Researching OER in Africa and the global South - University World News

"The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development in the Global South – ROER4D – project is a three-year multi-country and institutional research project whose general objective is to improve educational policy, practice and research in developing countries by better understanding the use and impact of open educational resources in the global South. Led by principal investigator Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and hosted by the University of Cape Town, the programme funded by the International Development Research Centre, or IDRC, comprises 12 sub-projects in three regions: South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and South-Southeast Asia ..."