OER Spotlight: Free High School Science Texts (FHSST)
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ISKME interviews FHSST Founder Mark Horner
In December 2007, the founder of South Africa's Free High School Science Texts (FHSST) project visited ISMKE's offices to talk about the origins of his project, and what is involved with creating open educational resource projects.
You can view the entire transcript here, or focus on the specific questions and responses below, offered as text and videos:
| Question | Transcript- text | link to blip.tv | link to YouTube |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. What is an open textbook? What's different about them? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 2. What inspired you to start a grassroots project (FHSST)? What happened next? How did you know there was a bigger need? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 3. What is the opportunity for open textbooks? Do open texts cost less? What does the bottom line look like? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 4. How did you build credibility for a grassroots open textbook project? How are the textbooks collaboratively created? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 5. What uniques student needs did the FHSST textbooks address? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 6. How did you find and recruit volunteers to create open textbooks? How did you cope with the many volunteers with so few administrators? DId volunteers work together? What is a hackathon? | transcript | video on blip.tv | [video on YouTube |
| 7. What are the barriers to volunteer productivity? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 8. What helps to keep volunteers motivated? Where there other ways you tried to motivate volunteers? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 9. What does it feel like to author and then give up control of the work? Do your contributions to an open, adaptable work live on? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 10. What is important to know when starting an open educational resource (OER) project now? Any other advice for people who are starting OERs? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
| 11. Are open textbooks ever complete? | transcript | video on blip.tv | video on YouTube |
