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

Edsurge

But who makes the pitch for free or low-cost alternatives to textbooks known as OER, or open educational resources? One project she led this year involved creating a series of videos promoting “Textbook Heroes,”professors who have replaced commercial textbooks in their courses with OER. Increasingly, the answer is the campus library.

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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

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. Types of OER you can develop for K-12. Why you should develop OER for K-12.

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

Hapara

For example, under “Math” you’ll find digital textbooks covering algebra, pre-calculus and calculus. OER Commons. OER Commons is a digital library full of open educational resources (OER). Search results will give a star rating for a peer review and a user rating to help you find high-quality materials.

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Once Reviled in Education, Wikipedia Now Embraced By Many Professors

Edsurge

As one writing instructor posted to an e-mail list in 2005: “Am I being a stick-in-the-mud for for being horrified by students’ use of this source?”. I hear more often these days about teaching with free online materials instead of traditional textbooks (known as OER). I tend to focus on aspects of OER depending on the audience.

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

Edsurge

According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. Take Adobe , for example.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. In Connecticut, for example, public schools as well as other organizations receive broadband services from the CEN. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories.

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

Bryan Alexander

Community colleges are much more interested in OER than other sectors. For example, currently two-thirds of community colleges have launched mobile apps, but CIOs largely don’t see the deployment as effective. Possiblye the FCC will extend E-rate funding to poorer areas. Connectivity raises cost issues, too.

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