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Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership

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Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. She’s enthusiastic about accessing Open Up Resources’ materials on the Kiddom platform. “By

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From Silos to Sharing: Why Are Open Educational Resources Still So Hard to Find?

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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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Digitizing Curriculum Development: Think Efficiency

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Sharing Platforms – Ralyea notes that a major aspect of digitization is the ability to share standards-aligned resources with peers. That’s already happening with tools like Google Classroom. Open Educational Resources (OER) – These are educational materials in the public domain or introduced with an open license.

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