The African Universities' Research Approaches (AURA) programme
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The African Universities’ Research Approaches Programme (AURA) sought to strengthen research and teaching practices in East Africa through a blended learning approach – mixing online and face to face interventions. AURA, a two-year programme, funded by UK AID, was implemented from November 2014 to September 2016 by the project consortium, consisting of: the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA), and Loughborough University.
The overarching aim of the programme was to address continent-wide goals to support African universities to co-create a context-specific educational framework that would: address the need for locally generated research knowledge by skilled researchers (and graduates); and support faculty to nurture strong research and information capabilities by modelling how to create research-rich, and pedagogically innovative, teaching and learning environments.
The following educational framework is available to download from IDS’ OpenDocs through a creative commons license as individual course packs:
Three research courses:
- 'Orientation to different research approaches' – known as R1
- 'Orientation to ‘researcher-led’, analytical research approaches' - known as R2
- 'Research communications in social media' – known as R4
Two teaching courses:
- 'Introduction to Teaching and Learning theory' – known as T1
- 'Introduction to technology-enhanced learning' – known as T3
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African Universities’ Research Approaches (AURA) Programme: Research Proposal for Kenyatta
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African Universities’ Research Approaches (AURA) Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
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Learning Insights: AURA Project Coordinator and Participant Blogs
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Researchers of the Future: Day 3: Overview and Speakers' Bios
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Researchers of the Future: Day 1: Keynote Speech and Speakers' Transcripts
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