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OER Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
On the record
- Audience
- Its work supports academics, academic librarians, leaders, and other stakeholders in African higher education institutions.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- The initiative supports collaboration through face-to-face and online networks of African educators and learners.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Collection scope
- OER Africa says its website aims to be a primary place to find African-produced OER but is not a comprehensive collection of all OER online.oerafrica.org · read 7 Oct 2026
- Contact location
- The contact page lists its address as 19 Ameshoff St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Courseware
- The site hosts African-produced courseware in areas including agriculture, foundation skills, health, teacher education, and professional development.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Courseware downloads
- Some courseware pages provide downloadable Moodle backups, such as the listed Introduction to Cloud Computing module.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker pages reviewed describe hosting resources and downloadable Moodle backups; they do not state software integrations.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations and partnerships
- OER Africa partners with the PEBL project to host its course materials and make them available to other institutions through the website.oerafrica.org · read 7 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- The PEBL course materials hosted by OER Africa are shared under Creative Commons licenses for reuse with appropriate acknowledgement.oerafrica.org · read 7 Oct 2026
- Not comprehensive
- OER Africa says its website aims to be a primary place to find African-produced OER but is not a comprehensive collection of all online OER.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Open licensing
- The PEBL East Africa course materials are shared as Open Educational Resources under Creative Commons licensing for reuse subject to appropriate acknowledgement.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Professional development
- OER Africa develops and tests continuous professional development models to support OER practices in higher education.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- OER Africa is an initiative of Saide established to collaborate with African higher education institutions on developing and using Open Educational Resources to enhance teaching and learning.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Resource formats
- Some courseware entries offer downloadable Moodle backup files.oerafrica.org · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker pages reviewed do not state product security certifications or compliance claims.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site invites visitors to contact OER Africa to discuss applying its experience and insights to their context, problems, or goals.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Tutorial format
- Tutorials are described as short, practical resources for self-study or group study, and the site says they are updated to reflect new trends and practices.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Tutorials
- Its open education tutorials cover finding and adapting open content, open licensing, open access publishing, research communication, learning design, AI, and online facilitation.oerafrica.org · read 8 Oct 2026
