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Funding Programme
Erasmus+ Programme, Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education
Theme
Digital Education
Target group
Higher Education
Project Reference
101179402
Date
01-01-2025 | 31-12-2026
Role of Pixel
Technical Coordinator
Project Details
Project Title
Transforming STEM teacher education in South Africa through Self-Directed Open Educational Practices
Context
South Africa faces challenges in providing equitable access to high-quality Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education at higher education level.
The overall scope of the project is to foster collaboration between South African and European HEIs to enable the exchange and transfer of expertise, best practices and know-how in integrating self-directed open educational practices (OEPs) and open educational resources (OERs) into STEM teacher education.
Objectives
The specific objectives of the project are:
• Enhance the skills, knowledge and capacities of lecturers and teacher-students in STEM education in South African Higher Education, on making full, aware and effective use of Self-Directed Learning (SDL) based methods, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) in their educational offer and teaching approaches.
• Establish a sustainable environment for the sharing, adaptation and creation of self-directed teaching resources OER and OEP based for STEM teacher-students and lecturers in STEM fields.
• Provide a set of methodological and practical steps for Higher Education Institutions and policy makers to promote the adoption of self-directed based OEPs (Open Educational Practices) and OERs (Open Educational Resources) tailored for the South African context
Target Group
The project is addressed to university lecturers, pre-service and in-service STEM education teachers.
Results
In order to pursue the objectives, the project through a capacity building process involving South African and European HEIs will achieve the following results:
• South African pre-service and in-service STEM education teacher-students and STEM education lecturers acquiring the skills to apply Self-Directed Learning based methods, integrating Open Educational Resources and establishing Open Educational Practices.
• Online course on how to on make full use of Self-Directed Learning based methods, integrating Open Educational Resources and establishing Open Educational Practices
• Online Database of at least 140 validated self-directed teaching resources OER and OEP based.
• Guidelines and Policy Recommendations for integrating OERs and self-directed OEPs into STEM education for educational authorities tailored for the South African