[Open-education] Fwd: School of Open Africa's Launch and Future

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Subject: School of Open Africa's Launch and Future
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In September, the School of Open Africa launched with nine programs
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Kenya are hosting a formal launch event of School of Open Africa in
celebration of these programs and to announce new programs in higher
education. The event will feature a panel discussion with senior government
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regional representatives from UNESCO and Google regarding the status of
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School of Open Kenya worked with 20 girls from Precious Blood Secondary
School, Riruta to map their learning activities to Open Educational
Resources (OER).

[image: SOO Tanzania launch]
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School of Open Tanzania taught students in grades 4-7 at the Academic
International Primary School in Dar es Salaam to code and design animations
using OER.

[image: SOO Nigeria launch]
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School of Open Nigeria held two 5-week courses on copyright and Linux with
the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Linux Professional
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[image: SOO South Africa launch]
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School of Open South Africa ran their CC4Kids course at Code4CT’s Maker
Party and plan to expand the course to include modules on Wikipedia, open
journalism, data, and science.

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