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PRECONFERENCE PROGRAM: WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 3 Registration 3 Workshops 3 Digital Poster Session 5 AVU WELCOME RECEPTION 5

DAY 1 - THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 6 Plenary Opening Ceremony 6 Keynote Speech: Prof Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Kenya 6 Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 1 – 3) 6 Session 1: Infrastructure & Capacity 6 Session 2: Open Educational Resources (OER) Integration 7 Session 3: Distance Learning & ICTs 7 Afternoon Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 4 – 6) 8 Session 4: Science Education & ICTs 8 Session 5: eLearning & Instructional Design 8 Session 6: Instructional Technology/Information Systems 8 AVU RECTOR’S GALA DINNER 9

DAY 2 - FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 10 Session 7: Panel on AVU Multinational Project 10 Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 8-10) 10 Session 8: ICTs & Educational/Social Context 10 Session 9: Curriculum/Program Development 10 Session 10: OER Crowdsourcing Panel Presentation 11 Afternoon Plenary Sessions 12 Session 11: High Level Panel on OER & MOOCs 12 Keynote: Daphne Koller, Stanford University; Co-Founder and co-CEO, Coursera 12 Plenary Closing Ceremony 12

1 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU 3 Day Outline

Time PRECONFERENCE - WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER Venue

08:30am - 5:00pm Registration Mara Ballroom Foyer 09:00am - 11:00am Workshops Mara North & Loita 09:00am - 04:00pm Poster Presentations Mara Ballroom Foyer 11:00 - 11:30am Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer 01:00 - 2:00pm Lunch Poolside 02:00 - 04:00pm Workshops Mara North & Loita 04:00 - 04:30pm Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer 05:00 - 07:00pm WELCOME RECEPTION Mara North

DAY 1 - THURSDAY 21ST NOVEMBER

08:00 - 8:30am Registration Mara Ballroom Foyer 09:00- 10:30AM OPENING CEREMONY - Opening & Introductions (Dr. Atieno Adala, AVU) - Welcome Address (Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector, AVU) - Opening Remarks (Mr. Negatu, Regional Director AfDB) - Opening Remarks (African Union) Keynote Speech: Prof Kaimenyi, CS, Ministry of Education, Kenya Plenary (Mara Ballroom) 10:30 - 11:00am Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer 11:00 - 1:00pm 3 Concurrent Presentation Sessions - Morning Mara North, Mara South, Loita 01:00 - 2:00pm Lunch Poolside 02:00 - 03:30pm 3 Concurrent Presentation Sessions - Afternoon Mara North, Mara South, Loita 03:30 - 04:00pm Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer 04:00 - 05:00pm Session Summary from Chairs Plenary (Mara Ballroom) 06:30 - 10:00pm RECTOR’S DINNER /WITH AWARDS Plenary (Mara Ballroom)

DAY 2 - FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER

08:00 - 08:30am Registration Ballroom Foyer 08:30 - 09:00am Conference Announcements /Housekeeping Plenary (Mara Ballroom) 09:00 – 10:30am Panel on AVU Multinational Project - Morning Plenary (Mara Ballroom) 10:30 - 11:00am Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer 11:30am - 1:00pm 3 Concurrent Presentation Sessions -Morning Mara North, Mara South, Loita 01:00 - 02:00pm Lunch Poolside 02:00 – 03:45pm Panel Session on OERs & MOOCs – Afternoon Plenary (Mara Ballroom) 03:45 - 04:00pm Tea/Coffee Break Mara Ballroom Foyer 04:00 – 05:00pm Keynote Address Daphne Koller – Cousera Plenary (Mara Ballroom) 05:00 - 05:30pm CONFERENCE CLOSING CEREMONY Plenary (Mara Ballroom)

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2 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU Preconference Program: Wednesday 20th November

Registration TIME: 08:00am – 05:00pm Room: FOYER (Mara Ballroom)

Workshops Workshop 1: Leveraging Institutional Open Practices to Promote Access to Education Time: 09:00 -11:00AM Room: MARA NORTH

