Open education and digital scholarly communication in covenant university

African educational systems in general and Nigerian in particular rely extensively on the traditional face-to-face pedagogical approach to information dissemination with its attendant drawbacks. These include (but are not limited to) limited reach; need for physical contact; and a high cost of acquisition of materials. The advent of the internet and telecommunication has offered a better and faster means of reaching target audience. Open Access and Open Education Resources (OER) platforms offer an even greater amount of access, devoid of the restrictions of the traditional pedagogical approach and the high cost of acquisition of knowledge available through the internet. However, the engagement and sustenance of OA systems require heavy initial nonrecurring engineering (NRE) and capital expenditure (CAPEX) in the related ICTs and network systems. In the past three years, since adopting an Open Access system, Covenant University (CU) has made several changes to its policies on research results dissemination and pedagogy, as well as the acquisition of relevant ICT facilities and procurement of requisite bandwidth to support these changes. Covenant University has invested massively in the upgrade of its OA development infrastructure amongst several other such as; network systems and upgrade of the University network backbone to sustain a high-grade 24/7, ubiquitous internet access. In addition, it has, adopted web-based information dissemination systems and E-learning platforms such as Moodle™ establish several teleconferencing/video conferencing centres and smart classrooms as well as deploy anti-plagiarism tools like Turnitin™. OA platforms and OERs offer avenues for improved teaching, learning and research at minimal cost to faculty and students. However, the cost of setting up of such system is enormous, particularly for institutions in developing countries. Nevertheless, in her bid to attain global status in open education and scholarly communication, CU has invested in ICTs, develop and operates OAP as well as deploy relevant OERs.