Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve established that I am a fan of open educational resources (OER) and think that K-12 educators and policymakers would benefit from thinking more deeply about the ownership of instructional materials. ” It’s almost as if they are confused about the definition of the term. Are all OER digital?

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OER Education Instructional Materials EdTech 278

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

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. Higher Education.

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OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 80

Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 5, 2023

By definition, our lack of imagination is the only limit on our ability to use these tools in novel ways. I continue to try to imagine ways generative AI can impact teaching and learning, including learning materials like textbooks. After I have answered all the questions, give me feedback on my answers again.’

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OER Exercises Case Study Instructional Materials 132

K12 Open Ed

MAY 3, 2016

The reasons for this are many — ranging from the culture of some schools that holds instructional materials as sacrosanct to the lack of time and/or expertise to do this work. However, I think another key element is the very nature of instructional materials.

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OER Instructional Materials Assessment Course 100

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Questioning the quality of instructional materials isn’t new to the digital education era. 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. Flexibility in adoption options.

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Instructional Materials Resources OER Policies 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. 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. Clearly, curation is not only about OER.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

Marketplace K-12

JULY 8, 2016

The Software and Information Industry Association, in a recent online post , said the campaign—which encourages states and districts to consider open options—wrongly suggests that open resources are invariably linked with districts’ shifts to adopting digital materials, whereas commercial materials are stuck in the print world.

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Software Groups OER Industry 74