Education eLibrary and Repository Addis Ababa ETHIOPIA Education eLibrary and Repository Yoseph Abate – Ethiopian Educational Research Network - Ethiopia (yosjudea@gmail.com) Behailu Osro – Education Strategy Center – Ethiopia (behailu.korma@yahoo.com) WACREN e-Research Hackfest – Lagos (Nigeria) This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement n° 654237

Outline Scientific Problem Work done During the Hackfest Results Achieved so Far Future Plans Summary and Conclusions

Problems Faced by Researchers Faced by Universities scientific problem Fragmented resources locations Lack of streamlined thematic research Plagiarism Intellectual Property Rights Lack of Metadata and Within-Documents Search Global Visibility Faced by Universities Replication of similar resources Realization of harmonized curriculum Instructors’ quality gap (young or remote universities) Lower course contents quality within private colleges/universities scientific problem new

EthERNet Open Access Repository Machine Setup: Done by Sci-GaIA Technical Team Server and Required Services Up and Running Customization: Done by EthERNet Team Theme of Web Portal Customized Search and Submit Elements Added and Modified Web Contents Added and Modified work dome during the hackfest

https://ethoar.sci-gaia.eu/

https://ethoar.sci-gaia.eu/submit?ln=en&doctype=DEMOART

work dome during the hackfest EthERNet MOOC Machine Setup: Done by Sci-GaIA Technical Team Server and Required Services Up and Running Customization: Done by EthERNet Team Sample Course Added Theme Customization in Progress work dome during the hackfest

https://ethcourses.sci-gaia.eu/

https://ethcourses.sci-gaia.eu/

results achieved so far https://ethcourses.sci-gaia.eu/ results achieved so far

work done during the hackfest ARRMS Web Layout Done for collecting data about rivers and riversides Purpose Apply usage of FutureGateway APIs for further use work done during the hackfest

results achieved so far Addis Rivers and Riversides Monitoring System results achieved so far

results achieved so far Addis Rivers and Riversides Monitoring System – Data Collection results achieved so far

results achieved so far Open Access Repository Better visibility of researchers’ works on the web “One stop search” MOOC Platform Massive Open Online Courses Platform for all 36 public universities and counting Facilitates distance learning currently been undertaken by many universities in a better way Students can prepare themselves before coming to class results achieved so far

results achieved so far Understand how to use FutureGateay REST APIs gLibrary Exchange Experience sharing with participants Nigerian culture: food, weather, friendliness results achieved so far

results achieved so far Future Plans EthERNet OAR: CHAT Complete EthERNet OAR with Contents Host on EthERNet Data Center Assist other Implementers (such as LASU) Train how to Use, Customize and Update EthERNet MOOC Upload Major Common Courses Train Teachers Prepare and Create Course on the MOOC site Create Awareness results achieved so far

summary and conclusion Gratitude – Sci-GaiA Prof. Roberto Barbera Bruce Becker summary and conclusion Rita Ricceri Mario Torrisi

Gratitude – WACREN, LASU, EKO-Konnect, Nigeria Omo Oaiya Prof. Benjamin Aribisala summary and conclusion Owen Iyoha Nigeria

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