Tony Lelliott
@antlell.bsky.social
Solvitur ambulando; Gabane, Botswana; Emmarentia, Johannesburg. Birds (SABAP2 atlaser); astronomy; evolution. Working at http://saide.org.za: OER Africa
@bsky.app What I value about these OER Africa CPD frameworks is that they translate broad professional development ambitions into specific capabilities for academics, librarians, and CPD leaders – a small shift that can have a substantial institutional impact. tinyurl.com/mrybjmwf
OER Africa is pleased to share two new UNESCO pamphlets: "Why OER" and "Why OA: Open Access". These short guides offer clear, practical introductions to UNESCO’s work in these areas. www.oerafrica.org/content/unes...
Africa Day! When children learn in languages they understand, it changes everything from confidence to outcomes. This piece on OER’s role in expanding access to learning in African languages is a great read: tinyurl.com/2f4b78x4 #AfricaDay #AU #OER
Excited to tune into this webinar on 11 May at 14:00 SAST. #StudentSuccess #FirstYearExperience #FYE
If you’re curious about open education but find the jargon confusing, this is for you. OER Africa’s new Glossary of Terms in Open Education offers clear, concise definitions in one place. tinyurl.com/2z3ek7p8 #OER #OpenLearning #Openness #Education
What comes after open education as we know it? In this article, I unpack why Africa has a unique opportunity to build a stronger, more integrated open education ecosystem. tinyurl.com/3r8c9jeu #openeducation #Africa #OER #digital transformation
Join us for the 2026 Open Education Week Virtual Summit on 3 and 4 March, hosted by AfLIA and OER Africa. www.oerafrica.org/content/join... @oeglobal.bsky.social #OEWeek26 #OpenEducation
Open education shouldn’t be complicated. The practical, self-paced tutorials from OER Africa make it easy to build real open education knowledge and skills. Take a look: tinyurl.com/y3t4fdnx #OpenEducation #OER
Open education works best when it’s collaborative. Proud to have contributed to OER Africa’s 2025 milestones – CPD growth, regional partnerships & an OEGlobal Board Award Excited for what we build together in 2026. www.oerafrica.org/content/look... #OpenEducation #OER #HigherEducation #Africa #CPD
In early 2025, OER Africa launched the Continuing Professional Development Network, designed to connect higher education institutions across Southern Africa in a shared effort to strengthen professional development for academic staff tinyurl.com/4evp76n9 #OERAfrica#CPDNetwork#Collaboration
UNESCO's Digital Learning Week 2025 takes place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 2- 5 September. Read more about the event here: tinyurl.com/472k7eut #UNESCO#DigitalLearningWeek#Paris
OER Africa has developed CPD Frameworks to support continuous professional development for academics and research librarians. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/2sxwp8c2 #CPD Frameworks# Continuous Professional Development
The # Botswana Open University (BOU) Facilitating Online Learning gave lecturers and tutors an opportunity to gain skills for facilitating online learning. Find out more about the course here: tinyurl.com/mr34t8z6 #BOU #Online Learning
The new UNESCO #OER Dynamic Coalition Portal aims to support knowledge exchange and collaboration on the activities of the OER Dynamic Coalition. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mt2ayrj7
‘Many teachers don’t want to do this, but they’re trapped’: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘Many teachers don’t want to do this, but they’re trapped’: film shows extent of Putin indoctrination in Russian schools
Two years after he started documenting the effect of the Ukraine war on his pupils, Pavel Talankin reveals how it led to accolade – and exile from home
theguardian.com
From teacher training to librarian empowerment, #OER have continued to shape the future of education. Take a look at the snapshot of a few of 2024's OER-related news items from across #Africa. www.oerafrica.org/content/oer-...
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world
Presumably this is happening worldwide 🫤 ‘It’s a nightmare’: couriers mystified by the algorithms that control their jobs
Another good example of why we need African solutions by African scientists..
Better data sets won’t solve the problem — we need AI for Africa to be developed in Africa
Language models developed by big technology companies consistently underperform in African languages. It’s time to focus on local solutions.
nature.com
Black-winged Pratincoles at Mkhombo Dam 20 Dec 2024. Photo by Mags Pillay
Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
Arguably one of Jimmy Carter's greatest achievement is bringing the world to the brink of eradicating the Guinea Worm. From 3.5m cases a year in the 80s to less than 15 the last few years. It's an astounding public health achievement.
Trump and Musk are obsessed with genetics – but there’s no science behind their simplistic views
"Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?"
38 years ago my father gave me my first computer. Today I will travel back in time to stop him.
Did you know that #OER can empower students to become creators and collaborators? Explore how OER are influencing education delivery one project at a time, like UCT student-led isiXhosa.click dictionary. #OpenEducation #StudentEngagement tinyurl.com/3cazb256
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