eSchool News
JANUARY 5, 2017
As open educational resources (OER) grow in popularity, school leaders are tasked with identifying the best way to find, organize and use these resources. During a CoSN webinar focused on using effective OER use, a panel of educators shared their experiences and offered insight on OER’s impact on education.
edWeb.net
MARCH 19, 2019
Keys to the OER shift: – Community buy-in: The community wasn’t satisfied with the achievement levels and graduation rates. – Vetted OER materials: For every subject, K-12 teachers have a stockbook of vetted OER lessons. This edWeb webinar was hosted by SETDA and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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eSchool News
AUGUST 6, 2015
Whether you know it or not, most educators have already started creating their own open educational resources (OER) in the form of tests, handouts, and presentations. But there are best practices creating and sharing OERs, which are resources that are freely shared and able to be modified and redistributed.
The Thinking Stick
JANUARY 18, 2024
To learn more on how AI can be leveraged in CTE courses check out this webinar I did for Harbor Freight Tools for Schools in support of CTE educators. At a training I was doing for district leaders, we were just 3 hours in when the Director of Teaching and Learning came up to me and asked: “Why am I about to drop $1.7
Teacher Reboot Camp
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
André is a #DigitalLeadLearner, using web media and iPads in the classroom, an OER maker and a founder of the German Twitter chat, #EDchatDE. André is also a national and international speaker who has conducted many workshops, talks and webinars. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!
Tom Murray
JUNE 3, 2016
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek , Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide. So, where should district leaders interested in open education begin?
Iterating Toward Openness
JUNE 30, 2017
In a recent webinar about OER, organized by one of the major textbook publishers, there was a lot of conversation about whether OER are “free” or “affordable.” Before I begin though, just to be clear, allow me to reaffirm that OER are free, plain and simple, full stop, period. Problem the First.
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