OER for Open Schooling

Study Skills

• Setting Personal Goals
  Guide to setting personal goals
• Well-being
  Guide to looking after your own well-being
• Skills for a Changing World
  Courseware to build capacity in English language, mathematical literacy and ICT.
• Skills for Academic Learning
  Courseware to build capacity for the transition from school to further and higher education – reading skills, writing skills and study skills.

Lower Primary (Years 1 – 3) Subject Specific Resources

• Learner Workbooks – Examples
  Learner workbooks for Grade R English, and Grades 1-3 Literacy, Numeracy and Life-skills.
• Early Mathematics
  Introducing working with numbers.
• SA Teachers Mathematics 1-3
  YouTube videos for teaching mathematics.
• Early Literacy
  Examples of apps designed to support emergent literacy.
• Early Literacy – Jolly Phonics
  Introduction to Jolly Phonics. The related App is widely used in Nigeria, among other countries.
• Video Guides to Support Early Literacy
  This site provides several short video guides useful for both teachers and parents.
• Tools for Educators
  This site provides several guiding tools for parents and/or teachers.
• Assistive Technology
  This site provides several guidelines on technology that can be used to support learners experiencing various barriers to learning.
• Early Learning Toolkit
  The Early Learning Toolkit contains practical resources to support work in early childhood settings, schools and communities.

Upper Primary (Years 4 – 6)

• Learner Workbooks – Examples
  Learner workbooks for Grades 4-6 Literacy and Numeracy.
• Parts of Speech
  Guide to parts of speech such as nouns and verbs etc. in English.
• Punctuation
  Guide to using punctuation in English.
• Sentences
  Guide to writing sentences in English.
• Paragraphs
  Guide to writing paragraphs in English.
• Spelling
  Guide to spelling in English.
• Khan Academy Kids
  An App designed especially for children aged 2-7.
• SA Teacher Mathematics 4 – 7
  YouTube videos for teaching mathematics (Grades 4 – 7)
• Guide to Teaching Mathematics at the Upper Primary Level
  The above resources provide guidelines for promoting active learning of key mathematical concepts.
• Learning and Teaching Mathematics
  The above resources provide guidelines for promoting active learning of key mathematical concepts.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 – 9)

• Learner Workbooks – Examples
  Learner workbooks for Grades 7-9 Numeracy
• Khan Academy
  Contains content for Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Computing, Arts & Humanities, Economics and finance.

Senior Secondary (Years 10 – 12)

• PHET Interactive Simulations for Science and Mathematics
  Simulations related to topics in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Earth Science and Biology.
• COL Resources (Secondary)
  17 secondary school courses, at grade 10-12, specially designed for independent study. Commerce 11, Coordinated Science 12, English 12, English 2^nd language 10; Entrepreneurship 10; Food & Nutrition. Geography 10, Human Social Biology 12, Life Science 10, Life Skills, Mathematics 11, Mathematics 12, Physical Science 10, Physical Science 12, Principles of Business, Spanish.

Cross-cutting resources (how to guides as well as subject specific resources)

1. African Storybook
   Thousands of picture storybooks in African languages to improve literacy and imagination of children.
2. CK-12 (Elementary and Secondary)
   Learning resources in a variety of formats for K-12 grades.
3. Khan Academy
   Materials from Grade 9 upwards to the first year in a college.
4. MIT BLOSSOMS (Videos)
   Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies (BLOSSOMS) is a series of interactive lessons presented in a widely accessible video format.
5. OER Commons
   A wide range of learning materials for different levels, including professional development resources for teachers and an authoring environment.
6. OpenStax
   A good starting point to avail quality textbooks. A printable version of textbooks can be accessed at OpenStax textbooks.
7. PhET (Simulations for Science and Math)
   Interactive simulations in science and mathematics from University of Colorado.
8. Siyavula (Elementary and Secondary)
   Learner book(s) and teacher’s guide(s) in English and Afrikaans.
9. Storyweaver
   Over 19,000 stories to promote reading amongst kids available in 230 languages.
10. Notesmaster
    OER for a variety of subjects

• • Visit: https://notesmaster.com/
  • Click: Guest access
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  • Select group/s in the right-hand column
  • Choose a group e.g. Vanuatu OER Aptus group
  • Select shared resources
  • Select a subject, topic and resource. Note that resources can be viewed online or exported to Word for editing.

11. TESSA
    Contains teaching resources for primary level life skills, literacy, numeracy, science, social studies and the arts and secondary science in four languages: English, French, Arabic and Swahili.
12. BC Open School
    Contains links to several useful subject-specific and general learning guides.
13. Learning Continuity Kit
    Provides guides for teachers and learners on how to continue learning when schools are locked down.
14. Digital Promise: Online Learning Resources A searchable library of online resources for educators.