North West Province Workshops 2, 3 and 4
challenges and needs in the North West province,
workbook review,
Siyavula and OERs introduction,
Connexions introduction,
communities of practice,
group dynamics with introductions to edge, rank and containment,
using Connexions to create accounts, workgroups and upload content from Word correctly, and
brainstorming around needs, issues and ideas for taking things forward.
workbook review,
Siyavula and OERs introduction,
Connexions introduction,
communities of practice,
group dynamics with introductions to edge, rank and containment,
using Connexions to create accounts, workgroups and upload content from Word correctly, and
brainstorming around needs, issues and ideas for taking things forward.
This left all advisors with a clear idea of how, in our work to support teachers and curriculum/subject advisors to be more effective, we adopt an approach that focuses on the use of Open Educational Resources, which immediately allows for the re-packaging, contextualisation and improvement of educational resources, by communities of practice, which supports load-sharing, professional development, empowerment and the development of a sense of belonging for the participants.
The advisors also identified practical ways that they could use the resources, tools and concepts in their work, identified potential challenges they could face, shared ideas about how to overcome those challenges and gave us great feedback on what challenges stand in the way of complete, province-wide adoption of the ideas.