Figure 1
Interaction of the different levels of capacity. Adapted from UNDP (2008, p. 7)
Figure 2
Global demand for higher education. Adapted from Kanwar, 2013
Figure 3
Tertiary Gross Enrolment Ratios by region, 1970 to 2008. Source: UNESCO (2010 p. 2)
Table 1
Breakdown of some workshops organised by RETRIDAL
| Scope | No. of Workshops | Title [Location] | Date | Type of Workshop / No. of Participants | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local * | National | Regional | ||||
| Assessment and Certification | 3 | National Workshop on Online Assessment and Evaluation In ODL [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-14 | 27 | ||
| National Workshop on Strategic Policy and Management of Assessment [Lagos – Nigeria] | Oct-14 | 28 | ||||
| Sub-Regional Workshop on Strategic Policy and Management of Assessment in ODL for Cameroon, Ghana, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-08 | 32 | ||||
| Capacity Building | 5 | Regional Leadership Training Workshop for Female Academics and Staff in Higher Education Institutions in West Africa [Cape Coast – Ghana] | Nov-15 | 25 | ||
| Regional Leadership Training Workshop for Female Academics and Staff in Higher Education Institutions in West Africa [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-12 | |||||
| Regional Leadership Training Workshop for Female Academics in West Africa [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-11 | |||||
| Regional Training Workshop on Leadership Development in ODL and Dual Mode Higher Institutions [Lagos – Nigeria] | Sep-15 | 24 | ||||
| Workshop on New Trends in Teacher Education and Professional Development [Abuja – Nigeria] | Jul-10 | 25 | ||||
| Content Authoring | 4 | National Workshop on Course Material Development for ODL Programmes for Dual Mode Higher Institutions in Nigeria [Ibadan – Nigeria] | Mar-12 | 30 | ||
| Regional Workshop on Course Material Development for ODL Programmes [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jan-13 | 65 | ||||
| Workshop on Course Writing and Logistics in Distance Education [Buea – Cameroon] | Mar-05 | |||||
| Workshop on Course Writing in Distance Education [Buea –Cameroon] | Aug-06 | 49 | ||||
| Distribution of information and learning materials | 3 | National Workshop on OER Popularization and Adoption in Higher Education Institutions in Nigeria [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jun-16 | 15 | ||
| One Day Workshop on Copyright Law and Regulations [Lagos – Nigeria] | Oct-05 | 40 | ||||
| One-day Sensitization workshop on the Mounting PGDDE for NOUN staff [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jan-12 | |||||
| General and Special Monitoring | 6 | COL - RETRIDAL Workshop on Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the Gambia [Banjul – Gambia] | Apr-09 | 33 | ||
| International Conference on Accreditation, Quality Assurance and Recognition of Qualification in Africa [Nairobi – Kenya] | Feb-06 | |||||
| National Workshop Quality Assurance Mechanism in Single and Dual Mode Higher Education Institutions in Nigeria [Lagos – Nigeria] | Mar-13 | 23 | ||||
| Regional Training Workshop on "Quality Assurance Mechanism for ODL Programmes" [Accra – Ghana] | Mar-15 | 32 | ||||
| RETRIDAL - COL Workshop on Quality Assurance in ODL [Winneba – Ghana] | Feb-07 | 23 | ||||
| Validation Workshop on Quality Assurance Framework for Higher Education in the Gambia [Banjul – Gambia] | Apr-12 | |||||
| Instructional Design | 13 | Capacity Building Workshop in Flexible and Blended Approaches to Skills Development for TVET Institutional Heads [Lagos - Nigeria] | Sep-10 | 23 | ||
| COL – RETRIDAL Workshop on e-content Development for e-learning Project Implementation for the Open University of Tanzania [Bagamoyo - Tanzania] | Nov-08 | |||||
| E-learning Initiatives in Sierra Leone Higher Education Institutions [Freetown – Sierra Leone] | Jul-11 | 35 | ||||
| E-learning workshop in Ghana [Accra – Ghana] | May-11 | |||||
