Acknowledgements

All of the course material (unless otherwise stated as third-party material in the acknowledgements) is © The Open University and licensed as an OER under a Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 4.0/ [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] ).

This means that you can adapt and re-use it freely (apart from the third-party content), providing you share your adaptation under the same licence and acknowledge where you have got it from. You can do that by adding this sentence on the bottom of your presentation of the course or work: ‘Originally created by/adapted from The Open University’s TESSA project (http://www.tessafrica.net/). Shared under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA.’

Specific content from the TESSA OER, including images from the TESSA video resources, are made available under this licence unless otherwise stated.

The TESSA project is led by The Open University, UK and is currently funded by a grant from the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Foundation, and OU alumni.

Parts of this course have been adapted from a course originally authored for the TESS-India programme. The TESS-India MOOC Enhancing teacher education through OER was led by Professor Freda Wolfenden of The Open University.

Except for third party materials and otherwise stated the content is all © TESSA/The Open University, shared and reshared here under a Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 4.0/)

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources:

Course homepage

TESSA banner image, TESSA/OU.

Section 1

A vision for teacher education: children doing cup activity, TESSA/OU.

National policy: map of Africa, TESSA/OU.

Tools for the 21st century: ICT (left to right, top to bottom): children using tablets, © Book Aid International, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-nd/ 2.0/); computer lab, © Nedra, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share Alike License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-sa/ 2.0/); wireless router, © Tim Walker, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/); camera, boy wakanmuri, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/); Raspberry Pi, TESSA/OU; teacher using laptop in a field, © Roel Burgler, with kind permission; teachers using laptops in Egerton Primary School library, TESSA/OU; charging tablet trolley, Hannah Dillon – trolley design by Roger DeWet for Breteau Foundation; projector, Science LLC; man using radio, TESSA/OU.

Open Educational Resources: OER graphic, © Ron Mader/Open Educational Resources, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/); three teachers seated looking at papers, TESSA/OU.

An introduction to TESSA: TESSA website screenshot, TESSA/OU; Dr Henry Busulwa audio and photograph, with kind permission from Dr Henry Busulwa; selection of TESSA OER materials, TESSA/OU.

Section 2

Reflecting on learner-centred education: children at desk, TESSA/OU; UNESCO report, UNESCO-IICBA.

TESSA Key Resources: booklet, TESSA/OU.

Section 3

Using ICT in the classroom: hand-drawn poster of desktop screen, TESSA/OU.

Using ICT effectively: teachers using laptops in Egerton Primary School library, TESSA/OU.

A vision for the future?: Protea Glen School video, © citizen.co.za.

Section 4

The OER cycle: OER cycle flow chart, OU (originally designed for the TESS-India course Enhancing teacher education through OER).

Integrating OER: four teachers working in pairs, TESSA/OU.

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