The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (n.d.), which has been working to spread the creation and use
of open educational resources for more than 10 years, defines OER as
This mixed methods study explores the issue of adopting, adapting, and sharing
of open educational resources in teacher practice and points out its potentials as well as barriers to diffusion that openness may face in light of economic and political realities of the classroom.
In his time working at the federal Education Department, Culatta made strong arguments for the development and
sharing of open educational resources, and he encouraged districts to share information about ed - tech policies.
Developed in partnership with Thoughtworks, the platform will manage publisher - donated, DRM - protected content with a one - user, one - book model, along with a curated
collection of open educational resources (OER) in a cloud - based environment that will not require a local server.
The contest raises awareness about the
promise of open educational resources (OER)-- free online materials with open licenses which allow teachers and learners to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the digital resources to their heart's content.
Also in this issue: an
analysis of open educational resources and what the federal role should be in facilitating their adoption; an assessment of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first few years in office in New York City; and an expert debate on the merits of two different approaches to designing state accountability systems.
Danai is an eLearning Consultant & Founder of Open Learning Tank, a platform that supports and builds knowledge around the use and
reuse of open educational resources (OER) and open source eLearning technologies in Africa.
If there were just one thing I could say to
fans of open educational resources (OER) and personalized learning, it would be this: «Atomized units of knowledge don't build anything.»
Leading
provider of open educational resources Open Up Resources has secured a potentially huge platform for reaching K - 12 schools by striking a partnership with Microsoft to deliver its curriculum through the tech giant's classroom products.
Within this larger strategic context of open particular emphasis will be placed on the
potential of open educational resources as a creative alternative to traditional Access Copyright sourced course materials.
To aid districts in their efforts, ASCD will provide professional learning resources for #GoOpen districts, including an interactive workbook and online course to help educators make
use of open educational resources.
Now, we want to give you the opportunity to do the same with this collection of open educational resources
According to the U.S. Department of Education, «Online learning opportunities and the use
of open educational resources and other technologies can increase educational productivity by accelerating the rate of learning; reducing costs associated with instructional materials or programs».
In Education Week, Sean Cavanagh writes that the use
of open educational resources is expanding in several ways to cover core academic content.
Along with the traditional methods, consider personalizing a student's learning path through the use
of open educational resources (OER).
Kaysville's Career Path High School gets some national kudos for its use
of open educational resources.
A move in the U.S. Senate to promote schools» use
of open educational resources, if enacted by Congress and ultimately embraced by schools, could have a major impact on the development of curricula and on the companies that provide content to schools, some education experts say.
Click below to explore
some of our open educational resources, organized into categories that reflect our main areas of focus with schools.
Athabasca University has announced it will not renew the Access Copyright license and in doing so says they plan to «make more extensive use
of open educational resources (OERs), material such as lectures, texts, lessons and podcasts produced by other universities and made freely available for use.