Addressing the Local in Localization: A Case Study of Open Textbook Adoption By Three South African Teachers

by | Sep 19, 2013

This article presents a case study of the adoption and use of open textbooks by three high school teachers in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The textbooks, collaboratively authored and distributed through the South African initiative, Siyavula, are available online and are openly licensed, allowing teachers to freely use, modify, print, and share them with peers.
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Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up: South Africa’s Free High School Science Texts

by | Feb 17, 2011

The relatively new field of open educational resources (OER) is just now receiving more widespread attention and study. As such, there have been few opportunities thus far to share knowledge across program, organizational and national boundaries. This article presents a case study of the development of the South African project Free High School Science Texts (FHSST).
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