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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

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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. Let’s take a look at how to develop K-12 open educational resources.

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As Campuses Move to Embrace OER, College Libraries Become Key Players

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But who makes the pitch for free or low-cost alternatives to textbooks known as OER, or open educational resources? Take the University of Texas at Arlington, which has a full-time Open Education Librarian, Michelle Reed. The online library contains links to OER titles as well as reviews written by professors.

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

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In addition, educators and learners can access them on multiple devices at any time. . While some subjects cover higher education, you can browse the high school section to find math and science textbooks for secondary education. For example, under “Math” you’ll find digital textbooks covering algebra, pre-calculus and calculus.

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Once Reviled in Education, Wikipedia Now Embraced By Many Professors

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A decade ago professors complained of a growing “epidemic” in education: Wikipedia. Students were citing it in papers, while educators largely laughed it off as inaccurate and saw their students as lazy, or worse. There’s even a new peer-reviewed academic journal about using Wikipedia in higher education. Absolutely.

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

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But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If Take Adobe , for example. billion boost for E-Rate, the federal program that subsidizes broadband initiatives, amongst his accomplishments.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

Bryan Alexander

” Casey’s response: we have more information and expanded access to educational materials, but no increase in faculty productivity and no decrease in costs. Community colleges are much more interested in OER than other sectors. Possiblye the FCC will extend E-rate funding to poorer areas.

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