Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to significantly influence postsecondary teaching and learning in the future. In the U.S.,

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Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

and Mrs. Perkins, a fifth-grade teacher, browses the district’s library of content in H?para With just a few clicks, she shares the content with each student to quickly access it when they log in to their H?para He converts the resources into a format that will be easy for learners to access and read on any device.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Communications librarian Kristen Hoffman oversees much of the OER work at Seattle Pacific University, a Christian university in Washington. Pricey textbooks and access codes are a national challenge. Faculty and libraries at Brigham Young University are also experimenting with open educational resources.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides. Valenza, J.K.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Although they would eventually change their model to focus on traditionally copyrighted textbooks, FWK’s over 100 openly licensed textbooks can still be found archived around the web in places like the Open Textbook Library and the Saylor Foundation’s website. Why Commercial Publishers Should Switch to an OER Model.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

As countless educators around the world have scrambled to figure out how to deliver lessons remotely with whisker-thin budgets, many turned to open education resources (OER). CK-12 is at the forefront of OER by doing adaptive and personalized learning. Our model was to be more than an OER aggregator,” Khosla says. “We

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 23, 2018

By definition, open educational resources (OER) are licensed in a manner that gives you permission to change, update, and improve them. Learning analytics, on the other hand, can provide great insight into where course materials – including OER – are not effectively supporting student learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

González and Framingham State University, where she is interim director of Whittemore Library, are part of a consortium in Massachusetts looking to answer different questions. Like: What would happen if students had access to a catalog of free and?this OER] is not just a PDF anymore.” she says research has borne that out.

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OER Outcomes Course Social Media 182

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 1, 2017

OER Commons, Open Textbook Library, MERLOT, TextBookGo, Bookboon.etc).read July 1, 2017 A couple of months ago we shared a collection of some of the best websites that offer open digital textbooks (e.g. read more.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Have you ever considered creating your own open educational resources (OER)? Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Types of OER you can develop for K-12. Why you should develop OER for K-12.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2018

Besides just new and used print options from the campus bookstore, students might have their pick between print and digital, buying or renting, and in some cases, buying a subscription from a publisher that gives them access to multiple titles by that provider. I try to just rent them for the semester,” she says. a semester.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Digital textbooks are textbooks that teachers and learners can access online or download to their devices. In addition, educators and learners can access them on multiple devices at any time. . OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). Open Textbook Library.

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OER E-rate Hapara Libraries 130

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 20, 2015

And as the copyright holders we are free to openly license our explanations, thereby creating OER alternatives to the All Rights Reserved explanations published and controlled by commercial publishers. Asking this question can lead directly to a fruitful collaboration with your campus library.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Open Education Resources (OER) Commons is a platform that provides open access to a wide variety of open educational resources that are either in the public domain or are licensed under Creative.read more

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Be explicit with districts about expectations for access to technology in schools and classrooms. It should not be controversial in 2016 that there is a baseline expectation of access to technology in schools, just as there are baseline expectations for access to textbooks and desks. Encouraging a shift to digital textbooks?

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Alta is an ideal complement to our publishing strategy, our WileyPLUS platform [its online course and homework platform], and our efforts to promote more affordable curriculum and content solutions, which include print rental and inclusive access.” Knewton’s Alta, by contrast, is tapping into openly-licensed, or OER, materials.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.

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More Verbs

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Increasing access with a focus on learning. Our strategic efforts include: Maine Learning Technology Initiative – The first, and only, statewide 1to1. The country’s largest 1to1 (serving 66,000 students and 14,000 teachers). The vacation time stinks and the pay is just “ok”! (At

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That figure includes texts procured legally, like open educational resources (known as OER), and illegally, such as pirated files shared through torrent websites. A third may be the growth of so-called inclusive-access programs. The percent of students who reported downloading free materials has increased each semester since.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2023

But all this raises the question: Isn’t that something libraries do? The project reflects work that libraries have been doing for a long time, says Steven Bell, an associate university librarian at Temple University. Bir’s site may have attracted so many users because traditional library resources aren’t on the top of people’s minds.

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Resources Libraries Instructional Materials Study 181

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 14, 2016

In case you didn’t see it elsewhere, I’m republishing the press release from Achieving the Dream about the incredibly exciting OER Degrees work that launched today. The effort is intended to spark more rapid adoption of OER within higher education, beginning with community colleges. It’s really happening!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today, OpenStax—part tech startup, part publishing house, part cognitive science research lab—has a library of three dozen titles. And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. colleges use at least one.

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Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 14, 2015

When students who can’t afford their textbooks have to borrow them from friends or check them out from the library, they’re likely receiving an insufficient dose or duration of use. When students without friends in class or time to get to the library try to get by without using textbooks at all, they’re receiving no dose whatsoever.

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Pearson OER Comparison Case Study 60

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine. The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution. A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. Inclusive access has already gotten up to acronym status,” he said.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2020

Follett offers a variety of eLearning products for both PreK-12 and Higher Ed that can be quickly and easily accessed. These are solutions customers already have access to, and our goal is to ensure they know about all their options to help with the continuity of education.”. To access the free ebooks, visit www.Follett.com/RedShelf.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

The students at Algonquin Regional High School helped their local towns with tech support nights at local libraries. High Hope #4: Cleanly Curated Open Education Resources In order for high quality OERs to be combined with high quality instructional design, teachers need tools that allow them to curate the resources.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. I was proud to be there to share along with some serious library power: AASL President Leslie Preddy, Mark Ray (WA) Washington, Jennifer Boudrye (D.C.) Some OER background: Launched in October, GoOpen is a U.S. What are OER?

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The goal of the Openly Available Sources Integrated Search is to facilitate the discovery of OER. Open Access Books. OASIS also is the only tool that allows users to limit searches by creative commons licenses or by faculty review. The type of material search includes the following options: Textbooks. Course Materials. Audiobooks.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You can find these digital textbooks on open educational resource (OER) sites. Learners simply need to log in to their learning system to access them. . This ease of access is especially helpful in giving students the chance to self-direct their own learning and build executive functioning skills in a digital environment.

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Hapara OER Online Assessments Differentiated Instruction 130

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

It wasn’t until three semesters into my degree, after spending $1,000 dollars merely renting my textbooks that I discovered my University’s ebook library. After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. To be clear, I didn’t just stumble upon it either. There is clearly a disconnect here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. para Student Dashboard Digital Backpack gives learners one-click access to digital textbooks and other learning resources. You can use these digital textbooks in your lessons and units or throughout the school year.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Should the Nelson deal pass, Top Hat will boast more than 1,000 titles in its library. Based on publishers’ recent earnings reports, Hill says he anticipates further “reduction in annual revenues as the market shifts to digital, and as we see the full impact of OER, inclusive access and new business models take effect.”

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