Utilizing OER to Improve the efficiency of the Dairy value chain in Uganda

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Utilizing OER to Improve the efficiency of the
Dairy value chain in Uganda

• Makerere University College of Veterinary
  Medicine

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Assess impact

• ADOPT
• OER
• Extension
• Curricular
• Policy

Joint Learning
THE STUDENT SERVICE LEARNING
Intervention MVC Knowledge and Technology
transfer / exchange
Joint Reviews, learning
Joint Reviews, Learning
Joint solutions, Learning
With Farming Community, identify priority
challenges along milk value chain (MVC) and
undertake baseline studies
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Objective 1 Create an enabling institutional
environment to support the adoption of the
AgShare student-centred research methodology

1. MoA with Saide
2. Identified farming society (KLCS)
3. Inception meetings Academic staff, KLCS and then
   joint
4. MoA with KLCS
5. Curriculum review (internal and external)

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Objective 1..

• Joint identification of priority areas
• Water management
• Feeds
• Milking handling practices
• Acaricide management

• Student recruitment
• Chemical residues
• Quality at transportation
• Brucellosis
• Mastitis

Case studies, Video clips with interviews and
Still Images (residues, transportation methods /
practices, Contaminants, Disease epidemiology,
presentations and , management
OER
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Objective 1

• Courseware Developers Training for staff and
  students
• Good instructional design for online courses
• Open licensing and the Agshare method
• Template for the online Dairy Hygiene course
• Basic Moodle skills
• Review of Project Schedules
• Student OER media moments

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Objective 2Increasing number of good quality
OERs produced to support agricultural curricula
using the AgShare method.

• Implementation of farmer training
• Baseline data for individual farmers

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Objective 2.

• Data collection and analysis by students

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Objective 2 Impact assessment
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Deliverables.08/15

• 1 Procedural brief and guidelines
• 4 students in Action research
• 1 Community factsheet
• 3 Reflection reports
• OER based curriculum
• 1 policy brief
• 1 advocacy Report

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Objective 3 Widespread dissemination of the
AgShare methodology and quality peer-reviewed
African OER created and released as open
resources through multiple methods
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Thanks