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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway. K-12 context.

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Access State-Reviewed Instructional Materials with SETDA’s Dashboard

edWeb.net

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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ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers

Edsurge

Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. This framework informs how ThinkCERCA designs its literacy instructional materials and lessons.

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5 ways to create effective and equitable instructional resources

eSchool News

However, in 2012, only 17 percent of the teachers in the US workforce were racially or ethnically diverse. However, there are numerous key characteristics of high-quality, culturally responsive, and sustaining resources that should be present in all instructional materials. By 2029, this number is projected to be 57 percent.

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Seniors Need Support More Than Ever. One Startup Shows They Can Also Provide It.

Edsurge

In 2012, he founded Zaya Learning Labs , which developed portable devices preloaded with digital instructional materials for children that can be beamed to local computing devices, in areas across Asia and Africa that lack widespread internet connection.

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Why Stubborn Myths Like ‘Learning Styles’ Persist

Edsurge

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. A 2012 study surveyed teachers in the U.K. These ideas have been around a lot time—and so have articles attempting to dispel them.

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.