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EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES
OF OER AT UNIVERSITY OF
MALAWI KAMUZU COLLEGE OF
NURSING
REBECCA NGALANDE - UNIMA KCN
PRESENTED AT
2011 OER CONVENING CONFERENCE –
SAFARI PARK HOTEL - NAIROBI KENYA
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18TH MAY 2011
Paper Guide
 Is Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN)
prepared / ready to create relevant OER?
 What OER has been produced at KCN?
 Is institutional policy at KCN – and at the
University of Malawi as a whole –amenable to
OER?
 To what extent is KCN involved in an OER
community of practice within which to share,
adapt and re-sue relevant OER? 2
Outline of the Presentation
Background
Significance of OER
 Lessons learnt
 Challenges
 Role of students in OER
 Future of OER at KCN
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BACKGROUND: KCN
University of Malawi (UNIMA)
college
Traced from 1965
Has two campuses
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KCN MISSION
“Provide quality, comprehensive and
cost effective nursing, Midwifery and
other Health related educational
programmes in response to societal
provision to promote the health of the
people of Malawi, Africa and beyond’’.
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CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL
CHALLENGE
• Change of environment
• National needs
• Transition
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CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL
CHALLENGE
Partial IT Dept
 Power supply
 UNIMA and government attitude
towards tertiary education
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PURPOSE OF OER
 Improve access to learning opportunities by sharing
knowledge and learning resources
 Save time, cut costs and contribute to improving the
quality of teaching and learning – quality graduates
with required competencies
 Stimulates and facilitate s growth of a pool of
learning resources
 With OER you are free to use, adapt, mix and share
the resources, and become part of the growing
community
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STRATEGY
Formulation of OER champions :
1. Sensitize
2. Lobby
 stable power
 Pilot project
3. Technical support
4. Funding
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OER TYPE
Learning package for midwifery students
clinical experience part one;
Uncomplicated prenatal care
Uncomplicated labour
Uncomplicated postpartum care
Support : IADP, and South African Institute
for Distance Education (SAIDE)
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PILOT PROJECT
OBJECTIVES
Increase OER understanding
Capacity building
Develop /create OER
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OUTCOME
 Formulation of OER team
 Training of OER champions
 Production of the 1st OER resource
 Piloting of resource from July –September
2010 with 11 midwifery students
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LESSONS LEARNT : OER
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LESSONS LEARNT: The
POWER Of OER
 Your contribution makes a difference worldwide in
education like
 Students in USA & Africa are able to collaborate on a
specific area of interest
 An educator is able to find easily group exercises for
her learning science class
 Your experience in using open and freely shared
course-related materials is valuable in the reuse and
evolution of the materials as it improves quality and
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confidence of the producer
LESSONS LEARNT:
INSTITUTIONAL
New movement in education
An opportunity to market the institution
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LESSONS LEARNT :
FACULTY
An opportunity to market self
Try new ways of teaching
 Network and collaborate
Share experiences
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LESSONS LEARNT :
STUDENTS
 Current information
Collaborate and network with other
colleges
New methods of learning
Flexibility —materials can be adapted
for specific students needs
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LESSONS LEARNT : TEACHING
RESOURCE
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Responsibilities
Technical support and IT depts.
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Attitude of faculty

Change of curriculum
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OER Production Challenges
Challenges
 Unstable internet and power
 Material search
 No local technical support and IT
depts.
 Time for the team
 Lack of funding project
 Attitude of faculty members
Strategy
 Processing purchase of
generator
 Improved internet
 Recruitment stage
 Using off hours initially
 Good support from
management but to source
funding after launch of pilot
 Sensitization
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OER WAY FORWARD
Advance the OER movement:
 Awareness
 Networking
Creation and use:
 Develop more capacity
 Quality assurance
Identify facilitators and barriers:
 Strong committed team
 Sustainability
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2ND PROJECT:
Counseling skills
 Complex -
Involved large group
Three colleges
Faculty and technical teams
Majority not committed
Core resource and departmental
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KCN OER CHAMPIONS
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Rebecca C Ngalande – MCH & DDOF
College OER Coordinator & e-learning champion BT
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Elizabeth Chodzaza - MCH DHOD
e- Learning Liason Officer & OER Champion team member BT
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Chrissie Phiri - MCH
OER Champion Team member LL
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Wynes Gondwe - Clinical & DHOD
OER Champion Team member BT
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Mary Kamphinda Banda - DHOD Med-Surg
OER Champion Team Member BT
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Emphraim Banda ICT Support Staff
OER Champion Team member BT
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Team is grateful to the following for
both material, moral, time and physical
assistance
IADP for guidance and encouragement
SAIDE and Christiane Randell for
facillitation during the initial phase
KCN former and current librarians
 KCN management for encouragement
and financial and moral support
throughout the process
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THANK
YOU
from warm heart of
Africa
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