Doug Levin

MAY 16, 2016

I said my piece in the updated article that spurred my original comment (including that the service the company in question provides looks “interesting and valuable,” especially in the context of the K-12 assessment market). The Pro-OER Elephant Test. notOER https://t.co/q3CzWFNmJz. q3CzWFNmJz.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

There would be huge benefits to the OER ecosystem if we made similar arguments with commercial publishers, helping them understand why switching to an OER model would be good for their business. Why Commercial Publishers Should Switch to an OER Model. And a switch to OER would help publishers solve both of them.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 28, 2016

Creating and sharing OER did not harm their ability to succeed in accomplishing their core missions – the education of their students. And there are many reasons to believe that their efforts in creating and sharing OER actually advanced their core missions. 18) for the creation of OER-based degrees (see SEC.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 22, 2016

Heather’s post is reacting to this quote from an article she read recently: “There is one additional requirement for widespread OER adoption. whether they are contributors to OER or users of OER). Incentives need to discourage ‘free-riders’ ” This statement is demonstrably false.

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OER Course Resources Assessment 84

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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Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

Mr. Stone locates openly licensed content found on OER Commons and uploads it within the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. She opens her Chromebook, signs into Student Dashboard Digital Backpack and quickly sees two articles her teacher shared. Looking to get started with a similar OER initiative? Request a demo.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 8, 2018

Yesterday, Phil Hill wrote about OpenStax’s new method for calculating the savings students see when their faculty adopt OER. His article highlights these paragraphs from Rice University’s recent press release : Our community is creating a movement that will make a big impact on college affordability.

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OER Data Course Study 74

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Using OER is hard. Finding good lessons, videos, articles and activities is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. Freddy has been studying how kids learn to read for four decades and has written more than 100 peer reviewed articles on the subject. Elfrieda “Freddy” H. Source: BHP.

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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.

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Khan Academy OER System Case Study 131

Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 7, 2016

Our collective goals were to bring a selection of articles on Latin American literature to featured article status (or as near as possible). By project’s end, we had contributed three featured articles and eight good articles. None of these articles was a good article at the outset; two did not even exist.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. Here is a little bit that Josh Bersin shared in an article titled Digital Leadership is Not an Optional Part of Being a CEO : Culture is key.

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OER Personal Learning Network Outcomes Blended Learning 298

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 28, 2021

If you didn’t make it all the way through my 2002 article linked above (and I wouldn’t blame you!), Note that some OER are immune to the localization paradox. This is because these OER are created by people with a deep understanding of their discipline (e.g., This is my initial contribution to the conversation.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 2, 2017

OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use). SAMR – Subsitution, Augmentation, Modification, Reinvention ( click for my article ). MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners).

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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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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. Absolutely. It's a continuing spectrum. Absolutely.

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OER Education E-rate Social Media 145

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 12, 2015

There is much to respond to in a comment left by David Anderson (Executive Director for Higher Education at the Association of American Publishers) on Nicole Allen’s recent HuffPo article College Textbooks: Do You Get What You Pay For , but I’ll focus on one claim.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2016

It’s been a good year for open educational resources (OER). made commitments this year to establish entire degree programs based solely on OER. Governor Jerry Brown set aside $5 million for OER degree programs in California community colleges. But “free” is not the only important characteristic of OER.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. To answer this question, I have to examine my own experience with OER and its advocates. To me, using OER felt like a no-brainer. Many working in open education praised me for being so involved in the movement as an educator dealing with OER on the ground.

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OER Education Policies Survey 136

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article. How do we deliver better learning experiences to more students?

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

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Strategy OER Education Policies 133

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 14, 2015

And they need to purchase the open access option for these articles so we can all read them.) They currently partner with faculty to write these whitepapers – why not co-author peer-reviewed articles with these same faculty? That’s a fight I know OER can win. This is critically important to understand.

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Pearson OER Comparison Case Study 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

You will discover a wide variety of materials including readings, OER (Open Education Resources), primary documents, textbooks, lessons, activities, interactives, videos, audios, and some great blog readings. OER Commons – What a wonderful place to find open educational resources. There is bound to be something for any teacher.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 5, 2017

Last week I shared a little of my thinking about the problems inherent in the way people in the field talk about OER. And it’s not IHE’s fault that they have this deeply impoverished view of OER – they’re learning about OER from us, the OER advocates. Like they do every day.

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OER Examples Survey System 107

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Listen to this article. . para, where he explains how PBL and OER go hand-in-hand. . What are Open Educational Resources (OER)? Where do teachers find OER? . but should be). Click To Tweet.

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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. Your library may also be curating OER you don’t know about – libraries are actually leading the charge toward OER on some campuses.).

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek Market brief reported that Amazon Education was starting to beta-test a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (or OERs, for short). Tory Patterson, co-founder of Owl Ventures As far as calling itself an OER platform, that is somewhat correct.

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OER Resources Education Software 114

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

November 8, 2009 (21centuryedtech Article by Michael Gorman). Why Scientific Innovation Needs The Arts – Explore this wonderful article from the Guardian that explains the connection between science and the arts. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Check them all out.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Article ( [link] ) – Read more about the Gold Standards from PBL Works. They include some tools, information, ideas, articles, and concepts. There are articles, videos, PBL Units, rubrics, designer documents, and many more. Edutopia : ( [link] ) – A large collection of PBL articles, resources, videos, and ideas.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Tim Carson, Skilled Trades and OER Advocate First, allow me to tell you why I don’t typically read books about online learning. I’m also certain that as soon as I consider this article done, I will think of six more that should have absolutely been included within the list. I’ve ordered your book as well. I cheated and gave you six.

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Online Learning Learning OER Course 217

Educator Innovator

MARCH 13, 2017

Remi Kalir, one of the organizers of the open annotation project Marginal Syllabus , explains how the project is an example of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP), and its potential for ongoing teacher education. Read the full article at Marginal Syllabus. ” Interested in finding out more?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

If you’re looking to bring these experiences to your students, there are infographics , articles , and books loaded with ideas and tutorials. 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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Why Scientific Innovation Needs The Arts – Explore this wonderful article from the Guardian that explains the connection between science and the arts. OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. Check them all out.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., . …the true benefit of the academy is the interaction, the access to the debate, to the negotiation of knowledge — not to the stale cataloging of content.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Past Series Articles. Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. The point of emphasis for this article is item number three below. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites). Let’s take a look! Identify the standard. Reflect on the standard.

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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. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

While OER was presented as one way to ease course material costs, other challenges remain, starting with understanding and awareness of what the term means. Still, sustainable ways to fund OER into the future remains an open question. Austin, Texas outside of the SXSW EDU conference And that was just the start.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 21, 2016

The authentic interdisciplinary text includes news articles, short stories, speeches, poems, historical documents and excerpts from classical literature, all selected to support the course of study for middle and high school, especially for English, social students, science. Registration is free.

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