Capacity Dev Grant, we have had a few OER projects.

Heather Blicher
This is the same in the US. Very challenging to fund this- but so necessary.

Salha Abdo
From my perspective, I think we need to raise awareness of OEP and OER.

Abdalla Ahmed
:books: Libraries Are Knowledge
Libraries are not just buildings filled with books — they are living gateways to wisdom.
They connect minds across generations, preserve the essence of human thought, and ignite the flame of discovery in every reader.
Through libraries, knowledge flows freely — empowering learners, inspiring researchers, and shaping the future of nations.

Christopher Dobson
EPUB 3 is very accessible and can be translated into other languages.

Jan Gondol
…and it’s also an open standard! EPUB 3.3

Najma Agherdien
Lauren, the Ulwazi Lwethu project sounds amazing. I am interested in the notion of reading clubs. Any info on such would be greatly appreciated.

Lauren Fok

Christopher Dobson
Libretext and Pressbooks can produce such digital texts for secondary and postsecondary education.

Isla Haddow-Flood
Other fantastic open resources for early learning are Digital Library of Stories for Kids | Stories | Storyweaver and https://www.africanstorybook.org/

Najma Agherdien
Thanks for linking OER with the genocide. I don’t even know how to speak about public good and decolonization without speaking about the genocide

Isla Haddow-Flood
On Day 1 Saida Affouneh mentioned that “We look at Open Education as a seed of hope. It is a survival strategy. When all the education system is destroyed, learning will continue through Open Education. It is a survival strategy and a way towards freedom.”

Kirsty von Gogh
The Ulwazi Lwethu resources and the resources on the ELRN are available as print-ready files because we know how important it is to get the books into the hands of kids - and make these available in languages they understand. Some of the resources from Storyweaver and ASb have been converted to print files and are available on the ELRN.

Jan Gondol
Welcome, Lillia! The link to your OEGlobal Connect thread: Snapshot Talk: Transforming Learning for All: Open, Inclusive, and Innovative

Najma Agherdien
Is this certificate for a short course Lilia? If so, is this short course openly licensed ?

Prof.Nahla Suleman
Great impressive