Madagascar/OER

Overview

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; French: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), as well as numerous smaller peripheral islands. The capital is Antananarivo and the population is 22,005,222.

Further information

For further general information see Wikipedia:Madagascar/OER.

Education in Madagascar/OER

For a general description of education in Madagascar/OER see Education:Madagascar/OER.

e-learning

For a description more focussed to e-learning see E-learning:Madagascar/OER.

OER Initiatives in Madagascar/OER

UNESCO reports some involvement in Madagascar with open access publishing, particularly from Madagascar Conservation and Development: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/access-by-region/africa/madagascar/

Institutional OER initiatives

The Universite d’Antananarivo in Madagascar was involved with the African Virtual University's Multinational Project, primarily funded from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and partially funded from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Somalia, and implemented in ten countries with 12 institutions. The aim of the project was to collaboratively develop OER and give training and capacity building in ICT. More details here: https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/pub_PS_OER-IRP_web.pdf and here: http://www.avu.org/AVU-Multinational-Support-Project/avu-multinational-support-project.html

References

Reports

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