ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA EDUCATION ELIBRARY AND REPOSITORY YOSEPH

ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA EDUCATION ELIBRARY AND REPOSITORY YOSEPH ABATE – ETHIOPIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK - ETHIOPIA (YOSJUDEA@GMAIL. COM) BEHAILU OSRO – EDUCATION STRATEGY CENTER – ETHIOPIA (BEHAILU. KORMA@YAHOO. COM) WACREN E-R -RESEARCH HACKFEST – LAGOS (N (NIGERIA) This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement n° 654237

OUTLINE • BACKGROUND • SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM • STUDY FACTORS • COMPUTING AND DATA MODEL • TECHNOLOGIES • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

background ETHERNET • ETHERNET : ETHIOPIAN EDUCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH NETWORK • SETUP TO BE: • THE MAIN NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENTS REPOSITORY • THE SECOND STATE-OWNED INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP ) • PROVIDER OF WEB-HOSTING FOR • LARGEST EDUCATIONAL DATA CENTER EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES • PROVIDER OF WEB SERVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH INSTITUTES ANDIT COMPANIES

background ETHERNET… • PHASE 1: (PARTIALLY COMPLETED) • • • ALL 36 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES CONNECTED WITH 10 GBPS DATA CONNECTIVITY (DONE) CONNECTION TO GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORKS (IN PROGRESS) CONNECTION TO HIGH SPEED COMMERCIAL INTERNET (IN PROGRESS) • PHASE 2: (WITHIN 2 YEARS) • MESHED CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN 36 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES • PHASE 3: (WITHIN 4 YEARS) • OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO BE CONNECTED • PRIVATE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES TO BE CONNECTED

background ESC • ESC : EDUCATION STRATEGY CENTER • RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING DIRECTIONS ON EDUCATION TO THE GOVERNMENT • CURRENTLY DESIGNING A 15 YEARS EDUCATION ROADMAP FORETHIOPIA • SUBTHEMES OF THE ROADMAP RESEARCH: • PRE-PRIMARY &PRIMARY SCHOOLS 1. LITERATURE REVIEW (SINCE 1908) • SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2. FIELD STUDY • HIGHER EDUCATION 3. BENCHMARKING • TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) 4. INTEGRATION • TEACHERS EDUCATION • POLICY AND GOVERNANCE 5. DESIGN COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION ROADMAP

background RESOURCES ELIBRARY CONTENTS • BOOKS MOOC CONTENTS • COURSES • PUBLICATIONS • VIDEO LECTURES • PROJECTS • PRESENTATION SLIDES • THESIS • DISSERTATIONS • CUSTOMIZED TEACHING MATERIALS • POLICY DOCUMENTS • EXAMS • ASSIGNMENTS • GRADE RECORDS

scientific problem PROBLEMS • FACED BY RESEARCHERS • FACED BY UNIVERSITIES • FRAGMENTED RESOURCES LOCATIONS • REPLICATION OF SIMILAR RESOURCES • LACK OF STREAMLINED THEMATIC RESEARCH • REALIZATION OF HARMONIZED CURRICULUM • PLAGIARISM • INSTRUCTORS’ QUALITY GAP (YOUNG OR REMOTE UNIVERSITIES) • LOWER COURSE CONTENTS QUALITY WITHIN PRIVATE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS • LACK OF METADATA AND WITHIN-DOCUMENTS SEARCH

computing & data model ELIBRARY • END-USER WEB PORTAL • USERS DEPOSIT NEW RESOURCES • USERS SEARCH AND ACCESS RESOURCES BY • SUBJECT, AUTHOR, PUBLISHED DATE, RESOURCE TYPE, … • ADMINISTRATORS WEB PORTAL : • LINK AND IMPORT FROM EXTERNAL REPOSITORIES SUCH AS • PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES’ LIBRARIES • OPEN COURSEWARE SITES • COMMUNITY DEVELOPED CONTENTS • DATA INTEGRITY CHECKING

computing & data model COURSE PLATFORM • NATIONAL MOOC PORTAL • • MOBILE/TABLET APP : STUDENTS ACCESS COURSES, PRACTICE EXAMS, SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS • • STUDENTS VIEW THEIR GRADES • • STUDENTS DISCUSS IN FORUMS • GRADES LINKED TOSTUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND RECORDS UPDATED USERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELIBRARY RESOURCES STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR REGISTERED COURSES

implementation strategy TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM • FUTUREGATEWAY • AUTHORIZATION & AUTHENTICATION • MANAGE TASKS • PLAGIARISM CHECK • EXAM CORRECTION • UPDATE SIS SYSTEM WITH LATEST STUDENT GRADES • OPEN EDX • COURSE CONTENT MANAGEMENT • GLIBRARY • PROVIDES SERVICES TO ACCESS EXISTING DATA COLLECTIONS OR CREATE NEW ONES • RESTIFIES POSSIBLYHETEROGENEOUS DATABASES • OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORY (OAR) • MAIN REPOSITORY FOR CONTENTS • UNIQUELY IDENTIFIES DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE WHOLE SYSTEM

summary and conclusion INPUT/OUTPUT • INPUT • COLLECT AND ORGANIZE CONTENTS EITHER AS A COLLECTION ITEM OR COURSE RELATED MATERIAL • IDENTIFY CONTENT AND LINK TO ITS ORIGIN • REDUCE PAPER-BASED STORAGE AND SURFING • OUTPUT • SEARCH DOCUMENTS ANDACCESS EASILY • EXPORT DOCUMENTS IN DIFFERENT FORMATS • COURSE FOLLOW-UP AND ACHIEVEMENTS MEASURES • PROTECT IP RIGHTS AND FIGHT PLAGIARISM • PROPER POLICY MAKING