Hapara

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Digital textbooks teach students how to self-direct their own learning by using note-taking and highlighting tools. For students who need to hear the content read aloud, there are also text-to-speech tools within the textbooks. There are several high-quality OER sites that feature digital textbooks for K-12.

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OER Hapara Chromebook Tablets 130

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

This material was created by David Wiley and you can download, edit and share it for free under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” I pondered whether this year would be the end of OER. There’s certainly no one funding next gen OER.

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OER LMS Pearson System 60

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned. Edward Watson.

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OER Company Adaptive Learning Resources 65

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). OERs are openly-licensed educational materials that can be downloaded, modified and shared with others to help support student learning.

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OER Data Tools Trends 85

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the #GoOpen Exchange on Friday, everyone was talking about OER and the need to curate. But it was clear to our little group, that to the larger majority of the participants, we were not even on the OER radar. Some OER background: Launched in October, GoOpen is a U.S. What are OER? We made an impact.

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OER Edmodo E-rate Libraries 40

Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Download the free e-book 3. Digital citizenship Workspaces Hāpara Workspace is a teaching and learning tool that allows educators to share interactive lessons, units and courses. If your school or district does not yet use Hāpara tools, learn more by signing up for a demo.

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Elementary OER 274

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. A Listing Of 25 OER (Open Education Resource Sites).

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OER Khan Academy Moodle Meeting 60

Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

K-12 schools and districts turn to open educational resources (OER) for their flexibility. When you search for OER, you can find already-created lesson plans or other resources to add to your own class plans. Let’s look at the benefits of using an OER lesson plan and what it looks like. Why use an OER lesson plan?

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OER Differentiated Instruction Hapara Assessment 283

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

As the title of the document makes explicit, the framework aims to contribute to the conversation about the sustainability of OER: “Toward a Sustainable OER Ecosystem: The Case for OER Stewardship” It’s a valuable contribution to that conversation. I struggle to see how this will be possible.

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OER Company Pearson Resources 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

If you wish to have a copy of my free “Unpacking Standards for Technology Integration Form”… Download… unpack_standards_mjgormans… and remember to give credit! Finding the right tool to match the verb can take a bit of research. Relevant Nouns – planets, solar system.

Technology Support 112

Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. As the conversation continued, Joosten discussed the importance of design in online course development, a primary finding in the scan.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 190

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The curriculum is published under a Creative Commons license and all digital versions can be downloaded for free. But the move to OER and digital curriculum hasn’t been completely smooth for everyone, Williams adds. A fool with a tool is still a fool. . Print copies are also available for purchase at around $24 per student.

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Resources OER Pearson Common Core 83

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The reality, she adds, is that every district prefers to use different tools—digital or otherwise. Planning lessons, teaching, testing and analyzing results often involve different tools and processes that teachers stitch together. The technologies are often purchased separately as well.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 77

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The Global Medieval Sourcebook at Stanford University is bringing an expansive, OER mentality to the medieval canon, making reliable texts available for classroom use. ODH funded a transcription tool called Scribe that the Labs uses.) We laid the groundwork for projects that became tools and community hubs,” Kirschenbaum said.

Libraries 123

Libraries OER Case Study Robotics 123

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Central Valley is one of several Beaver County school districts finding ways to supplement or completely replace paper textbooks with online materials such as eBooks, downloadable apps and openly licensed educational resources.

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iPad OER Meeting eBook 40

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

”, you declare, “the overwhelming majority of OER in the world are licensed in ways that permit commercial use, so what’s the problem?” Their platform for hosting, authoring, and remixing OER is open source and available via GitHub. Seriously – stop and think about it for a moment. “But wait!”,

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OER Pearson Microsoft Education 60

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

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Strategy OER Education Policies 149

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. He holds an M.Ed from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Past Series Articles. From Learning Targets to Lessons.

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Blendspace Resources OER Technology 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Geogebra – Get this free online math tools for graphing, geometry, 3D, and more! Students find that math is a tool to explore the world around us. TedEd – The makers of TED… these really are some wonderful flipped lessons with formative tools built in. You will find all kinds of ideas and lessons.

STEM 148

STEM Resources Learning OER 148

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

With all of the digital tools available to teachers these days, developing learning experiences should be a cinch, right? They would be delivered to your learning management system or downloaded into an Excel notebook, or whatever vehicle can absorb them.”. That’s already happening with tools like Google Classroom.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

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 73

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

What a wonderful place for educators to find quality teaching tools, interactive, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and best of all… it’s free! Best of all, you can download simulations to a local computer if you do not wish to rely on an internet connection. Enjoy your journey and please let me know others I should add.

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STEM Resources Learning Conference 162

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

You can right click and download a copy. Download the transcript. This means that you can write your own textbooks, share them, or use them as you would any other OER or open education resource. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Below is a transcript modified for your reading pleasure. Transcript for Episode 114 .

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Classroom OER Software System 222

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

link] Apps by Task you want students to do: Click to enlarge or right click to download. hl=en PicMonkey [link] Picadilo - A Robust and Free Photo Editing Tool [link] Sumo.fm - powerful, online image editing [link] iPiccy Photo Editor is only a photo editor and offers no image creation features.

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

Learning with 'e's

JUNE 11, 2015

The open source movement emerged, with an emphasis on efficiency, and on the rights to use and modify software and tools. Several of Martin Weller's slidesets are available for free download here. Finally, the emergence of Web 2.0 created and encouraged a culture of content sharing. Unported License.

MOOC 28

MOOC OER Analysis Company 28

Hapara

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Engaging features and tools for learners. Many digital textbooks include embedded features and tools that help students connect to the content and focus on what they’re learning. You can find these digital textbooks on open educational resource (OER) sites. A tool such as H?para With a tool like H?para

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Hapara OER Online Assessments Differentiated Instruction 130

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. Look for Part 2 of this post soon, with tech tools for PBL in a blended learning environment. How do teachers and students learn about and employ these tools? What other tools are needed to compliment the LMS?

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. That could be a problem."

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. My thanks to EdSurge for highlighting its availability. That could be a problem."

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Join the 4,000 others who have already registered to participate or watch the recordings now and we'll also send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, 10 websites, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

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 14, 2020

OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. You will discover information, examples, and tools related to incorporating aspects of the arts, design, and the humanities into STEM-based school activities.

STEM 207

STEM Resources OER Conference 207

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In this episode, Kasey shares her favorite Gmail hacks and features to help teachers save time and make the most of this robust tool. In this special episode, Kasey shares 30 Things You Didn’t Know Google Slides Could Do and a FREE eBook download with templates! 8 Cool Tools You Didn’t Know! FREE eBook and Templates) – SULS0152.

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Google eBook Assessment OER 95

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. You will discover information, examples, and tools related to incorporating aspects of the arts, design, and the humanities into STEM-based school activities.

STEM 164

STEM Resources Classroom OER 164

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The Chromebook App Hub is designed to help teachers find the best resources, tools, and apps, sort of a one-stop-shop idea. They are just about the tool. With the tool “Book Creator,” students can become creators of content while also demonstrating mastery on various state standards. Assist students through immediate feedback.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

OER Commons – Take a look at these results from a search I did for STEAM based activities. Since it is OER (Open Education Resources) it is free. You will discover information, examples, and tools related to incorporating aspects of the arts, design, and the humanities into STEM-based school activities.

STEM 88

STEM Resources Classroom OER 88