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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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Last week, the ODH marked its first decade with cake and presentations at its annual Project Directors’ meeting at the NEH’s headquarters in Washington. John Unsworth , dean of libraries and professor of English at the University of Virginia, who led the panel, put the total in perspective. That sounds like a lot of money.

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Libraries OER Case Study Robotics 162

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Especially important is a strategy to align digital learning plans to participation in the E-rate program and any state programs designed to meet similar ends (including those beyond K-12 education that support broadband build out to universities, hospitals, libraries, or public safety institutions).

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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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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I recently attended one of the community meetings discussing whether or not a national open education policy is needed in the US. There were two other meetings I did not attend, so I can’t speak to them. There were several times during the meeting when attendees were asked to contribute their thoughts on a range of topics.

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Policies OER Advocacy Education 87

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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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Meet OASIS. The goal of the Openly Available Sources Integrated Search is to facilitate the discovery of OER. Course Materials. Interactive Simulations. Public Domain Books. Audiobooks. Open Access Books. Learning Objects.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

As a member of Alan’s Team all year, it is a lot of fun to meet so many people from around the world at his summer conference in Boston. 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. Please enjoy and share with others.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You can find these digital textbooks on open educational resource (OER) sites. Let’s take a look at their arguments and ways that school districts can use digital textbooks to meet learners’ needs. There are several sources online where K-12 educators can find high-quality digital textbooks that meet their needs. .

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Hapara OER Online Assessments Differentiated Instruction 130

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

As the title of the document makes explicit, the framework aims to contribute to the conversation about the sustainability of OER: “Toward a Sustainable OER Ecosystem: The Case for OER Stewardship” It’s a valuable contribution to that conversation. I struggle to see how this will be possible.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

Our own Kristina Holzweiss shared the Wakelet on Wakelet she co-presented, as well as her blog post on library uses of the platform. I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. 10 reasons to use the library.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Intellus Learning , an educational platform as a service company, have partnered to provide academic libraries with a content curation, assignment, recommendation and analytics tool. Where to Find & Curate OER Resources ] Faculty can curate and assign pertinent OER and library content to students.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

MIT Blossoms – All of the lessons in the MIT Blossoms library have been contributed by BLOSSOMS partners from around the world. Discover activities that meet you where you live, whether your “classroom” is an active volcano, the shark tank at the local aquarium, or your own kitchen table.

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Meet the Cs (AASL Concurrent session on curation and collaboration). OER and you: The curation mandate. Curation (School Library Monthly). OER: Issues, Possibilities and the Promise of Curation (with Brenda Boyer). You may also be interested in: Curation Situations: Let us count the ways. Curation Situations Poster.

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OER Social Media Future Ready Libraries 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 16, 2021

The first Library 2.021 | Seguimos Creando Enlaces conference, " Civic Engagement in Action, " takes place next Thursday and Friday, March 25th and 26th. The final hour-by-hour schedule has been published and lots of details are below. Be sure to register (free) in order to attend.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2018

We're excited to announce our first Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, March 13th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Chris Deason, Course Director (Associate Professor SPOTLIGHT: Global Classroom 2013-14 Stories & Project Launch - Mr Michael Graffin (@mgraffin) 7:00am ED4ALL - EU and the Albanian higher education system; What happens when they meet?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2011

The LearnCentral event page is [link] Gary Lopez is the Founder and Executive Director of Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE, [link] ), a non-profit corporation dedicated to helping meet society’s need for access to quality education, and the manager of the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) and HippoCampus ( [link] ).

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Blackboard Resources OER Course 59

Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER. There was a side meeting on national governments making resources openly resources by default. For example, Oregon announced grants to fund OER creation.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 2, 2016

He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER. There was a side meeting on national governments making resources openly resources by default. For example, Oregon announced grants to fund OER creation.

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Trends OER Policies Conference 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Community colleges are known for innovating to meet the challenges of educating some of the nation’s most disadvantaged students: low-income, first-generation, minority, and adult learners. By adopting the adaptive tool, we were able to completely integrate the lab and lecture during the class meeting times. adaptive technology.

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Learning OER Software Course 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We hope you'll consider joining our first Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, March 13th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). (We Please also join the Library 2.0

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

His proposal has New York City community colleges scrambling to “leapfrog” digital innovation to meet the expected surge in student enrollment. Global Search tool released last July helps students find classes that suit their schedules and meet graduation requirements, drawing from multiple colleges in the network. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.)

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2016

Even with tight budgets, it’s possible to repurpose your libraries or media centers into 21st century makerspaces. OER meets iPads in this district. Every new teacher should be able to answer these 7 questions. Teaching for the 21st century looks a lot different.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 17, 2018

The teacher or librarian can easily customize and adjust playlists to meet each student’s strengths and needs and pace. For one meeting of our Gay/Straight Alliance, students were interested in exploring how gay people were represented on television. TES Lessons Library. OER and you: The curation mandate. LessonPaths.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

I wanted to ask you about OERs. In terms of open access [journals] like [Public Library of Science]… they're leading edge. I always meet students. When I go and do young adult tours, and I go to secondary schools, I meet students who've read Little Brother, and they're like, "How do I hack my school's censorware?"

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

Library 2.015 Spring Summit Recap On April 30th we held the first ever Library 2.015 Spring Summit - The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning , a half-day conversation about technology issues and trends in the future of library and information services. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues!

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Libraries Digital Citizenship Future Ready Conference 28

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

edWeb.net is free and can help school leaders provide teachers with personalized PD that meets teachers’ needs and interests, and promotes collaborative learning with peers. edWeb hosts over 300 webinars per year, providing real-time meet-ups with educators all around the world – a powerful and supportive learning community.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He mentioned Lumen Learning and OER Commons as just two examples. The value of panOpen, Jacobs argues, is its ability to reshape and supercharge open resources into forms that meet student and faculty needs. That nonprofit organization supports open resources and has established copyright licenses to allow them.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

This work can potentially impact policy changes related to procuring instructional materials to best meet the ever changing individual needs of students in the digital age.”. To that end, we have created an OER library of reviewed materials to help support districts.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

They can also incorporate such content-rich resources as library databases, ebooks, videos, and the growing array of available OERs.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. It must be remembered that amplification will have an effect on great educational pedagogy, but will also do the same for instruction that may not meet the goal. Past… Beyond the Shine Series Articles.

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