Using  Open  Educational  Resources  in  Afghanistan:  The  Experience  So  Far

Open  Education  Global  Conference April  2016 Jamshid  Hashimi Lauryn  Oates

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OERs, Access and Language

Tomasevski’s 4-A Framework of Human Rights Obligations in Education: •  availability •  accessibility •  acceptability •  adaptability

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Hypothesis:   (a)  that  the  OERs  tool  will  enable  teachers’  use  of  

educational  content  in  their  teaching  practice;   (b) This  content  will  positively  impact  the  educators’  

subject  knowledge  and  pedagogical  practice.

Theory  of  Change:   Use  of  OER                    more  exposure  and  use  of  educational  content                    increased  knowledge  of  subject  knowledge  (sciences;  social  studies;  languages;  math  at  secondary  level)  and  increased  use  of  a  variety  of  teaching  methods  and  materials  (i.e.  use  of  experiments,  games,  role  play,  art,  and  other  active  learning  methods).

Our  Research    Instruments •  Lesson  Plan  Form      (pre-­‐‑training)  +        scoring  rubric •  Lesson  Plan  Form        (post-­‐‑training)  +  scoring  rubric •  Pre-­‐‑test  Questionnaire •  Post-­‐‑training  Questionnaire •  Classroom  Observation  Rubric •  Student  Interview  Form •  Weblog  data

How  our  teachers  access  the  OER Three  access  models: •  Computers  in  the  teacher  training  college  ICT  lab

•  On  their  own        mobile  phones •  Tablets  in  school        libraries

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•  Completing  data  collection,          analysis  &  sharing  results •  Building  the  collection •  Audio-­‐‑visual  lessons •  Equipping  more  teacher  college  labs •  DDL  on  tablets  in  school  libraries •  Demos  around  Afghanistan •  Konkor  Exam  Project  

What’s  Next

Technology  for  Education

•  Critical  thinking  and  digital  literacy •  Citizen-­‐‑led  assessment  of  education •  Kids  Coding “new  information  technologies  are  not  simply  tools  to  be  applied,  but  processes  to  be  developed.  Users  and  doers  may  become  the  same”  –  Castells  (2000)

Thank  you!  

If all you can do is crawl,

start crawling

- RUMI

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