1. Siyavula's contribution to the world of Open
Educational Resources
A guide on where to find them and how to use them!

2. Exploring Copyright licenses
Traditional copyright
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the
terms of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a
license issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, without permission in writing
from the Publisher.

3. Exploring Copyright licenses
Open copyright
All the Siyavula resources are released under an open copyright license. This
allows educators and learners to freely read, download, copy, change and also
freely distribute the content.

4. Our Open Resources
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Workbooks
Siyavula workbooks for Grades R-9 for all subjects, and in
English and Afrikaans
http://cnx.org/lenses/siyavula
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Siyavula WebBooks
FET Mathematics and Physical Science textbooks with
embedded on-line media–rich resources
www.siyavula.com
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FullMarks assessment bank
An open and free on-line test and exam question library
populated by South African teachers.
www.fullmarks.org.za

5. Siyavula WebBooks
Siyavula FET Maths and Science Textbooks
www.siyavula.com
The Siyavula WebBooks is a set of free and open textbooks for Grades 10, 11
and 12 in Mathematics and Physical Science. They were written by a group of
volunteers, educators, academics and professionals with the aim of making the
knowledge freely available. Rich in worked examples and conceptual
explanations, they can be freely downloaded, viewed on-line or ordered in
printed format. Download them in .pdf from http://www.siyavula.com/books

6. How to use our WebBooks
Read them on our
mobile front-end
m.siyavula.cnx.org

7. How to use our WebBooks
Siyavula WebBooks
You can use the WebBook to guide you
to all the amazing free resources out there...

8. How to use our WebBooks
Download the Maths or Science .pdf or buy
a printed copy from us: www.siyavula.com/book

9. How to use our Webbooks
Find these icons with the corresponding short code
in the book to be lead to the rich-media on-line version
The rich media resources available on-line are indicated in the printed or
.pdf versions with icons. Short codes provide quick navigation on-line.
Videos
Simulations
Educator presentations
Assessment items

10. How to use our WebBooks
An example of how the icons and short codes
will appear in the book
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11. How to use our WebBooks
Go to www.siyavula.com to enter your short code
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12. How to use our WebBooks

13. How to use our WebBooks
The videos we link to in our WebBooks:
The Khan Academy videos (www.khanacademy.org) provides a library of 10 –
20 minute video explanations covering concepts in physics, chemistry,
mathematics, biology and more at a secondary and early tertiary level.
Currently more than 1800+ videos are available.

14. How to use our WebBooks
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15. How to use our WebBooks
The simulations we link to in our WebBooks
The PhET simulations (phet.colorado.edu) are fun, interactive simulations of
physical phenomena which helps students visually comprehend concepts. The
user manipulates the tools and the responses are immediately animated

16. How to use our WebBooks
The presentations we link to in our WebBooks
Local science educator, Keith Warne (www.slideshare.net/kwarne) at Bishops
College, openly shared copies of his FET Physics and Chemistry presentations on
SlideShare for educators to download, use and adapt
!

17. How to use our WebBooks
The presentations we link to in our WebBooks
International award winning maths educator Dan Meyer (blog.mrmeyer.com)
shares his growing collection of mathematics case studies openly. These real world
contexts helps educators present curriculum concepts in an entertaining manner.
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18. How to use our WebBooks
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19. How to use our WebBooks
The assessment items we link to in our WebBooks
The open assessment bank called FullMarks (www.fullmarks.org.za) contains a
collection of test and exam questions. These are used by educators to set test papers
and by learners for further practice. Our books link to the solutions on FullMarks.
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20. Contribute resources
We are continuously growing the pool of Open
Educational Resources
If you have or know of any free and open educational
videos, simulations, projects, experiments, power point
presentations, tests and exam questions, please
consider contributing them to our library of open
educational resources for educators to use, adapt
and redistribute

21. Contact us
If you have any queries, comments or suggestions
We would love to hear from you!
www.siyavula.com
mark@siyavula.com
Neels@siyavula.com