siyavula: the impacts of our open culture when creating open resources
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Siyavula – 'we are opening'
Siyavula is a social enterprise built on
community, openness and technology,
working to make high quality educational
resources available to every learner and
teacher in South Africa.
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What we have done
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Technology enables and enriches
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Creating an open textbook
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Creating an open textbook
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Open processes
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Open processes
Collaborative
Iterative
Transparent
Facilitates adoption
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Open everything...
Open processes
Open copyright licenses
Open standards
Opensource software
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Promoting open in an open title
~ 10 million books
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Targeting educators and parents
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Engaging learners about 'open'
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Citizen Science
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What does this achieve?
● Strengthens the work we do
● Builds a community - facilitates adoption
● Broader impact in South Africa (and beyond)
● Government: understanding benefits of open policy
● General public: involved an education project with huge impact
● Educators: learning about and using OER
● Learners: engage with a 'living' resource and understand OER
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Siyavula Slate of Open Titles
● catalogue of the 50 most crucial textbooks needed for school level
STEM performance
● engage with education authorities in South Africa for official review
and endorsement at the national level
● textbooks distributed widely - some of the most accessible
educational resources in the country
● 3 year implementation
● Looking for sponsers and partnerships
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CommunityCommunity
Technology
Technology Ope
nnes
s
Ope
nnes
s
Siyavula – 'we are opening'
Siyavula is a social enterprise built on
community, openness and technology,
working to make high quality educational
resources available to every learner and
teacher in South Africa.
![Page 20: Siyavula: The impacts of our open culture when creating open resources](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022020307/55a632481a28ab71488b45af/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
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What we have done
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Technology enables and enriches
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Creating an open textbook
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Creating an open textbook
CommunityCommunity
Technology
Technology Ope
nnes
s
Ope
nnes
s
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Open processes
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Open processes
Collaborative
Iterative
Transparent
Facilitates adoption
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Open everything...
Open processes
Open copyright licenses
Open standards
Opensource software
![Page 28: Siyavula: The impacts of our open culture when creating open resources](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022020307/55a632481a28ab71488b45af/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Promoting open in an open title
~ 10 million books
![Page 29: Siyavula: The impacts of our open culture when creating open resources](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022020307/55a632481a28ab71488b45af/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Targeting educators and parents
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Engaging learners about 'open'
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Citizen Science
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What does this achieve?
● Strengthens the work we do
● Builds a community - facilitates adoption
● Broader impact in South Africa (and beyond)
● Government: understanding benefits of open policy
● General public: involved an education project with huge impact
● Educators: learning about and using OER
● Learners: engage with a 'living' resource and understand OER
![Page 33: Siyavula: The impacts of our open culture when creating open resources](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022020307/55a632481a28ab71488b45af/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Siyavula Slate of Open Titles
● catalogue of the 50 most crucial textbooks needed for school level
STEM performance
● engage with education authorities in South Africa for official review
and endorsement at the national level
● textbooks distributed widely - some of the most accessible
educational resources in the country
● 3 year implementation
● Looking for sponsers and partnerships