mark horner siyavula open textbooks
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Siyavula is a social enterprise built on community, openness and technology,working to make high quality education accessible to every learner and teacher in South Africa. Presentation by Mark Horner, Director of Siyavula, at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s OER Grantees Meeting 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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Siyavula is a social enterprise
Siyavula is a social enterprise built on
community, openness and technology,
working to make high quality education
accessible to every learner and teacher in
South Africa.
What we have done
Technology enables and enriches
Launched Jan 2012
500,000 visitors p.m.VideosSimulationsIntelligent Practice
Launched Sep 2013
ePubsComicsVideosSimulations
Catalogue of Open Titles
1. Pipelines exist
2. Proven the model for production
3. MOA in place
4. Cost savings of at least 70%
4 implementation phases, 3 years, 42 titles
Slate of open titles
4 implementation phases, 3 years, 42 titles
Slate of open titles
4 implementation phases, 3 years, 42 titles
Slate of open titles
Intelligent Practice
1. The learner experience
2. The teacher experience
3. Data-driven management
Intelligent Practice:The learner experience
Unlimited exercises
at the appropriate level of difficulty
with immediate, detailed feedback
and long term progress tracking
Track progress on your dashboard
Intelligent Practice:The teacher experience
Technology-assisted formative assessment
with on-demand class reports
summarising effort, mastery, speed
and problem areas
Class reports: Mastery and speed
Intelligent Practice report 2013Usage statistics
2013:● 120 schools using the service
● 750 teachers
● 1,300 classes
● 18,250 school learners
● 35,750 individual users
● 1,212,000 exercises completed
Number of templates available on service:● Start of school 2013: 725
● Start of school 2014: 1,925
Intelligent Practice:Data-driven management
A passive monitoring system that tracks
progress through CAPS,
learners' level of effort,
learners' level of mastery
and problem areas
summarised at class, school, district levels
Unlimited exercises, immediate marking
Detailed explanations
Complex answers(not just multiple choice)
Class reports: Effort
Class reports: Problem areas
Intelligent Practice Marketing Material
Intelligent Practice report 2013: Effort
Intelligent Practice report 2013: Mastery
Intelligent Practice Developments
1. School Management
System
2. Voucher System
3. Performance Updates
4. Mastery & Algorithm
1. 2 150+ templates
2. CAPS-alignment
3. Mathematics 8 & 9
4. Off-line Server