Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.

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OER Course Company Smartphone 78

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The system can also recommend follow-up activities and exercises specific to areas where a student may struggle. Sliwerski says the actual numbers may be higher since the materials are openly licensed and are downloaded for free from its website. The publisher’s two textbooks are used in about 500 U.S.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 68

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Find standards-aligned content and assign practice exercises, videos and articles. CanFigureIt – Created by teachers, this highly interactive tool provides an easy-to-use work space where students can practice proofs while exercising their deductive reasoning muscles. Once you visit be prepared to stay awhile.

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Teachers can flip their classroom by using Google Forms to learn about ratios and proportions using Khan Academy videos and exercises. The platform gives teachers and administrators the flexibility to mix and match content from a growing number of open educational resources (OER), to digitize existing content, or to build their own.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Slowly we saw the direct conversion of textbooks to eBooks in simple electronic formats like PDF which can be downloaded or accessed by students using mobile devices like phones, iPads and Kindle. ePubs come in electronic formats and can be easily accessed from mobile devices or computers.

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eBook Gamification Education OER 98