2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER
Action Area 2 – Supportive Policy
Incentives to support OER
Incentive structures should be created to encourage educators, researchers, and institutions to engage in OER development and use. Policies may include grants, awards, professional recognition, and funding for open education initiatives.
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Open University of Tanzania Case Study
The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) is an open and distance learning (ODL) institution, operating through a network of 30 regional centres and ten coordinating centres spread throughout the United Republic of Tanzania and beyond the country borders to other parts of Africa. OUT has engaged in several open educational resources (OER) initiatives, starting from 2008 when it began working with OER Africa.
OER Africa collaborated with the OUT management team, the OUT Institute of Educational and Management Technologies (IEMT), and the OUT Library to implement the activities of the Institutionalization of OER Practices Project. The project was framed by a Participatory Action Research approach designed to share and disseminate the project outcomes.