LibGuides: Open Educational Resources & Open Access for South African School Teachers / Educators: Need to know more ?

Links to further background information

This field is developing very fast and changes all the time. It will be necessary for you to really take time and immerse yourself in the following background material so as to take full advantage of what OERs and Open Access have to offer.

Over a cup of tea or coffee, sit back and relax and go through the following:

ADDRESSING THE LOCAL IN LOCALIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF OPEN TEXTBOOK ADOPTION BY THREE SOUTH AFRICAN TEACHERS
This article presents a case study of the adoption and use of open textbooks by three high school teachers in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa
Introducing OERs, Neil Butcher, OER Strategist, OER Africa (1/5)
Audioclip with slides - 10 mins - Please use earphones or have your speakers on.
Part One of an online presentation introducing Open Education Resources and what they can do for education. The session is part of the 4C Initiative and is presented by Neil Butcher of OER Africa
Introducing OERs, Neil Butcher, OER Strategist, OER Africa (2/5)
Audioclip with slides - 10 mins
Please use earphones or have your speakers on.
Part Two of an online presentation introducing Open Education Resources and what they can do for education. The session is part of the 4C Initiative
Introducing OERs, Neil Butcher, OER Strategist, OER Africa (3/5)
Audioclip with slides - 10 mins
Please use earphones or have your speakers on.
Part Three of an online presentation introducing Open Education Resources and what they can do for education. The session is part of the 4C Initiative.
Introducing OERs, Neil Butcher, OER Strategist, OER Africa (4/5)
Audioclip with slides- 10 mins
Please use earphones or have your speakers on.
Part Four of an online presentation introducing Open Education Resources and what they can do for education. The session is part of the 4C Initiative.
Part 5/5 is not available at present.
OER in Africa
Videoclip - 11 minutes
Open Education: what does it mean to you and to us and Africa
Slide presentation
SchoolNet South Africa Conference - The OER Movement
Videoclip - 25 minutes
Frederic Kastner, Programme Manager for The Fuse School and Malik Adam Wilson, Creative Manager for The Fuse School were invited to the SchoolNet Conference in South Africa to talk to 700 teachers on the Open Educational Resource Movement, how it's changing the world of education and how teachers from everywhere can get involved.
Siyavula: supporting teacher communities for curriculum-aligned OER in South Africa
A presentation of South Africa’s Siyavula, which aims to support teachers’ curriculum needs
Using Open Media Resources in Schools
Slide presentation
Why Open Education Matters: using OER to create a global community of teachers and learners
Videoclip - 3 minutes
Highly recommended - provides a good introduction to OER