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This online report from the Babson Survey Research Group is an output on a survey of academic leaders between 2009 - 201 on their knowledge, use and opinion of OER.

Presentation by Catherine Ngugi and Neil Butcher at the African Education Week, Sandton Convention Centre, 2nd - 4th July 2012

This article aims to share experience from a Swedish project on the introduction and implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education with both national and international perspectives.

This article discusses the different roles of "openness" in education and how African universities can contribute and become more globally visible.

Open courseware and other open educational resources are beginning to draw the attention of higher education policymakers and other leaders. Why? Simply put, these web-based educational tools hold the promise of both reducing the cost of higher education and helping learners to complete their degrees by providing access to top quality course m

Cathy Casserly (Creative Commons) asks the critical questions: What are the core elements of OER infrastructure? What are the gaps? What are examples of supportive OER policies?

In 2008, the College of Health Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana piloted its OER program part of the Health OER Collaboration sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation.

This short clip features interviews with lecturers and professors within the University of Ghana College of Health Sciences.

In this interview, Catherine Ngugi, Project Director of OER Africa, describes the mission of OER Africa and shares her vision for higher education in Africa.

Peter Donkor, Provost of the College of Health Sciences, and Efua Konadu, a final year medical student, discuss open educational resources at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.