The University of Nairobi enhances education for all with Open Educational Resources | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

"For a number of years, efforts have been made to promote Open Education Resources (OER) in Kenya. Adoption is not yet high, yet the need is obvious. Numerous academic institutions have been establishing OERs in the country and the urge to learn more about OERs continue. The number of faculty members utilizing OERs continues to grow demonstrating an appreciation and demand for the same. Under the framework of Open Education Week and in a bid to promote Open Solution for knowledge Societies and also enhance accessibility, UNESCO supported the OERisation of the four pilot courses at the University of Nairobi. The selected pilot courses included: Information Studies; a course unit offered to masters students at the school of Biological and Physical Sciences, Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship; a course unit offered to undergraduate students at the college of Biological; Physical Sciences, Audit and Control; a course unit offered to both undergraduate and master’s students in different departments at the College of Biological Physical Sciences and Database Systems; a course unit offered to both undergraduate and graduate masters students in different departments at the College of Biological and Physical Sciences. The selection and design of the four courses was done by Dr. Tonny Omwansa who is the head of the University of Nairobi’s innovation Centre (the C4DLab) and his two assistants; Selina Ochukut; a graduate student at the school of computing and informatics and Elton Maiyo; an intern at C4Dlab ..."