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- OER Websites and Repositories to Which Africa Contributes
This section provides links to African repositories and international repositories to which African institutions contribute.
OpenSource.com
Opensource.com is an OER Search site that contains a comprehensive list of OER sites that are freely accessible to the public in list format ranging from junior,senior to tertiary education pages.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology OCW
The KNUST OER offers a number of courses easily available from a search tab. It also ctains the courses in listed format as well as a link to other OER sites partnered with the University
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
COL was created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.COL is helping developing nations improve access to quality education and training. The search feature gives you access to thousands of journals and articles which you can apply filters to for a refined search.
OER Commons
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resource where educators can explore, create, and collaborate with other educators around the world to improve curriculum.
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
The AGORA programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of 1900 journals to institutions in 107 countries. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
The CGIAR centers have published a number of resources, all of them OER. For example, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) has developed course modules on hybridization techniques in the faba bean and the chickpea, on experimental design and data analysis, and on biological nitrogen fixation, to name a few. The World Agroforestry Center has also developed modules. You must register to participate in some courses, but it is free of charge.
Regional Agricultural Trade Network (RATIN)
The Regional Agricultural Trade Network (RATIN) was developed to help reduce regional food insecurity by strengthening the ability of markets to provide access to affordable food to poor households and to improve food availability through the provision of adequate incentives to producers. To achieve this goal RATIN provides regional trade analyses for maize, beans and rice by using information from a variety of sources, including ministries of agriculture and other government offices, international agencies, etc.
MIT Open Courseware in Economics
The MIT OCW page in economics provides links to courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in both micro and macroeconomics.
AgEcon Search
AgEcon Search is a free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including,working papers, conference papers and journal articles.There are 68 subject headings, which run the full gamut of agricultural economics and agribusiness