The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

These OER – open educational resources – may be good, bad or indifferent. There’s more bad OER out there than good; that’s a fact,” said Rebecca Kockler, assistant superintendent of academic instruction for the state of Louisiana, at the annual SXSWedu conference last week in Austin, Texas. Using OER wasn’t our goal,” Kockler said.

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OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 83

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Using OER is hard. Over sandwiches and iced tea, we talked about the challenges of OER. The goal is to not give readers a list of words and definitions to memorize, but rather to get them familiar with words and their place in language and knowledge. Finding good lessons, videos, articles and activities is hard. Source: BHP.

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OER Common Core Video Assessment 124

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Those in the puppy camp argued, with good reason, that free curricula and OER content were hardly free once the related costs and risks were factored in. So the discovery, vetting, and alignment costs inflicted upon the teachers and districts that would try to embrace free and OER content would remain high.

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OER EdTech Company Common Core 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

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. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software.

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

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. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software.

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 164

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 21, 2016

The CommonLit library of more than 440 readings may be browsed or searched by keyword and filtered by such criteria as: recent additions, Lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device demonstrated, and Common Core Reading: Literature standards. ” But what is the definition of “fair”? What is fair?

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OER Common Core Facebook Strategy 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Lessons are aligned to Common Core Standards and explore real life questions. These are definite lessons worth sharing! Curriki Algebra – This is an Open Education Resource (OER) Algebra course that consists of five units aligned to the Common Core. You can even make your own.

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148