Siyavula shares OPEN and FREE tools and resources with Life Science teachers in Western Cape, South Africa. These tools and resources aim to make learners excited about what is being taught in class.

1. Evening Series on Open Education Resources
11 November 2010
Open Innovation Studio

2. Evening Series on Open Education Resources
21 October 2010
Open Innovation Studio
Overview of Siyavula

3. What we believe in.
● We believe in openness in education.
When educators openly share their learning and teaching material such
lessons plans, worksheets, presentation, exam questions and notes with
one another everybody benefits from it.
● We believe in communities of educators working together.
When educators collaborate to create and adapt teaching material, share
best practices and support one another they can achieve great things.
● We believe in technology.
When technology is used appropriately, it can amplify individual
contributions, make teachers' lives easier and provide a more engaging
learning experience for learners.

4. Our work.
● Expanding the library of shared resources.
By encouraging educators to share, creating resources ourselves and
identifying relevant OERs created by others.
● Innovative ways to deliver the resources
Finding ways of delivering these resources to learners and educators, at
home and in the classroom.
● Community and Professional Development events
Deliver courses, workshops and events aimed at exposing educators to
open resources and technology tools as well as foster greater interaction.

5. Life Sciences

6. ● life at the molecular, cellular and tissue level
● life processes in plants and animals
● environmental studies
● diversity, change and continuity.
Life Sciences

7. Website Reviews

8. ● Open textbooks and source material
● Videos
● Open courseware
● Simulations
● Citizen Cyber Science
● Remote Scientific participation
● Games
Open Resources and Technology Tools

9. ● CK12
● OER Commons
● FHSST
● Siyavula workbooks
● FullMarks assessment bank
Open textbooks and source material

10. CK12
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11. OER Commons

12. FHSST Textbooks for Grade 10,11,12
● Written and edited by volunteer educators, academics and professionals.
● Released under an open copyright license
● Free to download, copy, edit and distribute

13. Siyavula workbooks for Grade R-9
● Learner workbooks in English and Afrikaans for all subjects in Grade R-9
● Over 30,000 pages of learner material
● Free to download, copy, edit and distribute
● For use in its current format or as seed material for adapting, translating,
contextualizing.

14. Print aggregation service
● Solicit expression of interest in a digital resource for printing
● Negotiate best aggregate price and finalise orders
● Example: FHSST textbook drops to R35 per book on 4000 books

15. On-line library of curriculum material
● Open on-line library of curriculum aligned content
● Categorised and sorted by subject, grade. LO's and AS's
● Contains all Siyavula workbooks, FHSST textbooks and content contributed
by educators.

16. FullMarks open assessment bank
● Open library with test and exams questions with answers
● To assist educators in setting tests and exams

17. ● Khan Academy
● PHET simulations
● YouTube and TeacherTube
Videos and simulations

18. Khan Academy
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19. NeoK12
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20. Wonderville
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21. PHET Simulations
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22. ● MIT Open Course Ware
Tertiary Courseware

23. MIT OCW for High School
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24. ● Exposure to tertiary level
● Enrichment and advancement
● Introductory level material
MIT OCW for High School

25. Video lectures
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26. Citizen Science

27. ● Khan Academy videos
● PHET Simulations
● YouTube videos
●
Foldit

28. ● Khan Academy videos
● PHET Simulations
● YouTube videos
●
Foldit

29. Project BudBurst

30. Remote access and participation

31. Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope

32. IRMA: Interactive Remote Microscopy Application

33. Biology is cool
It is the stuff movies and games are made of.

38. ● Cell stage
● Creature stage
● Tribal stage
● Civilization stage
● Space stage
Spore

39. Spore

40. Spore

42. Cell stage
Creature stage
Tribal stage
Civilization stage
Space stage
Spore

45. Where to from here
● Use OERs for yourself.
Textbooks, OpenCourseware, videos
● Build your own material on other open resources.
Use the Siyavula workbooks or CK12 FlexBooks
● Distribute the OERs to learners.
Give them Khan Academy, MIT OCW, PHET, textbooks on stick or DVD
● Give learners on-line access to your material
Let them access the notes, tests, memos, presentations from home

46. Where to from here
● Share your resources openly
Upload your presentations, notes, tests and exams
● Teach with a projector and video content
Use the interesting videos for context and engagement in class
● Use the computer lab in life science
Prepare them for the world of work
● Participate in a community of practice
Join a community, start a community and share
● Help author an FHSST Life Sciences textbook