Facilitators: • James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of Canyons, and President of the Advisory Board for the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources • Kathleen Ludewig Omollo, International Program Manager, Office of Enabling Technologies, University of Michigan Medical School

Workshop Description: This proposed workshop will guide participants in examining the policy environment and organizational culture desired for effective open education activities, including identifying and addressing relevant policies at the departmental/faculty, institutional, national, or association level (such as for recognition, promotion, intellectual property, quality assurance, etc.) that can either support or hinder the goal of increasing access to educational experiences. This formal and informal policy environment is a common area of interest for many educators and institutions that are curious about or are currently pursuing open education activities. Drawing from case studies from a two-year community college in the U.S., an undergraduate and post-graduate research university in the U.S., and a regional network of health sciences institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, the facilitators will present a framework for understanding own organizational culture, and for identifying opportunities for open practices within that institutional context.

Workshop 2: Participatory Digital Multi-Media Content Development Strategies Time: 09:00 -11:00AM Room: LOITA

Facilitator: Robert L. Jones, II, Executive Director, OnLine Africa Knowledge Foundation

Workshop Description: This presentation will explore how the OnLine Africa Knowledge Foundation’s websites are using multimedia training and services to facilitate development of quality culture-specific education, better governance, and reliable public information services through a network of “digital fifth estates” which are collaborations between the public sector, private citizens, researchers, professional journalists, universities, community journalists and a network of village think tanks. The session will focus on participatory photography’s ability to help aspiring multimedia storytellers, photographers, digital designers and editors acquire or improve their ability to create, appreciate and evaluate images that have

3 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU commercial and practical developmental value due to their universal “readability” (technical, aesthetic and communications factors) coupled with the ability to present culture-specific data visualizations in compelling ways. Most attendees should notice an immediate improvement in their ability to take and utilize images as a result of the session’s training modules. Attendees will be able to explore compelling hyper local and interactive digital solutions that can be readily adapted to meet the growing need to communicate “tactile” visual data and other types of accurate word, picture and sound information for consumers, multidisciplinary researchers, media practitioners and learners. Participants will be introduced to effective practical training programs and other resources that can help Africans tell their own stories better.

Workshop 3: Open Education Resources and the Impact of Open Education Policy Time: 02:00 -04:00 PM Room: MARA NORTH

Facilitators: Griff Richards, PhD, Manager, Educational Technology & Learning Resources, African Virtual University, James Waciira, African Virtual University

Workshop Description: A key principle underlying the effective collaborative development and sharing of AVU modules is the use of Open Educational Resources (OER). “Open” means the educational resources can be freely re-used and adapted by others without any fee. AVU policy is that Phase I and Phase II instructional modules be distributed under the Creative Commons License (CC) with provisions that users acknowledge the original authors (CC-BY), and that any adaptations of the AVU content be shared using the same CC license (CC-SA). In the past two years, almost 2 million user accesses have been made to the AVU on-line open resource collection (oer.avu.org), many from South America, North America, Europe and India. The exposure of quality learning materials for free bring AVU and its community and sponsors tremendous global recognition, and a number of awards have already been received. However, the movement to open education resources is only beginning and many potential users in partner institutions and the general public are unaware of the existence of AVU OER and do not know how to find and access these materials. The goal of this session is to give participants to an awareness of what OERs are and to introduce them to the AVU OER collection. At the end of the workshop the participants should be able to search for OER on the AVU repositories or on AVU DVD collections, they should understand the licensing provisions of Creative Commons Licensing, and they will be able to aware of the range and format of AVU modules. The second half of the workshop discusses the various types of OER licenses available under Creative Commons, and other Open Source schemes. The focus then shifts from the resources to the impact OER participation on the individual faculty member, the benefits to the institution, particularly for education in developing countries.

4 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU Digital Poster Session Digital posters will be on display on 2 plasma monitors in the foyer of the Mara Ballroom throughout the conference period. Presenters will be a hand at various times hand to discuss their digital posters or interested audience can view posters at any time on their own.

