Participants will become familiar with how to use the MERLOT eLearning repository and how to become a part of its Community. A primary aim of this workshop is to enable participants to develop plans to integrate MERLOT in their institutional/organizational eLearning programs.

Workshop Participants will become familiar with (1) the MERLOT repository and how to use the search tools to discover free learning resources for designing online course and eLearning programs, (2) use federated search engines to search and find resources across various repositories. Our primary expectation is to enable participants to develop plans to integrate MERLOT in their institutional and organizational eLearning programs.

Workshop Participants will receive a free full license of the LodeStar learning software. Thanks to our sponsor, Robert N. Bilyk, Director LodeStar Learning Corporation. LodeStar™
Learning is proud to release a full single license of lodeStar™ 5.x academic license key to you for your participation in the Pan-African Forum on OER and OA, eLearning Arica 2008, Accra, Ghana. LodeStar™ enables instructors to develop engaging interactive educational resources for their students that can be uploaded to a learning management system or used in the classroom.

Participants to the Pan-African forum on OER/OA will receive a Professional Development Certificate (PDC): PDC will be signed by the organizations (MAN, eLA and AVU) attesting of their contribution to the Pan-African Forum on OER and OA 2008.