Salha Abdo

Education

• 2022 - present PhD. Economics Sudan University for Science and Technology, Sudan

• 2000 - 2004 MSc. Economics University of Khartoum, Sudan

• 1999 - 2004 BSc. Economics Bakht Alruda University, Sudan

 

Experience

• She is trained in the Teacher Educator Programme, Open University UK, Open Educational Resources (OER), Designing and Publishing Accessible E-Content for disabled people, and diagnostic tools for improving education policy planning and quality standards and accreditation in high education.

• She obtained a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Khartoum in 2009 and she is currently a Ph.D. researcher in the field of Macroeconomics.

• She contributed to several national and international activities. In Sudan, she active in advocating women's empowerment in education and economics research in Open education, OER, Learning, design, and development of e-learning courses, e-exams and building skills in using Learning Management Systems, Student Support Systems.

• She oversaw the stages of more than 50 books (Open University of Sudan's own Textbooks, with special learning designing by ODL policies).

• In 2017, she was invited to attend the International Visiting Scholar Program in the Shanghai Open University, China. • In 2022, she was invited to attend the Knowledge Equity Network at Leeds University, UK, a global and major new initiative to collaboratively tackle the biggest global challenges by truly opening access to quality higher education for all.

• She contributes to raising awareness of ODL in Sudan and aspires to become an African expert in Open Education and knowledge equity.

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