siyavula: the impacts of our open culture when creating open resources

Megan Beckett

megan@siyavula.com

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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.

What we have done

Technology enables and enriches

Creating an open textbook

Creating an open textbook

CommunityCommunity

Technology

Technology Ope

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Open processes

Open processes

Collaborative

Iterative

Transparent

Facilitates adoption

Open everything...

Open processes

Open copyright licenses

Open standards

Opensource software

Promoting open in an open title

~ 10 million books

Targeting educators and parents

Engaging learners about 'open'

Citizen Science

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

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

Megan Beckett

megan@siyavula.com

www.siyavula.com

Megan Beckett

megan@siyavula.com

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.

What we have done

Technology enables and enriches

Creating an open textbook

Creating an open textbook

CommunityCommunity

Technology

Technology Ope

nnes

s

Ope

nnes

s

Open processes

Open processes

Collaborative

Iterative

Transparent

Facilitates adoption

Open everything...

Open processes

Open copyright licenses

Open standards

Opensource software

Promoting open in an open title

~ 10 million books

Targeting educators and parents

Engaging learners about 'open'

Citizen Science

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

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

Megan Beckett

megan@siyavula.com

www.siyavula.com