| Instructional Design for Distance Education [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-05 | 40 | ||||
| Multimedia Workshop on Video and Audio scripting for ODL [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jan-05 | 47 | ||||
| National Workshop on Developing e-tutoring skills in ODL [Abuja – Nigeria] | Sep-13 | 32 | ||||
| National Workshop on Instructional System Design, Content Development and Evaluation for ODL [Abuja – Nigeria] | May-15 | 16 | ||||
| Regional Workshop on e-learning in Open and Distance Learning system [Lagos – Nigeria] | Aug-05 | 54 | ||||
| RETRIDAL – COL sub-Regional Workshop on e-learning strategy and Implementation Models [Yaounde – Cameroon] | Sep-07 | 20 | ||||
| Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Instructional Design and Instructional Multi-media Design [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jun-06 | 18 | ||||
| Workshop on Instructional System Design Development and Evaluation for Open and Distance Learning [Lagos - Nigeria] | Jul-10 | 52 | ||||
| Workshop on Wiki-educator for staff of NOUN for Online Content Development [Lagos – Nigeria] | Aug-11 | |||||
| Overview of ODL System | 7 | Dual Mode Induction for Katsina State University [Katsina –Nigeria] | Mar-09 | 32 | ||
| Induction Workshop for Kaduna Campus and Abuja Office Staff [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jan-06 | 57 | ||||
| Induction Workshop for New Staff of NOUN [Lagos –Nigeria] | May-13 | |||||
| Induction Workshop for NOUN Governing Council Members [Lagos – Nigeria] | Nov-05 | |||||
| Induction Workshop for NOUN Senior Staff [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jan-05 | 159 | ||||
| Orientation/Induction workshop for new staff of NOUN [Lagos – Nigeria] | Nov-14 | 52 | ||||
| Special Induction for RETRIDAL Advisory Board Members [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-06 | |||||
| Research Methods | 7 | National Workshop on "ODL Research Methods and Tools" [Lagos – Nigeria] | Dec-14 | 25 | ||
| Regional Workshop on Developing and Writing Fundable Research Proposals [Accra – Ghana] | Mar-14 | 25 | ||||
| Regional Workshop on Research Methodologies in ODL for Academic Staff of Higher Institutions in West Africa [Winneba – Ghana] | Nov-11 | |||||
| Regional Workshop on Research Methodology in ODL [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-05 | 58 | ||||
| Regional Workshop on Research Methods and Tools in ODL [Accra – Ghana] | Apr-13 | 32 | ||||
| Research Development in the Gambia [Banjul - Gambia] | Sep-11 | |||||
| Training Workshop ODL Research Methods & Tools for Academic Staff of NOUN [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jul-15 | 132 | ||||
| Specification of ODL Programme Objectives | 3 | First Sub-Regional Stakeholders Meeting [Lagos – Nigeria] | May-04 | |||
| Regional Workshop on Enhancing ODL Delivery through Capacity Building in Higher Institutions in West Africa [Lagos – Nigeria] | Nov-13 | 21 | ||||
| RETRIDAL – COL National Colloquium on Effective Open and Distance Learning Dual Mode Delivery System [Lagos –Nigeria] | Jun-07 | 77 | ||||
| Tutoring and Student Support | 2 | National Workshop on Tutoring and Management of Feedback in ODL [Abuja – Nigeria] | Feb-12 | 80 | ||
| RETRIDAL - COL Workshop on Effective Learner Support Systems in Open and Distance Learning [Lagos – Nigeria] | Jun-07 | 24 | ||||
[ii] Workshops organised outside the West African sub region are at the request of the host institution.
[iii] Workshops in the same category are often repeated for different categories of participants.
[iv] Participants are expected to replicate the training in their own institutions with monitoring and mentoring from RETRIDAL. The impact of this is to be evaluated in a later study.
[v] All workshops are evaluated using oral interviews and questionnaires to determine their efficacy and tweak future workshops.
[vi] Workshops are at no cost to the participants.