OER Websites and Repositories to Which Africa Contributes
This section provides links to African repositories and international repositories to which African Higher Education Institutions may contribute. This collection of OER and open access repositories was collected in relation to our themes, namely, Agriculture, Health, Teacher Education and Early Literacy Skills. There are also however repositories covering all subjects.
Community College Consortium for Open Education Resources (CCCEOR)
CCCOER provides links to journals, articles and other sites that have different subjects and topics for OER purposes
Michigan State University
Michigan State University offers 9 courses under its OCW. They fall under Social Science, Science, Humanities and Health and Medicine.
Open Learning Initiative
Opening Learning Initiative is a website providing free online courses. It offers courses and learning material for fields such as Anatomy, physiology , biology, biochemisty and psychology.
OpenSource.com
Opensource.com is an OER Search site that contains a comprehensive list of OER sites that are freely accessible to the public in list format ranging from junior,senior to tertiary education pages.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. It has search tabs where you can look for specific courses or content.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology OCW
The KNUST OER offers a number of courses easily available from a search tab. It also ctains the courses in listed format as well as a link to other OER sites partnered with the University
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
COL was created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.COL is helping developing nations improve access to quality education and training. The search feature gives you access to thousands of journals and articles which you can apply filters to for a refined search.
OER Commons
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resource where educators can explore, create, and collaborate with other educators around the world to improve curriculum.
Middle East Technical University (METU) OpenCourseWare
Middle East Technical University offers a wide variety of courses. They include but not limited to Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Philosophy and Industrial Engineering.
Nagoya University OpenCourseware (NU OCW)
Nagoya University offers a wide range of courses which can be browsed by category which include Law,Philosophy,economics and chemistry and also by school including Environmental sciences, International studies and informatics.
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
The AGORA programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of 1900 journals to institutions in 107 countries. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
The CGIAR centers have published a number of resources, all of them OER. For example, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) has developed course modules on hybridization techniques in the faba bean and the chickpea, on experimental design and data analysis, and on biological nitrogen fixation, to name a few. The World Agroforestry Center has also developed modules. You must register to participate in some courses, but it is free of charge.