August 1, 2007—Teachers’ Domain, a web site from Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television station WGBH in Boston, for years has offered free educational resources developed from award-winning PBS science programs such as NOVA and A Science Odyssey. Now, the site has launched a section devoted to Open Educational Resources–downloadable, sharable, remixable video segments, interactive activities, and lesson plans in earth science, engineering, life science, and physical science disciplines. These resources will give educators greater flexibility to shape and use content to meet their own individual needs, WGBH says. All content is free after registering. “Our resources have always corresponded with all state and national education standards, but we have always wanted to encourage educators make it their own,” explains Denise Blumenthal, director of educational productions at WGBH. “The Open Educational Resources collection gives [teachers] the ability to customize our content to fit their curricula.” This special collection will represent a third of the resources currently available on Teachers’ Domain, WGBH says, which covers all key topics in science and soon will expand into the humanities, too.

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