Display Screen A (French Posters) Projet de création d’ecao (Exercices Corriges Assistés par Ordinateur) par des étudiants normaliens pour des élèves de la classe terminales Pr. Rémi Rakotondradona, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

Structuration et management du e-learning pour mieux gérer les sureffectifs d’étudiants à l’UCAD Dr. Ndiougou Ndiaye, Université Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

Opportunités et défis pour le développement des TIC en appui à l’enseignement supérieur et la re- cherche à Madagascar Dr Jeannin Ranaivonasy, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar Joelisoa Ratsirarson, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar Daniel Rakotondravony, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar

Display Screen B (English Posters) Accreditation and quality assurance in public universities in Zambia Prof. Tembo Mwase, E. University of Zambia Dr. Kasonde Ng’andu, S. University of Zambia Dr. Mbozi, E.H, University of Zambia

The determinants of adoption and leading use of the internet among students in LCCs: an empirical study on Cameroonian data Georges Bertrand TAMOKWE PIAPTIE, University of Douala, Cameroon

Technologies of abundance and their influence on learning among university students in Kenya Anne A. Aseey PhD, University of Nairobi

The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) Jos. H.A.N. Rikers, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands

AVU WELCOME RECEPTION Time: 05:00 - 07:00 pm Venue: MARA NORTH BALLROOM

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08:00AM – 09:00AM REGISTRATION

Plenary Opening Ceremony Room: MARA SOUTH Chair: Prof Rogerio Uthui, Rector, Universidade Pedagogica, Mozambique (Chair, AVU BOD) 09:00 – 09:20am Opening & Introductions (Dr. Atieno Adala, AVU) 09:20 – 09:40am Welcome Address (Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector, AVU) 09:40 - 09:50am Opening Remarks (Mr. Negatu, Regional Director AfDB) 9:50 – 10:00am Opening Remarks (African Union) Keynote Speech Prof Jacob Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Kenya

10:30 – 11:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK

Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 1 – 3)

Session 1: Infrastructure & Capacity

Time: 11:30 – 01:00 Room: MARA NORTH

Chair: Prof. Makenya Maboko, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, University of Dar es Salaam • The role of ICTs photovoltaic powered centres on ODL programmes in rural areas in Tanzania Damasen Ikwaba Paul, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam Fatma Ubwa, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam • Strengthening institutional capacity for effective e-learning through partnership: An illustration from public sector management training Mr. Franklin Mutahakana, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Harare, Zimbabwe Dr. Hardson Kwandayi, Africa University Mutare, Zimbabwe • Effective Implementation of technology innovations in higher education institutions: A survey of selected African universities John Kandiri, Kenyatta University, Kenya; • Accreditation and quality assurance in public universities in Zambia: The case of the University of Zambia Dr. Sophie Kasonde-Ng’andu, University of Zambia

6 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU Session 2: Open Educational Resources (OER) Integration

Time: 11:30AM – 01:00PM Room: MARA SOUTH Chair: Prof Aggrey Abate, Vice Chancellor, University of Juba, South Sudan • By means of OER integration: An analysis of tutors’ and learners’ views of OER as an ODL strategy for teaching and learning Ezra Maritim, Open University of Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Jacqueline L. Bundala, Open University of Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Winfrida Malingumu, Open University of Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania • Challenges and instructors’ intention to adopt and use open educational resources in higher education in Tanzania Joel S. Mtebe, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania • Students’ awareness and their use of African virtual open courseware: A case of the Open University of Tanzania Zamzam I. Nyandara, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Janeth E. Kigobe, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania • Perception of executive board members of African Council for Distance Education on integration of open educational resources in distance higher education institutions in Africa Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe, National Open University of Nigeria Dr. Rotimi Ogidan, African Council for Distance Education, Nairobi, Kenya

