Hapara
APRIL 11, 2022
K-12 schools and districts turn to open educational resources (OER) for their flexibility. When you search for OER, you can find already-created lesson plans or other resources to add to your own class plans. Let’s look at the benefits of using an OER lesson plan and what it looks like. Why use an OER lesson plan?
Iterating Toward Openness
JANUARY 27, 2025
Or, in which Generative AI meets OER meets Reusable Learning Objects. This means the content can be much more to the point than typical OER. For example, a learner can use different activities (like retrieval practice, reciprocal teaching, or worked examples) to study a single topic (like supply).
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Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 31, 2022
This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’ ’ For many years OER advocates have told faculty, “When you adopt OER your students save money and get the same or better outcomes!”
Edsurge
APRIL 19, 2022
High textbook costs continue to prove a barrier to college for some students, with some studies showing that many students skip textbook purchases even if they worry it’ll harm their grades because of the price tag. These days low-cost alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, are getting a boost as a potential solution.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Regardless of where you stand on the debate over open educational resources, you’re probably wondering: Does OER actually improve learning outcomes? At least, that was one of the main takeaways from a short session led by Phillip Grimaldi, director of research at OpenStax, a nonprofit OER initiative out of Rice University.
Doug Levin
JUNE 17, 2015
Given the rise of OER (of which I am a fan ), an increasing array of business models, questions about the degree of alignment to state standards and assessments, claims of effectiveness, and interoperability concerns, the instructional materials procurement decisions facing school districts have never been more complicated. Image credits.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Student: I’ll study whether students learn better with OER than with traditional course materials! We’d talk about why these studies almost always result in “no significant difference.” You’ve likely crossed over into the realm of OER-enabled pedagogy.). Me: Let’s hear it!
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