The Global Teacher Crisis meeting the challenge through new technologies and new modes of teaching and learning Bob Moon The Open University 12th Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning, Friday 28th September 2007

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Nigeria

Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers Adopted by the Special Intergovernmental Conference on the Status of Teachers, Paris, 5th October 1966 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

Half of existing teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa are untrained Sub-Saharan Africa needs four million new teachers Half of existing teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa are untrained Teacher salary and status are in free-fall

Poor resources Poor retention Poor CPD

HIV/AIDS Corruption

in South African Rural Communities Emerging Voices A Report on Education in South African Rural Communities Researched for the Nelson Mandela Foundation by the HSRC and the EPC

Assertions: “Bricks and mortar” institutions insufficient for 21st century needs Most training will be school based Most training must be practically focussed Potential of new communication technologies must be recognised

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Venezuela

Eastern Cape

TESSA Countries Ghana Kenya Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia

Africa Have Your Say Teacher Swap Story Story African Perspectives

Free higher education for everyone

Ghana

The Open University, Tanzania The Open University, Sudan

Tidal wave in which convergent technologies and broadband accelerate peer-to-peer communication and user-generated content

Grassroots revolution of: Connectivity Coalition Collaboration Creativity

How can ODLs / OERs “today” rejuvenate work-based professional learning?

Can new forms of interactivity displace the term “distance” from the ODL lexicon?

How can we grasp these new opportunities for ODL / OERs to make us (this community here in Cambridge) centre stage in educational reform?

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