NeverEndingSearch

MAY 6, 2019

It is also identified as a leadership area on the Future Ready Librarians Framework. Over the past couple of years, I’ve had the privilege of serving on the advisory board of the IMLS study, Exploring OER Curation And The Role of School Librarians. Curation is one of our Shared Foundations.

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OER Future Ready Case Study Outcomes 80

Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

This blog was originally posted on the Future Ready website at [link]. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek , Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide.

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OER Future Ready Edmodo Education 100

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. Here’s the good news: Our government edtech officials are convinced that librarians should play a role in curating the burgeoning number of open educational resources (they gave us several shout-outs and ensured we were there).

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OER Edmodo E-rate Libraries 40

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

From Providence, Rhode Island to Phoenix, Arizona, I’ve had the privilege to travel and work with over 2,300 district leaders from almost 500 school districts over the past year through the Future Ready Initiative. Resources: Data Quality Campaign (stat source) & Future of Privacy Forum ).

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Over the past few years, the government has made several moves in other edtech spaces, mostly related to open educational resources (OERs) and evangelizing innovation from the top-down. And to provide more digital content beyond OERs, the government launched the Open eBooks app back in February 2016.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth. Curating OER.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

The alliance will initially give teachers an avenue to find, remix and share collections and courses of open content designed for future-ready learning. We want all teachers and students to have access to the best open resources for personalized learning,” said Dr. Prasad Ram, CEO of Gooru.

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LMS OER Future Ready Personalized Learning 56