The overall scope of the project is to foster collaboration between South African and European HEIs to enable the exchange and transfer of expertise, best practices and know-how in integrating self-directed open educational practices (OEPs) and open educational resources (OERs) into STEM teacher education. The specific objectives of the project are - Enhance the skills, knowledge and capacities of lecturers and teacher-students in STEM education in South African Higher Education, on making full, aware and effective use of Self-Directed Learning (SDL) based methods, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) in their educational offer and teaching approaches. - Establish a sustainable environment for the sharing, adaptation and creation of self-directed teaching resources OER and OEP based for STEM teacher-students and lecturers in STEM fields. - Provide a set of methodological and practical steps for Higher Education Institutions and policy makers to promote the adoption of self-directed based OEPs (Open Educational Practices) and OERs (Open Educational Resources) tailored for the South African context In order to pursue the objectives, the project through a capacity building process involving South African and European HEIs will achieve the following results: - South African pre-service and in-service STEM education teacher-students and STEM education lecturers acquiring the skills to apply Self-Directed Learning based methods, integrating Open Educational Resources and establishing Open Educational Practices. - Online course on how to on make full use of Self-Directed Learning based methods, integrating Open Educational Resources and establishing Open Educational Practices - Online Database of at least 140 validated self-directed teaching resources OER and OEP based. - Guidelines and Policy Recommendations for integrating OERs and self-directed OEPs into STEM education for educational authorities tailored for the South African