Distance Learning, Open Education
and the African Virtual University
Larry Cooperman, Director
UC Irvine OpenCourseWare
HBCU Washtington, D.C.
October 15, 2011
Director, OpenCourseWare Consortium
Director, African Virtual Unviersity
Imagine a world in which
everyone could learn
anything, anywhere,
anytime
for free
THE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM CANNOT
ACCOMMODATE
THE CURRENT
QUANTITY OF
STUDENTS
SEEKING HIGHER
EDUCATION
“The need to respond to the demands of massification
has caused the average qualification for academics in
many countries to decline.”
“Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic
Revolution,” UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
Altbach, Reisberg and Rumbley
Enrollment in Sub-Saharan Africa Has
Increased Nearly 9% Each Year
Source: 2009 UNESCO Global Education Digest: Comparing Education Statistics Around the World
Africa has 8% of Mobile Education Users
Source: 2009 UNESCO Global Education Digest: Comparing Education Statistics Around the World
Africa has 8% of Mobile Education Users
Source: 2009 UNESCO Global Education Digest: Comparing Education Statistics Around the World
AVU OER Statistics
Internal (OER@AVU) External (Scribd)
December 2010
987
3,103
January 2011
3,212
2,863
February 2011
14,058
14,098
March 2011
18,748
25,386
April 2011
21,867
20,347
May 2011
22,916
27,298
June 2011
18,044
24,748
July 2011
15,367
21,713
August 2011
21,269
22,418
September 2011
29,581
25,161
Total
166,049
187,135
Total
4,090
6,075
28,156
44,134
42,214
50,214
42,792
37,080
43,687
54,742
353,184
THANK YOU
African Virtual University
http://www.avu.org