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	<title>Saide Blog</title>
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		<title>Positive initiatives in education</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/05/02/positive-initiatives-in-education/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=positive-initiatives-in-education</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ODL General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education: South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational initiatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; On Tuesday 24 April, Gillian Godsell hosted a Radio Today programme &#160; &#160; Hlawu Mkhabela talking about Miyela &#8211; her amazing South African Spelling Bee initiative  Simphiwe Dana on the conviction behind her Education Stokvel  Tessa Welch on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/05/02/positive-initiatives-in-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ODeL Pilot Programme at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/23/odel-pilot-cuea/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=odel-pilot-cuea</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/23/odel-pilot-cuea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Use of ICTs in Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moodle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ODeL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Open and Distance eLearning Unit (ODeL) at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa is piloting an ODeL diploma programme for the Faculty of Education. Saide, through its OER Africa initiative, is supporting CUEA in their design and development of &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/23/odel-pilot-cuea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Developing and Deploying OERs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Building on the Present</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/16/developing-and-deploying-oers-in-sub-saharan-africa-building-on-the-present/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=developing-and-deploying-oers-in-sub-saharan-africa-building-on-the-present</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/16/developing-and-deploying-oers-in-sub-saharan-africa-building-on-the-present/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AVU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open education resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TESSA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning has just been released with an article by Clayton R Wright and Sunday Reju on Developing and Deploying OERs in Sub-Saharan Africa. The abstract reads as &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/16/developing-and-deploying-oers-in-sub-saharan-africa-building-on-the-present/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saide/TESSA Programme Teacher Education OER Pre-Conference Workshop at 56th ICET World Assembly</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/11/saidetessa-programme-teacher-education-oer-pre-conference-at-56th-icet-world-assembly/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=saidetessa-programme-teacher-education-oer-pre-conference-at-56th-icet-world-assembly</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/11/saidetessa-programme-teacher-education-oer-pre-conference-at-56th-icet-world-assembly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ODL General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Venue: University of Cape Coast, Ghana Date: 8-9 July 2012 (commencing 5pm 8th July 2012) Following on from the successful DETA pre-conference Teacher Education OER workshop in 2011, Saide in collaboration with the TESSA programme is organising another preconference workshop at the University of &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/11/saidetessa-programme-teacher-education-oer-pre-conference-at-56th-icet-world-assembly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Upgrading to Moodle 2.x</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/03/upgrading-to-moodle-2-x/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=upgrading-to-moodle-2-x</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/03/upgrading-to-moodle-2-x/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Use of ICTs in Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently started working with Moodle 2.2 after using Moodle 1.9 for a long time. The reason for this is many of the education institutions I work with are still using the older version of Moodle, but are keen to &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/03/upgrading-to-moodle-2-x/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chalimbana eLearning Material Development Workshop</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/02/307/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=307</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/02/307/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ODL General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Use of ICTs in Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Mays reports on a recently completed OER Africa Teacher Education workshop in Zambia. From Monday 26th to Thursday 29th March, OER Africa as represented by Greig Krull and Tony Mays, with technical, logistical, vehicular (and nutritional) support from institutional &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/04/02/307/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elearning Materials Development and the use of OERs in Iringa</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/03/19/materials-development-iringa/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=materials-development-iringa</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/03/19/materials-development-iringa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Use of ICTs in Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Content Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moodle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OERs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Mays and Greig Krull, together with the University of Dar Es Salaam’s Centre for Virtual Learning (CVL), facilitated a workshop at the Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) campus in Iringa, Tanzania. The workshop built on earlier engagements by &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/03/19/materials-development-iringa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>African Health OER Network Impact Research &#8211; Public Survey</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/03/14/african-health-oer-network-impact-research-public-survey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=african-health-oer-network-impact-research-public-survey</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/03/14/african-health-oer-network-impact-research-public-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Health OER Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evaluations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The African Health OER Network (“the Network”), a project of Saide&#8217;s OER Africa Initiative,  works with partner institutions to develop, adapt, and share health educational resources with the aim of impacting positively on overall health provision in Africa and beyond. Since &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/03/14/african-health-oer-network-impact-research-public-survey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AgShare Pilot Project Haramaya University – AICM OER Materials launch</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/02/23/agshare-pilot-project-haramaya-university-%e2%80%93-aicm-oer-materials-launch/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=agshare-pilot-project-haramaya-university-%25e2%2580%2593-aicm-oer-materials-launch</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/02/23/agshare-pilot-project-haramaya-university-%e2%80%93-aicm-oer-materials-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programme, Course and Materials Design and Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agricultural Extension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haramaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In late January 2012, Brenda Mallinson and Alice Barlow-Zambodla of Saide who have been part of the pilot project’s external support team, travelled to Haramaya, Ethiopia to attend the pilot project advocacy and awareness creation and launch workshop of the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/02/23/agshare-pilot-project-haramaya-university-%e2%80%93-aicm-oer-materials-launch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Flipped Lectures</title>
		<link>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/02/21/flipped-lectures/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=flipped-lectures</link>
		<comments>http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/02/21/flipped-lectures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Use of ICTs in Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flipped Classrooms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The use of technology has the ability to change how traditional face to face lecture sessions are conducted. In what has become known as “flipped classrooms”, students prepare for lecture time by viewing short video lectures before class, while lecture &#8230; <a href="http://blog.saide.org.za/2012/02/21/flipped-lectures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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