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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

Have you ever considered creating your own open educational resources (OER)? Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Types of OER you can develop for K-12. Why you should develop OER for K-12.

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10 of the best K-12 sources for digital textbooks online

Hapara

OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). Some shelves are geared specifically to K-12, such as K-12 mathematics or Wikijunior , which has nonfiction books for readers up to age 12. . TextBookGo is a website that has free e-textbooks that teachers and students can download.

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Once Reviled in Education, Wikipedia Now Embraced By Many Professors

Edsurge

As one writing instructor posted to an e-mail list in 2005: “Am I being a stick-in-the-mud for for being horrified by students’ use of this source?”. He even wrote a book about the topic, called “ Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia.” The OER conversation is very energized right now, and it's a complex conversation.

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G is for Grounded in Standards: The ABC’s of PBL … Building Blocks, Elements, & Compounds of Deeper Learning

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Also, remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. Check out my Booking Page and as always… thanks so much! OER Commons – A great place for open and free content aligned to the standards. E is for Endless Inquiry. In a world.

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The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education

Iterating Toward Openness

I agreed on the conditions that I would retain copyright in the chapter and that it would appear in the book under a Creative Commons license. Now that the book is appearing in print, I’m publishing the full-text chapter here so that there will be an easier-to-access open access version of the chapter available online.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Huge thanks! Recordings : all conference sessions are recorded and are available almost immediately after being given. Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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The open case

Learning with 'e's

There are a number of elite journals (largely rated on the basis that their published works are cited more widely than those of other similar publications, and also tacitly on the reputation of the editorial board) that academic managers encourage their researchers to target. That has to be worth something in anyone's book.

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