Africa ELTA Open Educational Resources (OER) Mentoring Program 

Africa ELTA is the first English Language Teacher Association to start an OER Mentoring Program

As part of our continuous effort towards diversity, equity, inclusion, and access, Africa ELTA Board is pleased to announce starting a new project for creating a project for open educational resources (Africa ELTA OER) on the Africa ELTA website. The purpose of this project is to store and distribute free open-access instructional materials available for Africa ELTA members and the wider international ELT community. The call for applications is now OPEN for all Africa ELTA members. To apply, fill out this form by March 30, 2025.

The Program

This program mentors and supports Africa ELTA members to create and publish their instructional and ET materials as open educational resources on the Africa ELTA website. The program is a 6-month-project where mentors and mentees work together to prepare the final OER for publication. Accepted teachers will be mentored to submit an OER that adheres to the following criteria. To adhere to quality submissions, creating and posting the resources on the website must follow the guidelines announced by Africa ELTA below. 

To submit your OER to Africa ELTA, please follow the following steps:

Watch the recordings to learn about the steps for adapting and creating your OER on the following links:

• Training Session Part 1 Click HERE

• Training Session Part 2 Click HERE

• Review and Feedback Session Click HERE

• Rubric evaluation session Click HERE

After watching the training, create your OER following these steps (also explained in the training videos above):

1.  Identify learning outcomes. Clearly state the purpose of the OER.

2.  Identify the target audience: intended age, level of proficiency and teaching context. For level of proficiency, see the CEFR Common Reference Levels, which provide useful descriptions of 6 levels of language competence from Basic to Proficient.

3. Balance content and practice in the material. Include learning activities that recycle new information and foster the skills of learning to learn.

4. Use level-appropriate language when adapting texts. Review Adapting an OER Text for English Language Learners for guidance. Avoid using difficult or complex language (See OER Training Session Part 2).

5. Provide opportunities for self-assessment, such as multiple-choice questions, concept questions, and comprehension tests. Use inclusive language that crosses cultures and times. Adopt a gender-free and user-friendly conversational style in the active voice.

6. Remove any identifying/personalized characteristics.

7.  Review How to Turn a PPT into an OER (See OER Training Session Part 2) for guidance.

8.  Consider whether your OER will be printed out, usable off-line, or is suitable for mobile use.

9. Add a Creative Commons licence  to the materials, with the date of publication and author name, if you want others to credit you for the work.

10. Add metadata (descriptive information about your OER, including, title, creator and keywords; type of resource, when and how it was created). In Word or PowerPoint: File > Info > Properties > Advanced Properties > Add title, author, and keywords. This will facilitate a searcher’s ability to find your resource.

11. In Word or PowerPoint: File > Info > Properties > Advanced Properties > Add title, author, and keywords. This will facilitate a searcher’s ability to find your resource!

12. Save your file in an editable format YES Word: .docx PowerPoint: .pptx NO PDF, .pps

13. You can use the checklist on this link to make sure your submission follows the OER guidelines.

14. Send your OER for feedback at africaeltaoer@gmail.com 

For any questions about this project, please contact Africa ELTA at africaeltaoer@gmail.com