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Navigating the Shift to OER

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Keys to the OER shift: – Community buy-in: The community wasn’t satisfied with the achievement levels and graduation rates. In addition, while they educators are still responsible for helping students reach state standards and community growth expectations, one-third of lesson time is spent on items not on the state standards.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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They are now in their fifth year of 1:1 with iPads for grades K-12, and have designed learning environments to create student engagement. Pennsylvania on the other hand does not have a review process, but Elizabeth Forward School District in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania has transformed into a digital learning environment.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

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.