All of which raises the question: Why hasn't every K - 12 district in the country jumped
on the OER bandwagon?
It would seem that the federal government is better positioned to help convene groups that are already working
on OER, to disseminate what they are developing, and to give the federal imprimatur to these efforts so educators will feel more comfortable participating.
Community colleges are taking the lead in building degree pathways based exclusively
on OER, easing the burden of textbook costs for many students and providing opportunities to improve instruction and learning.
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on OER see OER.
Not exact matches
It has been a part of
OER since 2008, and in recent years has limped along
on drastically reduced funding — going from a high of $ 18 million nearly a decade ago to its current $ 4 million budget.
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High - quality
OER can save teachers significant time and effort
on resource development and advance student learning inside and outside the classroom.
Some of the lessons
on my winner list would not technically be considered
OER, but were useful and free.
Connexions is another free
OER offering that allows users to sign up with a username and password to access a variety of modules and collections
on multiple devices.
The theme this year will be» Linking Open Education and eLearning Research to Practice» with a focus
on MOOCs,
OERs and Mobile Learning.
Open Educational Resources (
OER) are the ideal tool to leverage
on the affordances of technology and the insights of online learning to reduce the inequalities in the Sub-Saharan African countries» education systems.
Eastwood imagines that over time these technologies would also know the different students based
on their reading levels, numeracy, background knowledge, and other areas, such that it could provide access to the appropriate
OER content to support that specific child in continuing her learning.
There are bubbling communities of educators at Teachers Pay Teachers and
on many
OER websites, where people are excitedly sharing and iterating
on great educational resources.
Open Educational Resources (
OER) support has gained national attention recently, including U.S. Department of Education's Secretary Duncan's trip yesterday to Williamsfield Community Unified School District in Illinois to share progress
on their shift to digital and open educational resources (
OER).
In 2011, ISKME launched a Green
OER Commons micro-site with Greek partner Agro-Know, delivering sustainability - related learning resources and interdisciplinary lesson plans, including a focus
on STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art and Math) resources.
ISKME's
OER Commons Teacher Training Initiative offers teachers a collaborative professional development model centered
on engagement with Open Educational Resources (
OER).
Eureka Math is hardly the first or only open educational resources (
OER) available
on the web.
a.Select and adopt a platform that serves as a statewide repository for Michigan's
OERs that allows for commenting
on the use of learning objects, and ensures interoperability with common Learning Management Systems (LMS) used in Michigan.
Teachers will have immediate access to K — 12 curricular resources, and curated
OER specifically aligned by fellow educators to MAP Learning Statements — making it simple to quickly individualize instruction based
on MAP assessment results.
Throughout the course, participants will engage with
OER materials, interact with classmates to share learning and insights, and reflect
on their learning experience.
SETDA has published a series of case studies focused
on the implementation of Open Educational Resources (
OER) at the school level.
Dr. Hickman's obsession with personalized learning fuels his partnership with the United States Department of Education
on the #GoOpen movement or Openly License Educational Recourses (
OER).
Join us for deep conversations
on Open Education Resources (
OER) and learn how to access the deep well of resources that can be molded to meet the needs of your students.
OER appears in schools, as supplemental material mostly, but it isn't even close to breaking the reliance
on traditional, proprietary texts.
The answer also varies by
OER curriculum: districts may save more
on a typical math curriculum if it requires fewer materials, and many openly - licensed ELA curricula call for the purchase of text sets in order to effectively use the curriculum.
ISKME supports innovative teaching and learning practices across the globe and is well known for its comprehensive digital public library of open education resources,
OER Commons, and its impact
on teacher professional learning.
The SXSWedu conference featured dozens of panels with variations
on the theme of how to find accurate assessments of the quality of different course and curriculum options (at the college level as well as in K - 12, and not just
OER).
Jenn will also be highlighting some other great
OER options here and
on the BHS HelpDesk site.
Educators can also start
on a small scale and investigate one
OER resource at a time.
While
OER is making headlines (search #GoOpen
on Twitter) and is becoming a viable alternative to textbooks for school districts across the country, the foundation for
OER began in 1994 and has been growing ever since.
You can clip content such as videos, articles, images, games and more from the web; you can upload content you already have
on your desktop, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.; you can pull content from your district's «stream»; connect to premium channels in your stream such as Discovery Education; or connect to
OER channels in your stream.
Our Chief Evangelist joins Supt. Matt Miller + Tom Murray of Future Ready for a conversation
on district - scale success with
OER.
The extent to which education and schools rely
on digital assets, including presentations, lesson guides and lesson plans, make it crucial that schools are «very confident in using
OER», she said.
Courseware was launched, which is a digital solution built
on a foundation of open education resources or
OER, and is enhanced with content such as quizzes, videos, and self - assessments for students, along with analytics tools that allow faculty to monitor student performance.
I'm also Executive Director of the Rebus Foundation, a non-profit that is building the infrastructure to support books
on the open web, by: building a new collaborative model for creating and publishing Open Educational Resources (
OER), and building an open platform for scholarly reading.
Schwab operating expense ratios (
OERs) and competitor net
OERs represent the lowest
OERs reported from prospectuses and Strategic Insight Simfund, as reflected
on 7/31/17.