OER Mainstreaming in Tonga

In the race towards achieving the Education 2030 agenda, open educational resources (OER) act as a key enabler for sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4). Leading to the 2014 Regional Focal Points Meeting, Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) Focal Point for Tonga had identified top priorities for the c...

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Autores principales:	Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Philippus Marthinus Uys, Seilosehina Fifita
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2019
Materias:	Open Education Open Educational Resources OER OER Mainstreaming OER Mainstreaming Checklist Tonga Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a85e9f67a86e46cc8d2d6a9f9e2b8a3c2021-12-02T19:25:48ZOER Mainstreaming in Tonga10.19173/irrodl.v20i1.39241492-3831https://doaj.org/article/a85e9f67a86e46cc8d2d6a9f9e2b8a3c2019-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3924https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 In the race towards achieving the Education 2030 agenda, open educational resources (OER) act as a key enabler for sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4). Leading to the 2014 Regional Focal Points Meeting, Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) Focal Point for Tonga had identified top priorities for the country where COL can further support the national agenda till 2021. Based on these needs, the Strategic OER Implementation Project in Tonga was initiated by COL in response to a request by the Ministry of Education and Training (MET) of Tonga. The project aims to assist MET in (a) developing a framework for fully utilizing the new fiber optic network infrastructure to deliver online learning to Tongans distributed in the 45 islands; and (b) improve the chances of sustainable livelihoods for Tongan youth by training them in life skills tailored to higher education and employment opportunities in Australia and New Zealand. This paper details the use of the horizontal framework for OER mainstreaming and the OER mainstreaming checklist within this project. The novelty of this project is its approach to mainstreaming OER at an institution in a systemic manner. The contribution this paper makes is to provide a proven plan for sustainable OER mainstreaming in a development setting. Ishan Sudeera AbeywardenaPhilippus Marthinus UysSeilosehina FifitaAthabasca University PressarticleOpen EducationOpen Educational ResourcesOEROER MainstreamingOER Mainstreaming ChecklistTongaSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2019)
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description	In the race towards achieving the Education 2030 agenda, open educational resources (OER) act as a key enabler for sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4). Leading to the 2014 Regional Focal Points Meeting, Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) Focal Point for Tonga had identified top priorities for the country where COL can further support the national agenda till 2021. Based on these needs, the Strategic OER Implementation Project in Tonga was initiated by COL in response to a request by the Ministry of Education and Training (MET) of Tonga. The project aims to assist MET in (a) developing a framework for fully utilizing the new fiber optic network infrastructure to deliver online learning to Tongans distributed in the 45 islands; and (b) improve the chances of sustainable livelihoods for Tongan youth by training them in life skills tailored to higher education and employment opportunities in Australia and New Zealand. This paper details the use of the horizontal framework for OER mainstreaming and the OER mainstreaming checklist within this project. The novelty of this project is its approach to mainstreaming OER at an institution in a systemic manner. The contribution this paper makes is to provide a proven plan for sustainable OER mainstreaming in a development setting.
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OER Mainstreaming in Tonga

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