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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. – Vetted OER materials: For every subject, K-12 teachers have a stockbook of vetted OER lessons. This allows students to delve deeper into concepts and their individual interests.

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Guide to Quality Instructional Resources Focuses on the Process, not the Purchase

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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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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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They collaborate to make sure the technology and services are meeting their current and future needs. Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information.

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Announcing Library 2.019: "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design" - Registration and CFP Open

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Prior to his appointment in July 2001, he held positions at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Montgomery County Community College. He has given hundreds of presentations at conferences, meetings, webinars, and workshops. He also is the founding Director of The Center for Learning + Teaching at Penn State Berks.

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Live Tuesday August 16th with Gary Lopez on HippoCampus.org and Teaching with the Power of Open, Digital Resources

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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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March 13th Library 2.0 Mini-Conference "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Prior to his appointment in July 2001, he held positions at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Montgomery County Community College. He has given hundreds of presentations at conferences, meetings, webinars, and workshops. He also is the founding Director of The Center for Learning + Teaching at Penn State Berks.