Session 3: Distance Learning & ICTs

Time: 11:30AM – 01:00PM Room: LOITA Chair: Amadou Boureima, DVC Academic, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger • Student perception of open and distance learning mode for initial primary teacher training in Malawi: A case of Lilongwe Teachers College Grace. M. K. Banda PhD, Lilongwe Teachers College, Malawi Elias Kaphesi PhD, University of Malawi, Malawi • Preparedness for digital learning of ODL students in Africa: Case of the Open University of Tanzania E.T. Bisanda, The Open University of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania • The potential of VLE in providing access to quality education in rural community schools – myth or reality Najim Ussiph, PhD Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi. Ghana. • Dispositif de formation à distance des professeurs contractuels au Sénégal : entre innovation et ouverture de l’accès à la formation pédagogique. Babacar BITEYE, Pascale Brandt-Pomares, Université Aix-Marseille, France

11:00 – 11:30 LUNCH BREAK

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Session 4: Science Education & ICTs

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: MARA NORTH Chair: Maxime DACRUZ, DVC Academic, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Benin • Intégration des TIC dans l’enseignement des sciences physiques du secondaire : Formations en présentiel et en ligne dans quatre-vingt lycées de Madagascar, des Comores, du Sénégalet de l’Ile Maurice Jean Claude Omer Andrianarimanana Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar • Enhancing access to open science education by integrating ICT-virtual labs and micro-science kits in Kenya Ronald M. Michieka, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kenya • Conception et suivi-évaluation de cours de formation à distance en biologie et éducation environnementale : Vers un modèle harmonisé Mamadou Sarr, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, FASTEF, Senegal

Session 5: eLearning & Instructional Design

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: MARA SOUTH Chair: Dr. Taye Tolemariam Ejeta, VP Academics, Research & Student Affairs, Jimma University, Ethiopia • Learner support in eLearning: Featuring the devil in the detail Bona I. Maandera, The Virtual University of Uganda • Exploring modes of education delivery in the digital age Brenda Mallinson, South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) South Africa • 7-Conception : conception pour divers scénarios d’enseignement et d’apprentissage : l’auto- apprentissage, l’apprentissage centré sur l’apprenant, l’apprentissage basé sur la collaboration Laurence Rabotovao, Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, Madagascar • Students’ perceived challenges in an online collaborative learning environment: A case of higher learning institutions in Nairobi, Kenya Maina Muuro, Kenyatta University, Kenya

Session 6: Instructional Technology/Information Systems

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: LOITA Chair: Prof. Emanuel Nikolas Abakah, DVC Academic, University of Education Winneba, Ghana • Optimization of learning management systems through systems integration: The case of moodle and zalongwa software Dr. Juma Hemed Lungo, University of Dar-es-Salaam

8 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU • Mobile computer-supported collaborative learning using google apps for education within a mLearning strategy Alex Rayón, University of Deusto, Spain

• TALKY. A serious game to develop and assess oral and interpersonal communication competences+ Mariluz Guenaga, University of Deusto, Spain Paper to be presented by colleague Alex Rayon

• Structuration et management du e-learning pour mieux gérer les sureffectifs d’étudiants à l’UCAD Dr. Ndiougou Ndiaye, Université Cheick Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal

AVU RECTOR’S GALA DINNER Time: 06:30 - 10:00 pm Venue: Poolside Entertainment: Qitta Ngoma Band

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08:30 – 09:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS/HOUSEKEEPING

Session 7: Panel on AVU Multinational Project

Time: 09:00 – 11:00AM Room: MARA BALLROOM Chair: Prof. Ezra Maritim, The Open University of Tanzania, AVU Board Member • A brief on the AVU Multinational Projects Ms. Catherine Wangeci, African Virtual University • AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at the Open University Tanzania - Joint AVU/OUT ICT Basic Skills Program Prof. Eliphas Bisanda DVC Academic, Open University of Tanzania • AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at the University of Zimbabwe: The AVU Capacity Enhancement Program (ACEP) Prof. Chipo Dyanda, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Zimbabwe • AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at the University of Nairobi: The ODeL Center Prof. Henry Mutoro, DVC Academic, University of Nairobi, Kenya AVU Phase 1 Project’s Implementation at Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal: The Teacher Education Program Prof Ibrahima Niang, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal

