Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 31, 2022
This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’ ’ For many years OER advocates have told faculty, “When you adopt OER your students save money and get the same or better outcomes!”
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
There’s great news out of the recent UNESCO meeting in Paris, where member states unanimously adopted the draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). First, and it will surprise no one that this is the first item on my list, is the definition. This dramatically simplifies understanding what is and isn’t OER.
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Iterating Toward Openness
OCTOBER 12, 2015
He writes, “While to an OER advocate faculty are mere pawns to their agenda, to publishers, faculty are critical partners in academic success.” ” The overwhelming majority of OER advocates are faculty, and they have become OER advocates for two reasons.
A Principal's Reflections
MAY 20, 2018
Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. Definitions of digital leadership vary and have pretty much become a semantic issue. Leadership is leadership ladies and gentlemen.
Iterating Toward Openness
JUNE 30, 2017
In a recent webinar about OER, organized by one of the major textbook publishers, there was a lot of conversation about whether OER are “free” or “affordable.” Before I begin though, just to be clear, allow me to reaffirm that OER are free, plain and simple, full stop, period. OER = free + permissions.
eSchool News
APRIL 5, 2019
Every year we are asked to do more with less while still maximizing student outcomes with limited resources. Managing our EROI by identifying ineffective spending and re-deploying those resources back into more effective tools, resources, and programs for our students incrementally boosts student achievement by definition.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 17, 2017
In fact, you definitely will find spotty quality. I hear more often these days about teaching with free online materials instead of traditional textbooks (known as OER). The OER conversation is very energized right now, and it's a complex conversation. I tend to focus on aspects of OER depending on the audience.
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