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New HEAT Website goes Live!
I am very pleased to announce the launch of our new HEAT website at: http://www.open.ac.uk/heat. Please pass this link on to interested colleagues and institutions. The new look website will carry the latest information about the programme, keep you up to … Continue reading
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Joan turns up the HEAT
Three times Grammy nominated singer songwriter Joan Armatrading lends her voice to the new HEAT DVD. Joan is pictured here with the HEAT Director and Programme Coordinator, Lesley-Anne Long and Alison Robinson, after the recent voice-over recording. The DVD explains how … Continue reading
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The Tigray Region Pilot
In early April the pilot for the Level-IV Health Extension Upgrading Programme started in the Tigray Region. Since then the 44 students in the pilot cohort have completed the Antenatal Care (ANC) Module and are about to start their 15 days … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, AMREF, Education, Ethiopia, Health, HEAT websites, pilot, training
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Nutrition Education and Training
The Open University and the University of Southampton are currently exploring a potential partnership, to create a nutrition programme for health workers, based on open educational resources that can be delivered as face to face, distance learning or e-learning in … Continue reading
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OER Africa Conference 16-18th May
Ali Wyllie, HEAT Lead eLearning advisor, attended the 3-day OER Africa Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, organised by SAIDE (the South African Institute of Distance Education). The overall purpose of the conference was to determine how best to take forward the OER agenda in Africa. … Continue reading
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Dr Basiro Davey Wins Teaching Award
The 2011 National Teaching Fellowship/Open University Teaching Awards joint scheme has recently celebrated the success of The Open University Teaching Award nominees. The aim of the scheme is to reward outstanding contributions in line with the University’s Learning and Teaching … Continue reading
BBC features HEAT programme
Programme four from the Health Check team focusses on Ethiopia’s Health Extension Programme and went to air on Wednesday 13th April on the BBC World Service. The programme is available as a podcast on the BBC iPlayer. Health Check’s Claudia Hammond reports from … Continue reading
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OU and AMREF to address health needs in Africa
The Open University and the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Directorate in Kenya are delighted to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together for the development and implementation of health education and training for mid-level and community health workers in Africa. Continue reading
Final Tutor Training Workshop in Adama
Adama was the biggest of the four regional tutor training workshops, with over 60 participants from the Oromia Region. The training was very well received, and there was lots of enthusiasm for the HEW Upgrading Programme. However this is the largest of … Continue reading
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Tutor Training Workshop in Hawassa
The third tutor training workshop began 8th February in Hawassa for those who will be implementing the upgrading programme for the Health Extension Workers in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. The workshop was very well received. At the … Continue reading