An OER curriculum brings my students’ lives into our classroom
When I was growing up, I assumed that my teachers knew everything, including all of the “right answers.” Now that I’ve been a teacher for 15 years, I…
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How our district is making math relevant
To meet current math standards like the Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics or the Common Core State Standards, it is no longer enough for students to simply memorize…
How to find, curate, and assess OER
As schools and districts try to reduce textbook costs and digitize instructional resources, one of the struggles many teachers have is finding good repositories of open education resources…
Measuring the hidden costs of OER
Open educational resources (OER) have been promoted as a solution to the rising costs and scalability needs in education. The idea that free content can solve curriculum needs…
5 steps to implement OER in your LMS
As open educational resources (OER) become a more viable option for K-12 school districts that want to adopt new resources, curating these “free” and “open” educational assets has…
5 ways to get started with OER
It has been almost three years since the launch of the United States Department of Education’s #GoOpen movement. If you are late to the #GoOpen party, it is…
3 challenges to OER implementation
Open educational resources (OER) have made their presence known in education, with teachers and administrators voicing their excitement over free resources that are easily shared and adapted. In…
State leaders: Here’s how we’re going digital
There’s been much recent talk about schools going all-digital--from Arne Duncan’s call to action to the backlash from educators--but implementing digital resources is no easy task. During a…
SETDA urges shift to digital instruction
Everyone remembers lugging a 20-pound textbook. But should today’s students still have to consult hefty—and often outdated—printed texts? And should states and districts still pay for resources that…
Groups expand access to open educational resources
As educators push for more and better access to open educational resources (OER), or content that is available free of charge online, new efforts are helping classroom teachers…
Open courseware 2.0: The next steps in the OER movement
Putting free courseware online was a first step in reimagining education. So what now? Wiki universities, smart courses, and—maybe—improved learning, reports the New York Times.