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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.
Quality procedures
Internet in Madagascar/OER
Internet in Education
Copyright law in Madagascar/OER
Copyright law in Education
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/
National OER initiatives
Regional OER initiatives
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