Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. 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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OER Industry Course Guidelines 86

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

These OER – open educational resources – may be good, bad or indifferent. There’s more bad OER out there than good; that’s a fact,” said Rebecca Kockler, assistant superintendent of academic instruction for the state of Louisiana, at the annual SXSWedu conference last week in Austin, Texas.

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OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 79

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” I pondered whether this year would be the end of OER. There’s certainly no one funding next gen OER. Much has been written about 2012 being “the year of OER.” Let’s hope it’s not the year OER peaks. These publisher platforms can have real benefits.

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OER LMS Pearson System 60

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called 2017: RIP OER? , I pondered whether this year would be the end of OER. There’s certainly no one funding next gen OER. Much has been written about 2012 being “the year of OER.” ” Let’s hope it’s not the year OER peaks.

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OER Pearson System Assessment 60

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned. Edward Watson.

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OER Company Adaptive Learning Resources 65

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 1, 2017

June 1, 2017 Back with another excellent resource from OER Commons. This is basically a collection featuring over 4000 free resources aligned to the Common Core. Teachers can use, share and even.read more.

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Common Core Resources OER 84

IT Bill

JUNE 27, 2017

The June issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) is dedicated to Open Educational Resources (OER). Several of the studies focus specifically on OER and student learning outcomes. Certainly one of the main advantages of adopting OER is lowering the costs to students.

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OER Outcomes Learning Software 34

Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Teachers can customize resources in e-textbooks to support different learning styles and academic needs. Your school or district can also use digital textbooks that are part of open educational resource (OER) repositories. These resources are free to use and available to any school or district.

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OER Hapara Chromebook Tablets 130

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 9, 2017

May 9, 2017 Open Education Resources (OER) Commons is a platform that provides open access to a wide variety of open educational resources that are either in the public domain or are licensed under.read more.

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Resources OER Education Accessibility 79

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 17, 2017

May 17, 2017 In the last few weeks we shared with you a number of interesting free resources from OER Commons that you can use in your class for a wide variety of instructional materials (see.read more.

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OER Resources Instructional Materials 80

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Then she came across Tailor-ED , a San Francisco-based provider of a platform of open educational resources for math subjects that allows educators to group and assign work to students based on indicators like proficiency. Now, Rouse no longer needs to search for exercises outside of work.

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OER Exercises Analysis Groups 91

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2018

After reviewing instructional materials rated as Tier 1 standards-aligned resources by the Louisiana Department of Education, we decided to try Open Up Resources 6–8 Math , an open educational resource (OER) authored by Illustrative Mathematics (IM). In fall 2017, we formed teacher committees and solicited feedback.

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OER Common Core Instructional Materials Resources 97

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 1, 2017

July 1, 2017 A couple of months ago we shared a collection of some of the best websites that offer open digital textbooks (e.g. OER Commons, Open Textbook Library, MERLOT, TextBookGo, Bookboon.etc).read read more.

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OER Accessibility Libraries Resources 108

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. Yet open educational materials impact faculty and students alike, and many instructors are using these resources today. To answer this question, I have to examine my own experience with OER and its advocates. To me, using OER felt like a no-brainer.

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OER Education Policies Survey 87

Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

Text question from Ed Finn: OER Game Changer – Moodle Community could separate it from Canvas and Blackboard who keep these types of sharing resources behind a wall. I see it as similar to the Canvas Commons for resources with a social media component? — Mark Corbett Wilson (@MCorbettWilson) July 13, 2017.

Moodle 79

Moodle LMS OER Blackboard 79

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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OER Data Tools Trends 85

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 190

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

Use of free course materials among college students is up, with 22 percent downloading at least one such resource during the spring 2019 semester, according to research published Wednesday by the National Association of College Stores.

Course 140

Course OER Pearson Survey 140

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

David Wiley, a longtime textbook researcher and advocate for open educational resources, says many faculty still latch on to print—and for some good reasons. We need to be asking this of all digital materials, even open educational resources.” A report by investment bank Macquarie estimated that print titles made up 45 percent of U.S.

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Pearson OER Company Knewton 162

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

Inspire was launched with great fanfare in 2016, touted as a hub for educators to exchange lesson plans and other open education resources. Then in July 2017 Amazon tried again, announcing a public beta version of Inspire. But this time the company disabled the “share” feature—a key component of the service.

