Edsurge
OCTOBER 17, 2017
I hear more often these days about teaching with free online materials instead of traditional textbooks (known as OER). The OER conversation is very energized right now, and it's a complex conversation. I tend to focus on aspects of OER depending on the audience. When Wikipedia was first came out and was first reviewed in 2001.
edWeb.net
MARCH 19, 2019
Keys to the OER shift: – Community buy-in: The community wasn’t satisfied with the achievement levels and graduation rates. – Vetted OER materials: For every subject, K-12 teachers have a stockbook of vetted OER lessons. The post Navigating the Shift to OER appeared first on edWeb.
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Iterating Toward Openness
DECEMBER 13, 2016
We each use this license with the OER that we create and advocate for others to do the same. The BY license best reflects our values of eliminating friction, maximizing interoperability, and promoting unanticipated and innovative uses of OER. In 2001 Richard Baraniuk released his open textbook Signals and Systems.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 13, 2011
NETg was acquired by Thomson Corporation in 2001. HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER), a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone. The documentary film was cited by President George W.
edWeb.net
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Mountain Heights Academy in Utah, the 2017 Student Voices Award winner, encourages students to participate in the instructional design process using an OER curriculum. Since the majority of their lessons and assignments are open educational resources (OER) they wanted to license their Operation Bee curriculum as OER.
edWeb.net
AUGUST 7, 2018
But with the rise of OER, growing use of supplemental resources over core textbooks, and the increasing flexibility of state funding, more purchasing decisions have moved to the school and district level. In addition, there is a separate section on vetting OER. A change in policy to allow recommended programs to include OER.
edWeb.net
MAY 1, 2019
Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.
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