Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground up: South Africa's Free High School Science Texts

Autor/inn/en	Petrides, Lisa; Jimes, Cynthia
Titel	Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground up: South Africa's Free High School Science Texts
Quelle	In: Journal of Interactive Media in Education, (2008), (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1365-893X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Internet; Educational Resources; Case Studies; High Schools; Textbooks; Science Education; Secondary School Science; Program Descriptions; Textbook Content; Textbook Preparation; Textbook Publication; Educational Technology; Computer System Design; Computer Uses in Education; Distance Education; Instructional Design; Web Sites; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsmittel; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; High school; Oberschule; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Lehrbuchtext; Lehrbucharbeit; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Web-Design; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	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). Based on observations of project activities, a survey and interviews with project participants, and analyses of project documents and web-based content, the study sheds light on the challenges and successes of creating OER content within a process built from the ground up. On the whole, the case study revealed that project sustainability is an iterative, evolutionary process that works best when able to adapt to a continuously changing environment and shifting community needs. Ultimately this involves instilling practices within the organization or project that imitate the very characteristics of the resources that OER projects serve to create and support. (Contains 1 figure and 7 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University. Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. e-mail: jime@open.ac.uk; Web site: http://jime.open.ac.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10