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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. This is where context matters most for the OER movement. This is good news and cause for celebration. Even within the U.S.

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Using open educational resources to empower differentiated instruction

Hapara

Open educational resources, also known as OER, provide a great way to supplement curriculum to differentiate instruction and better meet each learner’s needs in your classroom. This use case is the perfect example of when OER can come to the rescue. So what does that mean? What is differentiation? Addressing context.

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Open Educational Resources Are ‘Moving Up the Adoption Ladder’ Around the World

Edsurge

So says the new Educause Horizon report , which identifies technologies and trends that are changing higher education. OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to significantly influence postsecondary teaching and learning in the future. That’s where incubators come in.

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OERwashing: Beyond the Elephant Test

Doug Levin

What I do want to comment on (in greater than 140 characters) is the practice of ‘openwashing:’ what it is, why I believe not being able to go beyond a pro-OER elephant test for organizations and service providers is untenable in practice, and some thoughts on what we can do about it. The Pro-OER Elephant Test.

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“We need textbooks!”

K12 Open Ed

Several conversations lately have made me ponder the importance of community understanding and support for various new initiatives like open learning and OER adoption. In particular, I was at a meeting with the mayor and city manager of a local community last week. This relates to OER as well.

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SETDA publishes OER case studies from 3 states

eSchool News

Online case studies highlight OER implementation in schools. SETDA has published a series of case studies focused on the implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER) at the school level. SETDA encourages state, district and school leaders to leverage this work as they launch and expand OER initiatives.”.

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Open education’s long revolution: Cable Green on Future Trends Forum #11

Bryan Alexander

On April 14th Cable Green, many participants, and I explored this question on the 11th Future Trends Forum. He also identified several key themes: Structuring open education through linked data to resources, which could yield real time feedback and better linkage to OER. TRENDS IN OPEN EDUCATION. Textbooks are 10-11 years old.

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