Overview

The provision of high-quality education is a global priority (SDG4). University lecturers and teacher educators are expected to adopt and use new approaches and model excellent teaching. The COVID-19 crisis means that they have also been required to adjust their teaching to provide learning at a distance and online in a very short time. This ‘pivot’ adds urgency to the challenges already experienced by institutions in moving to distanced and digital provision.

This collection of resources and courses has arisen from several related projects which have focused on providing support to staff working in educaiton as they move towards greater use of online learning and digital technology.

Digital Decisions

Digital Decisions is a British Council funded project which explored the common decisions that are being made in moves towards greater online and blended learning in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project is producing professional development resources aimed at supporting staff working in tertiary education to understand key areas of decision making and good practices in those areas.

Pathways for Learning

Pathways for learning provides two free professional development programmes for university lecturers, teacher educators, instructional designers, technical and professional staff, managers, and heads of department who share responsibility for providing quality distance and online learning.

Both pathways include a combination of innovative online study and interactive elements, such as live webinars, ‘Our Journey’ study mapping, live discussions, nQuire missions, etc.

Partners

Pathways for learning is brought to you by:

The Open University, UK (OU)

The African Council for Distance Education (ACDE)

Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA)

Institute of Education Technology (IET)

Meet the team

Professor Rotimi Ogidan PhD MCASSON, Executive Director of the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE)

Dr Kris Stutchbury, TESSA Academic Director at The Open University, UK

Dr Denise Whitelock, Professor of Technology Enhanced Assessment and Learning at The Open University, UK, and Interim Director of the Institute of Educational Technology

Professor Nebath Tanglang, Director, African Council for Distance Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (ACDE-QAAA)

Dr Tim Coughlan, Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK

Dr Ephraim Mhlanga, ACDE Quality Assurance Programme Specialist at the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide)

Olivier Biard, Senior Project Manager for the International Development Office at The Open University, UK

Dr Margaret Ebubedike, Research Associate (International Education), Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies (WELS) at The Open University, UK

Use the appropriate course link below to access your Pathways programme.