Presentation about Open Educational Resources at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, given at the Health Open Educational Resources Technology Africa Regional Workshop in Accra, Ghana on October 4, 2012. Authors: Ben Prempeh, Adam Rahman, Moro Ismaila, George Koffuor, and John Marfo about KNUST Open Educational Resources. For more about OER at KNUST, visit http://web.knust.edu.gh/OER. Presentation is CC BY Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

1. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
(OER)
A SHOW & TELL PRESENTATION OF
KNUST OER 4 Oct, 2012
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2. KNUST
OER
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3. “Akwaaba!”

4. Introduction
 The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
and Technology (KNUST), located in Kumasi,
Ghana, is the second largest university in
Ghana, with over 30,000 students.

5. YESTERD
AY
2008…

6. The First Steps
 Institutional visits
 Policy workshops
 Production workshops
 Advocacy Presentations
 Donor support

7. Institutional visits
Hewlett Foundation Visit KNUST June 2009

8.  The College of Health Sciences (CHS) is the first
of KNUST’s six colleges to launch an OER
initiative, supporting the production and use of
Open Educational Resources.
 CHS is made up of over 2,000 students and
comprises; the Faculties of Allied Health
Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Dental
School, School of Veterinary Medicine and the
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in
tropical medicine (KCCR).

9. POLICY OVERVIEW FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF OPEN
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER)
In early 2009, CHS established an interdisciplinary committee of
faculty, staff, and librarians across the university to examine the
institutional faculty development and intellectual property policies.
The purpose of the OER Policy is to:
 identify human resource to support faculty in turning teaching and
learning material into OER.
 clarify publication rights and policies regarding the use of required
infrastructure (information technology, library, etc) and other support
services.
define collaborations within and [beyond] the university and the intent
to allow access.
develop and review OER materials prior to sharing them on a
worldwide scale.

10. Workshop
s
Image courtesy of UG. CC BY

11. Workshop Health OER Tech Workshop, Kumasi - Ghana . Oct
27-28, 2011
s
Health OER Tech Africa - 2012 Workshop Oct 3-5,
2012
Image courtesy of UG. CC BY

12. Workshop
s
Health OER Tech Africa - 2012 Workshop Oct 3-5,
2012
Health OER Tech Africa - 2012 Workshop Oct 3-5,
2012

13. Health OER Tech Africa - 2012 Workshop Oct 3-5,

14. TEAMWORK
 The University encourages a teamwork approach to
curriculum and materials development to bring together
different kinds of expertise available across the
university e.g. disciplinary, pedagogic, design, systems,
ICT, etc.
SCIENCE , ART &
TECHNOLOGY
Image: courtesy of Adam Rahman. CC BY

15. CHS & DeCoDe Collaboration

16. Production Process

17. Developing OER
Instructional Design Model:
RADDIE
 Research
 Analysis
 Design
 Development
 Implementation
 Evaluation

18. TODAY
2012…

19. What we have!
 Projects:
 25 Complete Projects
 5 WIP
 Website: oer.knust.edu.gh
 Access to educational resources and information
 Online Depot
 Based on KAN - Open Source CMS
 Analytics – Google Analytics

20. What we have!
 YouTube: youtube.com/knustoer
 Over 40,000 views & 40 subscribers in 1
year
 Analytics – YouTube
 Support:
 Student Volunteers
 NSS Persons
 Studio Space @ DeCoDe

21. Resource Types Images
Animations
Audio-Visuals
Quizzes

22. Software
 Adobe Creative Suite
 Autodesk Maya
 Camtasia Studio

23. How far OER has come in
the Department of
Pharmacology?
George A. Koffour

24. OER in Pharmacology!
 Resources projected
during Lectures
 Access Resources
online @
oer.knust.edu.gh
 YouTube: Highest
Number of views

25. TOMORRO
W ….

26. Goals
 Advocacy
 Branding
 Production Manual
 Increase Production
 Monitor & Evaluation

27. Creating Awareness: The Gospel
Of OER
Web
Banners

28. Poste
Creating Awareness rs
Handbills

29. Monitor & Evaluate
Research &
Analytics

30. Acknowledgements

31. http://www.wordle.net/create

32. Meda wo
ase!
Thank
You!
oer.knust.edu
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