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An OER curriculum brings my students’ lives into our classroom

eSchool News

That’s why I’ve turned to open educational resources (OER). OER are openly licensed, which means that educators can use, customize, and share these resources for free, allowing them to incorporate material that’s fresh and relevant for their students—all without having to worry about traditional copyright restrictions.

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How to find, curate, and assess OER

eSchool News

As schools and districts try to reduce textbook costs and digitize instructional resources, one of the struggles many teachers have is finding good repositories of open education resources (OER). The first step is to know how to access OER resources. Accessing OER. How to find OER.

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How to sort the good from the bad in OER

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. These OER – open educational resources – may be good, bad or indifferent.

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How to Crowdsource Quality Resources for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

We at Designers for Learning responded to this call by inviting instructional designers, developers, and adult educators to join a crowdsourcing effort to develop free open educational resources (OER) for adults with low math and literacy skills. The four key factors: Use a real-world instructional design challenge.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

Teacher librarians also show young people how to curate around their own interests and how to create launchpads to manage their information worlds. Curating OER. It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems.

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Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

edWeb.net

Albans City School, and several of her students explained how they’re using technology for assessment, service work, and more. During her time in the makerspace, she learned how to design and create keychains to sell at local veterinarians’ offices and at fundraisers.

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Access State-Reviewed Instructional Materials with SETDA’s Dashboard

edWeb.net

Utah has a long-established review process for educational materials and publishes its reviews so educational leaders can consider vetted educational materials and make a good initial decision about how to proceed with their purchases. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.