Panel Discussion for OER - Paris Assembly

1. half the population
is under 19
1-5 people will be African
by 2050
Monday, April 13, 15

2. mobile literacy open policyCC4Kids
open
access
textbook
piracy
#OpenAfrica
affiliate
training
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3. Unnamed Major SA
Funder
•large school funder in South Africa
•comissionsed school readers
•no formal IP policy established
•tried to open after IP was fought by NGO
Siyavula
(we are opening)
•CC-BY default
•Maths & Science gr.10 11 &12
•Collaboratively written
•Dept of Basic Ed Approved
Result
•700,000 readers produced
•one language
•readers are ‘Bricked’
Result
•2.4million books to learners
•15% increase in final exam marks nationally
•community translated in 3 languages
•zero data delivery through Mxit to +1.2M
learner in 2014
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4. 1. Importance of community engagement
2. Open Licences * Open Licences * Open Licences
3. Easier to solve the problem before it’s a problem with an
effective Open Policy
Lessons
Launching
OpenTextbooks4Africa
Kelsey Wiens
@bella_velo & bellavelo.ca
Whats next?
Monday, April 13, 15