Website: www.oerafrica.org/agshare
About
AgShare is an 18-month planning and piloting initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation during which Michigan State University (MSU) and OER Africa (an initiative of the South African Institute for Distance Education) are working with African anchor partners to build the foundation of the AgShare Open Educational Resources (OER) collaboration. MSU and OER Africa are facilitating the process by which AgShare becomes a catalyst for collaboration and alignment among existing African, OER and agricultural organizations to strengthen MSc agriculture curriculum. The leadership and organizational structure of the collaboration will be finalized by the end of the initiative and includes three types of partners: universities, communitywide partners (NGO, extension and stakeholders in agricultural value chains), and content providers. African universities participating in the pilot activities are Haramaya University, Ethiopia; Makerere University, Uganda; Moi University Kenya, United States International University, Kenya.
MSU College Partners
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Communication Arts and Sciences
- College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
MSUglobal’s Role
MSUglobal conceived of this approach to African agriculture development with faculty in three colleges: the Center for Comparative Epidemiology, the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media; and the Departments of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics. MSUglobal leads the core team of committed anchor partners and experts to assist in the planning and pilot process.
MSUglobal Contact
Karen Vignare
vignare@msu.edu | 517-455-7554
Publications
Geith, C.; Butcher, N.; Vignare, K. et al. (2010). AgShare: Building Community and Content with Multiple Partners. In Open ED 2010 Proceedings. Barcelona: UOC, OU, BYU. http://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/o2/handle/10609/4862
