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Introducing

Open Educational Resources for the South African landscape

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Contexts abound ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/khym54/600539107/

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All are challenging ...

http://www.parklands.co.za/photo-gallery

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Collaboration

Sharing is fundamental to teaching

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Effective Sharing

Open everything ...

open processes – iterative, transparent and collaborative

open copyright licences – freedom to distribute, adapt and enhance

open standards – formats that enable the freedoms

opensource software – freedom distribute, adapt and enhance

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Cape Town Open Education Declaration

Required reading ...

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Our Work

Increase the library of openly shared resources

(OERs)

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Our Work

Identify innovative and

engaging ways of delivering curriculum

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Our Work

Support communities and conduct professional development

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Case Study in Openness

Adaptation, contextualisation ...

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Case Study in Openness

Java

Adaptation, contextualisation ...

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Case Study in Openness

JavaC++

Adaptation, contextualisation ...

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Case Study in Engagement

http://www.torreytrust.com/

Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder

Michael, Grade 3, couldn't:

- do simple addition - tell time - identify coins - solve puzzles - identify shapes

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Case Study in Engagement

http://www.torreytrust.com/

Addition (0’s, 1’s, 2’s)

Flashcards: 20 minutes; Math Fact Cafe

Written Quiz and Review: 10 minutes; Math-Drills.com

Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder

Michael, Grade 3, couldn't:

- do simple addition - tell time - identify coins - solve puzzles - identify shapes

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Case Study in Engagement

http://www.torreytrust.com/

Time (Hours and Half Hours)

Move the Hands (I would move the hands, he would tell me the time): 15 minutes; Online Analog Clock

Clock Game: 20 minutes; Kinder Web Games

Written Quiz and Review: 5 minutes; Dad's Worksheets

Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder

Michael, Grade 3, couldn't:

- do simple addition - tell time - identify coins - solve puzzles - identify shapes

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Case Study in Engagement

http://www.torreytrust.com/

Motor Visual/Spatial Skills

Let’s Tans Lite: 25 minutes; Let's Tans Lite iPod App

Online Puzzle to complete: under 5 minutes; The Kidz Page: Puzzles

Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder

Michael, Grade 3, couldn't:

- do simple addition - tell time - identify coins - solve puzzles - identify shapes

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Case Study in Engagement

http://www.torreytrust.com/

Numbers to 1000

Flashcards: 10 minutes; Number Nut

Writing Numbers in Standard and Word form Quiz: 10 minutes; Dad's Worksheets

Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder

Michael, Grade 3, couldn't:

- do simple addition - tell time - identify coins - solve puzzles - identify shapes

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Case Study in Engagement

http://www.torreytrust.com/

Michael, Grade 3, could:

- add single digit numbers (80%) - tell time to half hour - write, count and identify up to1000 - solve 6 & 12 piece puzzles - identify coins

2 months later

Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder

Michael, Grade 3, couldn't:

- do simple addition - tell time - identify coins - solve puzzles - identify shapes

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Technology & Community & Openness

Dan Meyerwriter, speaker, learner, worker, go-getter

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General Advice: Connect

Who will sneeze first?

83 day lead time for your popular friends doing self-diagnosis

46 day lead time for your popular friends visiting health professionals

The US Centre for Disease Control lags by a week

Google Flu Trends can tell you the peak

Infectious personalities May 13th 2010 | From The Economist

Connect to the “popular” teachersConnect to the “popular” teachers

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General Advice: Collaborate

Would you bet money that two people here

share a birthday?

pjf@cpan on FlickrNC=

N P×N P−1

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Connect to local teachersConnect to local teachers

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General Advice: Consume

The internet is very very very very big!

There is a huge amount of content freely and

openly available

There is a huge amount of content freely and

openly available

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Our Work

Increase the library of openly shared resources (OERs)

Identify innovative and engaging ways of delivering curriculum

Support communities and conduct professional development

Community & Openness & Technology

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Contact us!

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions regarding Open Educational Resources and the work Siyavula is doing – contact us, we'd love to hear from you!

Mark@siyavula.comNeels@siyavula.comWww.siyavula.com