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OER Education Company System 110

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Why are open educational resources free? If not, it’s probably because a definition of open like “free plus permissions” simply asserts that things must be free in order to qualify as OER. OER are free because you have permission to make as many copies as you like. . Have you ever stopped to think about that?

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OER Resources Study Groups 97

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Charisse Taylor , senior director of policy and implementation at NYC Department of Education, will share resources, templates and other activities aimed at helping educators create new CS programs that are “diverse by design.” Seed Stage Funding 101 : Funding an idea—no matter how great—is rarely an easy undertaking. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The district provides a personal iPad for every teacher, middle and high school student, and teachers’ lessons include a mix of purchased and free online resources. Openly licensed educational resources are free online learning materials that can be used for teaching, learning and assessing students’ knowledge. image via AP ].

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iPad OER Meeting eBook 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

The State appropriations per full-time student have fallen from an inflation-adjusted $8,489 in 2007 to $7,642 in 2017. The overall state funding for public two- and four-year colleges in the 2017 school year was nearly $9 billion below its 2008 level, after adjusting for inflation. These are basically free.

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Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

I have also included links to over 45 valuable resources (Towards the bottom of the article). A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. It can also help educators determine what digital resources may work best to help support learning. Mike Gorman ( [link] / ). Quick Notes.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

EdTechSandyK

JUNE 29, 2017

During the final day of ISTE 2017 , I spent some time perusing the Exhibit Hall in between a great workshop on building digital portfolios with Google Sites and a session on using Open Educational Resources (OER). So, there were fewer tweets yesterday, and the majority of them were from the OER session.

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OER Conference Policies Twitter 40

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

When she became the district’s first educational technology director in 2017, Briana Allen looked for a better solution. Briana’s Favorite Teaching Resources Books Learning First, Technology Second: The Educator’s Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons Shift This!:

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Tools How To Classroom OER 117

ProfHacker

AUGUST 15, 2017

When I was at the Domains 2017 conference earlier this summer, Jon Udell issued a challenge – what are you doing to help the fight again digital polarization, “fake news,” and general media illiteracy? Alternately, what pedagogical resources or strategies do you use when addressing media literacy?

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OER Wiki Conference Strategy 60

Bryan Alexander

JULY 20, 2017

Text question from Ed Finn: OER Game Changer – Moodle Community could separate it from Canvas and Blackboard who keep these types of sharing resources behind a wall. I see it as similar to the Canvas Commons for resources with a social media component? — Mark Corbett Wilson (@MCorbettWilson) July 13, 2017.

Moodle 40

Moodle LMS OER Blackboard 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

great resources which I can use in my projects and classroom" "Learned a lot, it was great. Incredible abundance of useful resources." "I "a lot of useful links and interesting information. great inspiration for further work" "It was a helpful session for all the teachers. All teachers should see this event and learn it." Thank you."

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Conference OER Education eBook 45

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

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The company is about 60% of the way there, and says it will continue to distribute licenses into 2017. Sprint is currently accepting applications for this project, which are due by March 31, 2017. And to provide more digital content beyond OERs, the government launched the Open eBooks app back in February 2016. Are all U.S.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2019

Among other things, the post discusses her role in my decision to abandon the phrase “open pedagogy” and adopt the phrase “OER-enabled pedagogy.” 2017) in which I go on about definitions again and how “words should mean something.” the open web, open educational resources, etc.).

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OER Technology Exercises Online Learning 113

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Back in February, an EdWeek brief reported that Amazon Education was beta-testing a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (OER). Rolling out in fall of 2016 and into 2017, the courses will cover as yet undetermined aspects of school leadership.

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 109

ProfHacker

APRIL 26, 2017

The #OpenLearning17 MOOC has just ended, but the resources and blogposts live on , and the Creative Commons Global Summit is just starting. Here is more of what I look forward to in 2017/2018. Critiques of OER and Open Education. Upcoming events you may find of interest include: 1. Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute.

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OER Learning Conference MOOC 85

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Mountain Heights Academy in Utah, the 2017 Student Voices Award winner, encourages students to participate in the instructional design process using an OER curriculum. Since the majority of their lessons and assignments are open educational resources (OER) they wanted to license their Operation Bee curriculum as OER.

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OER Tools E-rate Blackboard 40

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition).

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170