A teaser trailer for my MA online conference.

1. Using OER to Address
Education Inequality in Poorer
South African Schools
Trailer
By Grant Penny
English Instructor, Course Developer
Greenhouse Phoenix, Nagoya, Japan.
http://www.grantpenny.info

2. The Need
• Textbook delivery failure.
• High dropout or failure rate.
• Scarce educational resources in certain
languages.
• High income inequality.
• Teacher shortages.
• Poorly resourced schools.
• Distance to schooling in rural
communities.
• Poor telecommunication infrastructure.

3. Siyavula
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OER Africa
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Open Wits
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OpenUCT
TESSA
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How can the options, systems, and content become more
effective to meet South African demands?

4. The Aim
To create an easily accessible website, that will act as a hub for all OER
resources and projects created for South Africans.
Creating a new approach to collating South African OER materials, that
highlights resource insufficiency, and areas of demand.

5. Factors
Teacher skills Sponsorship
Internet access
Development Resources
Accessibility
Cost
Support
Supply
Needs
Mobile devices
Languages
Location
Computer skillsCopyright
Quality
Demand Training

6. Thank You.
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