Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 30, 2018

Today I’m going to focus on ISKME and OER Commons. From their website: ISKME’s OER initiatives aim to grow a sustainable culture of sharing and continuous improvement among educators at all levels. In addition to their widely used OER search and discovery service, ISKME provides a range of other services.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

The initiative intends to create degree pathways with courses that only use open educational resources, known as OER, so students don’t have to spend money on class materials. College of the Canyons’ history with OER starts before Anagnonson’s dabble, however. Using OER in those courses, she added, “really started out of necessity.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2017

Open educational resources (OER) are becoming more widespread in classrooms, but many educators and administrators aren’t sure how to make the leap from talking about them to actually using them. OER are teaching and learning resources that are free to use and share. It’s probably easier than some might think.

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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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Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 28, 2021

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., physics, accounting, literature) but no training in instructional design or learning science. Before you proceed, pause to ponder why that might be true.)

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

That is until about five minutes into the session, when a hand in the audience went up asking, “Can you define what you mean by OERs?”. Define OERs. So I explained to my class that Open Educational Resources (OER) could be most easily defined as “free stuff on the Web.” Librarians are trained master curators.

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OER Resources Classroom Education 167

The Thinking Stick

JANUARY 18, 2024

I get asked A LOT in trainings about AI detection tools and I am glad that we’re following the lead of universities in not recommending its use in the classroom. Within the time frame of one full day of training, I can get teachers to think about assessing prompts over products. are my two favorites.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

In a letter sent earlier this month, a group of ed-tech stakeholders urged the Obama administration to make federally-funded educational materials available as Open Educational Resources (OER). Next page: Five core principles for OER policies. Open Government National Action Plan.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The University System of Georgia has made textbook affordability a priority with its Affordable Learning Georgia initiative, which provides grants and training to help professors adopt open education resources for in-person and online classes and requires registration materials to flag which courses have low- or no-cost texts.

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Report EdTech Tools OER 147

eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

From detailing various funding sources to providing insights into statewide and regional partnerships and offering practical examples of cybersecurity training, the document is a must-read for everyone involved in helping districts improve their cybersecurity posture.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

It is a software application that helps you create, track, and report training programme or educational courses anywhere using any device. During the last ten years, many corporate giants and schools have started using Learning Management System to train employees, students or customers. Open Education Resources (OER).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! André is a #DigitalLeadLearner, using web media and iPads in the classroom, an OER maker and a founder of the German Twitter chat, #EDchatDE. You can chat with him on Twitter this Saturday as he hosts #SATChat , 7:30amEST/11:30amUTC. The topic is Digital Footprints.

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OER iPad Twitter EdTech 173

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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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 114

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There was a lot of discussion at OpenEd17 about the relationship between OER and value-added services like platforms. Open Up Resources provides teacher training, professional development, and related for-fee, value-added services around openly licensed K-12 content. Examples of Value-Added Services in the Context of Open.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 30, 2017

In a recent webinar about OER, organized by one of the major textbook publishers, there was a lot of conversation about whether OER are “free” or “affordable.” Before I begin though, just to be clear, allow me to reaffirm that OER are free, plain and simple, full stop, period. OER = free + permissions.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

OER and open books. Two that shine are OER/open books and learning analytics. OER and open books also help keep course materials more affordable for students. Whether a platform, an app, a portal, or a device—it’s all bits and bytes at the core. Learning analytics. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems. underwhelming.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Yet, professors can build their own OER textbook for free, and companies such as Lumen Learning sell courseware products based on OER (with homework-delivery features and other tools) for less (about $25 per student). It’s just out there.”

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Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 117

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As I’ve been (re-)reading OER adoption research through a more critical lens I’m seeing a recurring pattern of significant threats to validity in the designs of studies purporting to measure the impact of OER adoption on student outcomes. Many research studies fail to address the way instructors end up using OER.

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OER Outcomes Study Course 109

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

But the move to OER and digital curriculum hasn’t been completely smooth for everyone, Williams adds. Singer says costs and forms of implementation services may vary from web-based support to full-day, in-person trainings that can cost around $1400 per day. Williams says the plan is to do the same this year.

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Resources OER Pearson Common Core 90

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 7, 2016

My colleagues in the Open Education Group and I like to say that when you’re considering the outcomes of research on OER adoption, there are “two ways to win.” ” First, think about three possible outcomes of OER adoption in terms of change in cost and change in learning: Students save money and learn less.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design.

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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. Makerspaces have moved from fringe initiatives to vibrant components of school culture.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

OER Commons. Every teacher should become familiar with open educational resources, or OERs. Through the OER Commons platform, teachers can search for thousands of lessons or create and share their own. Teachers can take advantage of the numerous workshops and trainings provided to better reach their diverse populations.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Student: I’ll study whether students learn better with OER than with traditional course materials! ” In other words, when you read OER research that shows a difference in student learning, look harder – there’s likely more going on than just a change in materials. Me: Let’s hear it!

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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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Educator Innovator

MAY 18, 2016

As the use of digital content in education connects to improved teaching and learning, our partner OER Commons aims to elevate the potential of the school librarian, especially in relation to open educational resources (OER).

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

The report defines self-paced courseware as being accessed on a desktop or laptop and spanning the K-12, higher education, corporate training, and privately marketed software (such as that produced by language-learning company Rosetta Stone) sectors. market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Since the U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For some folks in higher ed, the very idea of using open educational resources (OER) sparks dread. The right OER provides professors opportunities to teach the latest research and even make areas like math and science more inclusive. EdSurge: Why are you such a proponent of OER in higher ed? Here’s how I look at it.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

As the half-life of skills continue to decline, innovative institutions will partner with corporate-learning divisions to provide ongoing skill and training development that can be applied to credentials. Terah Crews: University corporate partnerships.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

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. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 1, 2019

One of these days, after I’ve retired, I’m going to write a radically restructured, OER-based freshman music theory course, based on research I did early in my career and what I’ve learned about good teaching since then. But even though we train thousands of students, year after year, we haven’t seen another Bach.

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Data Education OER MOOC 94

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Librarians might create grade- and curricular-relevant folders of highly engaging content, perhaps OER. Mike notes that as the result of this training, every three to six months we can expect to see further refinements. ?????. Imagine the potential for librarians as supporters of literacy.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

But with the rise of OER, growing use of supplemental resources over core textbooks, and the increasing flexibility of state funding, more purchasing decisions have moved to the school and district level. In addition, there is a separate section on vetting OER. A change in policy to allow recommended programs to include OER.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 29, 2018

” When a commercial publisher switches from using proprietary content to using OER in some of their products, the community’s reaction is largely, “What’s wrong with them? And they would freely acknowledge that there were times when open sourcing your software wasn’t the best choice that could be made.

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve been able to see firsthand how school leaders are implementing exciting innovations that are accelerating high quality teaching and learning—things such as Open Education Resources (OER) , repurposing their spaces , completely overhauling how they assess a child’s growth by shifting to a competency-based learning model , among other things.

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