11:00 – 11:30 TEA/COFFEE BREAK

Morning Paper Presentations (Breakout Sessions 8-10)

Session 8: ICTs & Educational/Social Context

Time: 11:30 – 01:00PM Room: LOITA Chair: Dr Niandou Aïssata, Conseillère Technique du Ministre • Infrastructure and access for open and distance learning: Experiences from Zimbabwe Moffat Chitapa Tarusikirwa PhD, Zimbabwe Open University • Fracture numérique et développement en Afrique Fatima Zohra Sossi Alaoui, Institut des Etudes Africaines, Rabat, Morocco Mustapha Machrafi , Institut des Etudes Africaines, Rabat, Morocco • Les freins à l’intégration des TIC en pratiques enseignantes dans le contexte scolaire tunisien Souad Abdelwahed, Centre National d’Innovation Pédagogique et de Recherche en Education (CNIPRE), Tunisia

10 2013 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AVU Session 9: Curriculum/Program Development

Time: 01:30 – 03:30PM Room: MARA SOUTH Chair: Prof. Bendita Donaciano, Universidade Pedagogica, Moçambique • Students’ understanding of research as praxis in a distance education postgraduate programme Prof William Fraser, University of Pretoria South Africa • Le locuteur natif à distance, une alternative à l’assistant pour l’apprentissage autodirigé des langues étrangères Jacinto Cipriano Banze Junior, Universidade Pedagógica, Moçambique • The design and development of the diploma program on social enterprise and development: Towards an open learning policy Jos. H.A.N. Rikers, Open Universiteit, The Netherlands Alberto Parise, Tangaza University College, ISMM, Kenya

Session 10: OER Crowdsourcing Panel Presentation

Time: 11:30 – 01:00PM Room: MARA SOUTH Chair: Mary Lou Forward, Executive Director OpenCourseWare Consortium • Cross-cultural crowdsourcing: A method for sharing OERs across language barriers Griff Richards PhD, African Virtual University, Nairobi, Kenya • Volunteer translation of open textbooks in South Africa Bridget Nash, Siyavula Education, Cape Town, South Africa • Crowdsourcing video translations for a global network for health education Kathleen Ludewig Omollo, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

11:00 – 11:30 LUNCH BREAK

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Session 11: High Level Panel on OER & MOOCs

Time: 02:00 – 03:30PM Room: MARA BALLROOM Chair: Larry Cooperman, President, OpenCourseWare Consortium Impact of Open Education Worldwide Panelists who include Board Members of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC) will explore the basics of open education in practice, including considerations for licensing materials as open educational resources (OER) and for using OER to support student access and achievement. Case studies from Delft University of Technology, Tufts University, the University of California, Irvine, and Creative Commons will showcase the variety of open educational projects from different universities around the world. Dr. Ignasi Labastida, University of Barcelona and Creative Commons, Spain Diafuka Saila-Ngita, VMD, PhD, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

• The Open Strategy of Delft University of Technology Willem Van Valkenburg, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands • Georgia Tech’s OMS CS: Smart Partnerships Building Better Education Charles Isbell, Senior Associate Dean, Georgia Institute of Technology

03:30 – 04:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK

Session 12: Keynote: The Online Revolution: Education for Everyone

Daphne Koller, Stanford University; Co-Founder and co-CEO, Coursera Time: 04:00 - 05:00PM Room: MARA BALLROOM Chair: Dr. Mor SECK, Manager/Director Senegal Distance Learning Centre & President of the Association of African Distance Learning Centres

Plenary Closing Ceremony Time: 05:00pm – 5:30PM Room: MARA BALLROON Summary: Dr. Atieno Adala, AVU Closing Remarks: Bakary Diallo, Rector AVU Vote of Thanks: Prof Felix Chiedu Mafiana, Director Quality Assurance National Universities Commission, Nigeria

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