Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 21, 2019

OER advocacy, like most work, is filled alternately with advances and setbacks. But other responses called the discussion of practice unimaginative and accused me of underestimating the pedagogical change that OER is capable of catalyzing. And why aren’t they using OER in their classes? A world of tears.

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OER Advocacy Survey Course 137

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

As one writing instructor posted to an e-mail list in 2005: “Am I being a stick-in-the-mud for for being horrified by students’ use of this source?”. EdSurge talked with Cummings about how Wikipedia has changed his teaching and why he thinks professors are changing their attitude about the anyone-can-edit resources. Absolutely.

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OER Education E-rate Social Media 137

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A Case Study , by Juan I. This was justified by the fact that there is a lack of empirical evidence to support expanding the use of OER. Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann.

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Khan Academy OER System Case Study 131

NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

Be creative about the many different types of interactive resources and experiences to which you link. 2005/2006) “The Virtual Library.” You’ll find my list of CC0 choices here. Embed your slide everywhere students, teachers and parents might discover it. by EZ EdTech! Chapter in Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool. Valenza, J.K.

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Libraries OER Wiki Strategy 145

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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OER Instructional Materials Policies Broadband 42

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 1, 2015

Publishers want “high quality” to mean educational resources that are “written by experts, copyedited by professionals, reviewed by peers, laid out by graphic designers, and provided in multiple formats,” with literally no reference to results. What we need to know is how much do students who use the resources learn?

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OER Outcomes Pearson Resources 60

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

think open education resources are a good thing, faculty don’t know enough to judge, as “a bit more than one-third [of instructors] claimed to have some level of awareness” of OER (emphasis added). Academic leaders are far more aware of Open Educational Resources than are their faculty members. for faculty).

Online Learning 40

Online Learning Report OER Pearson 40