Held on 03-04 December 2008
At Gold Crest Hotel, Mauritius

Note: You may click on the underlined links to view the papers or presentations.

Wednesday 03 Dec 2008

  Venue: Gold Crest Hotel, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius
08h00 - 08h30 Registration of participants
08h45 - 09h15 Opening Ceremony (Master of Ceremony, Coordinator WGDEOL)
Address by:
09h15 - 10h00 Tea Break
  Roundtable session on Quality Assurance for DEOL
Chairperson: Prof A. Senteni
10h00 - 11h30 Dr P. Mohadeb (Tertiary Education Commission - TEC)

QA in ODL programmes in Mauritius

Prof R. Mason / Prof F. Rennie (Open University, UK)

E-learning Assessment

Dr F. Barasa (African Council of Distance Education - ACDE)

The Quality Assurance Framework for ODL in Africa: The Real, the Ideal and their Implications for ODL Institutions

Ms V. Torrens (UNESCO-BREDA)

How ICT and Open and Distance Learning can enhance the quality assurance process

11h30 - 12h30 Interactive Session / Discussion
  Roundtable session on IPR issues in ODL, OERs and others
Chairperson: Prof R. Mason
14h00 - 15h30 Mr P. West (Commonwealth of Learning)

Facts & fallacies of CC and how they relate to OERs

Prof A. Senteni (VCILT, University of Mauritius)

Challenges to OERs integration and customization

Prof S. Rughooputh / Dr S. Parahoo (University of Mauritius)

IPR (Copyright, Design)

Prof R. Mason (Open University, UK)

IPR Management in Open University, UK

15h30 - 16h30 Interactive Session / Discussion

 

 

Thursday 04 Dec 2008

  Venue: Gold Crest Hotel, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius
  Roundtable session on IPR issues in ODL, OERs and others
Chairperson: Dr F. Barasa
09h00 - 11h00 Mr K. Allgoo (MQA)

Regulatory Framework on DEOL at MQA

Country Presentations on ODL Policy framework
11h00 - 12h00 Interactive Session / Discussion
12h00 - 13h00 Lunch
  Venue: University of Mauritius Computer Laboratory
  Hands on session on OERs and DEOL authoring with Open Source Tools
13h00 - 16h00 Led by Prof R. Mason and University of Mauritius VCILT Team
  • OERs search and use
  • ODL authoring using Open Source tools
  • eXe and Moodle
  • Wikieducator basics