The policy maker first, need to accept  that technology must be integrated into teaching and learning, imagine where a student can not use phone in school, how come he will be able to practice some stuffs he thinks off or seek his teachers attention. So our policy need to be innovatively fashioned

I will begin by impressing the idea and the significance of what LCE is on the decision makers. I will back this up with relevant statistics from institutions that are already into the idea. 

Then I will attempt to convince them not wasting scarce resources on re-inventing the wheel as far as LCE teaching approach is concerned. I will present the idea of OER, what it can be used for and how it can be used in pursuing the idea of LCE.

Once these are achieved, the process of internalizing and and operationalizing the concept of OER can ensue. This mean organizing series of seminar where the various concept are presented to colleagues and then workshops in which the concepts can be practicalized. That is, the medium being the message.

I will first need to learn more about OER, then see how best we can use them in our teacher training program. Their use I believe will help our students access a variety of learning materials.

The other point is that we have to make our students appreciate the use of technology before we get to using OER.

In my context, this has been incorporated. Our University been am ODL institution has OER policy. Our Course Materials are under OER policy.

However, in the aspect of training teachers,  we encourage departments to ensure that teachers developing a course material should first check some repository and partner institution if we can select and adapt a material instead of re-inventing the wheel and also for cost savings.

I plan to integrate OER in my teaching by first identifying the relevant information that I want to pass to my students, then secondly search for the OER sources that will provide the kind of information and finally provide the links for my students to access on their own.

ICT and OER – particularly the TESSA OER – can be used to support the vision for teacher education. As an individual, you can initiate change by using OER and ICT in own practice. These changes therefore need to be integrated into programmes by embedding the principles behind active teaching and learning.

A teacher must be very dynamic and articulate to do the above, that is thinking of a change - paradigm shift from the normal/common teaching methods.

This is not different from what Joacim, the Zonal In-service  Coordinator did in Activity 4.5, Case Study 1. He is confident about his own subject knowledge but it is a long time since he has taught fractions in maths in school. So, he consulted the school curriculum and found a reference to a TESSA unit about fractions. He then used the ideas in the TESSA unit to teach the teachers.

By doing this, he Identified learning need which is the motivation for searching, link to goals and development needs. He searched for suitable OER to support development needs and then selected the OER and judging that the OERs are suitable for use and can be adapted for the intended teaching and learning context.

He then adapted and refined/modified the OER to use in context,refining it after evaluating its use to support learning.

I have come to realize learn that all what i have been engaging in during teacher trainings all this while are all part of integrating OER as it had led to new practices, not simply finding them!

This platform has indeed provided me with the necessary skills and knowledge I need for me to integrate OER in my teaching/ lecturing. But will firstly need to know more by reading those materials thoroughly in order for me to adapt OER effectively in NY teaching/ lecturing. Secondly, a conducive environment must be created especially on the part of the policy markers,our learners are supposed to be allowed to use the necessary gadgets in institutions if at all we want this integration of OER to bear its intended fruits.

By Reading them beforehand and making my learners access them as well

Micro Teaching; through video and use of projector

By giving assignments to students so that they can visit OER sites to help them accomplish the assignments, giving them some appropriate sites for OER.

Pre- selecting and sharing with my class for enrichment, for preparation for further activities, and for inclusion in my presentations whether online or face-to-face.

I have liked the qualities of a useful OER.

When you find some, they are really very helpful!

They significantly reduce on your lesson preparation time and provide for what is believed are tested activities.

The other benefit is the student teachers can also be guided to find them.

I will develop modules using OER which can be used for blended learning

Currently i am working on my institution website. I created a e-Campus on the site; Khan Academy, World digital Library, UNESCO digital Library and others.  The site will be completed soon and i intend to train teacher educators on how to use the OER on the site in their teaching.

I would like to share some of the OER materials on communication skills with my students. The videos on festivals will also serve as great resource tools in my history of language class

In addition to using them myself in my instructional design I will give my student teachers an opportunity to interact with the OER through activities and assignments.