SOUTH AFRICAPolicies on the Use of OER

May 2013

Two Ministries

Higher Education and

Training

Basic

Education

Two Ministries

Post Schooling Schooling

Higher Education and Training Priorities

Basic Education Priorities

Key outputs

Improved quality and number of Schooling ‘Graduates’

Basic Education Priorities

Green Paper on Post Schooling

The DHET will support efforts that invest a larger proportion of total expenditure in the design and development of high quality learning resources, as a strategy for increasing and assuring the quality of provision across the entire post schooling system. These resources should be made freely available as Open Educational Resources (OER) for use with appropriate adaptation.

Green Paper on Post Schooling• Key motivations for OER are the potential improvements

in quality and reductions in cost. The DHET will accordingly

• • Determine ways to provide support for the production and sharing of learning materials as OER at institutions in the post schooling sector. In the first instance all material developed by the promised South African Institute for Vocational and Continuing Education and Training will be made available as OER.

• • Consider the adoption or adaptation, in accordance with national needs, of an appropriate Open Licensing Framework for use by all education stakeholders, within an overarching policy framework on intellectual property rights and copyright in higher education" (p 59-60).

2011 Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education and Development

• "The CPD courses will be made available as open source materials to be utilised by SACE-approved providers across the system" (p.7).

• Advanced Certificate in Education in Senior Management Team (SMT) Development

• Current EU supported programme to develop materials for use in the training of Foundation Phase Teachers

Learner and Teacher Support Material Policy in DBE• Already developed workbooks for most grades in different

languages – available to use and copy but not to change• Siya Funda textbooks

• Propose to incorporate OER policy considerations in the LTSM policy

ReasonsPart of South Africa’s commitment •to transforming education •to ensuring quality lifelong learning opportunities for all…

About access and success

OER about increase access to and use of quality educational resources