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blogs · FHSST Case Study Report
appears in OER Case Study Project
11/5/2008 02:40 · no comments
The case study of Free High School Science Texts (FHSST)—conducted by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education—highlights several practices associated with the successes and challenges encountered by the project as it worked to create freely available, high quality science and math textbooks for South African schools. The study revealed that a central issue...
resources · Free High School Science Texts and the Case for Continuous Learning
16/11/2007 22:23 · 17 votes · no comments
A collaborative, participatory framework for teaching and learning, where teachers and learners take on the role of active “researchers” in the instruction process, was an important theme that drove discussions, informal talks over coffee, and several of the presentations at the 2007 OpenLearn conference in Milton Keynes, UK.
The presentation of the Free High School Science Texts...
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resources · Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up
11/5/2008 02:25 · no comments
Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up: South Africa's Free High School Science Texts.
This paper presents a case study of the development of the South African project Free High School Science Texts (FHSST). The goals of this paper are two-fold: to examine and analyze the practices associated with the successes and challenges encountered by FHSST; and to...
resources · The Case of Free High School Science Texts
31/8/2007 06:46 · no comments
On August 21-23, 2007, several open textbook project leaders, researchers, collaborators and open textbook publishers met at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to discuss how the development and use of open textbooks is best supported and sustained.
At the meeting, Lisa Petrides presented the Free High School Science Texts (FHSST) Case Study and discussed, among...
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resources · Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up
by Cynthia Jimes · voted on 13/5/2008 03:23 · no comments
Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up: South Africa's Free High School Science Texts.
This paper presents a case study of the development of the South African project Free High School Science Texts (FHSST). The goals of this paper are two-fold: to examine and analyze the practices associated with the successes and challenges encountered by FHSST; and to...
resources · Free High School Science Texts and the Case for Continuous Learning
by Cynthia Jimes · voted on 16/11/2007 02:54 · 17 votes · no comments
A collaborative, participatory framework for teaching and learning, where teachers and learners take on the role of active “researchers” in the instruction process, was an important theme that drove discussions, informal talks over coffee, and several of the presentations at the 2007 OpenLearn conference in Milton Keynes, UK.
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blogs · FHSST Case Study to be presented at OpenLearn 2007
OER Case Study Project
by Cynthia Jimes · commented on 23/10/2007 07:29 · 2 comments
On Oct. 30-31, members of the global open educational resources (OER) community will present their research into the challenges of sustaining and facilitating the movement at the OpenLearn 2007 conference in Milton Keynes, UK. Hosted by the Open University UK, the conference has four main themes: research agenda, sustainability, user experience, and software and tools. The overreaching...
blogs · September Case Study Project Update
OER Case Study Project
by Cynthia Jimes · commented on 4/10/2007 08:34 · 2 comments
The write up of the Free High School Science Texts (FHSST) case study report is nearing completion. The FHSST case study shows, among other things, that creating and sustaining OER is an iterative, experimental, and adaptive process that takes place within a continuously changing environment and shifting stakeholder needs, and that a culture of collaboration plays an important role...
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