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Looking for middle schools interested in sharing ideas

I got interested in OER because of the need to be able to modify and “remix” materials in order to differentiate instruction….and also out of a disillusionment with how much money is spent on textbooks that often aren’t even used.

karen January 14, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

The quality issue

There is a lot of talk right now about concerns regarding quality and OER. Quality is obviously of foremost concern with regard to educational materials;  however, I think that those who are castigating OER on the basis of quality concerns

karen January 7, 2010 Uncategorized 3 Comments Read more

Thinking about platforms for open learning

This is a different kind of post for me… I’m really thinking out loud and looking for folks more knowledgeable than me to make suggestions. I’m working on an OER project plan to develop open “textbooks” (collections of resources with

karen December 4, 2009 Uncategorized 3 Comments Read more

Openness, technology, state politics, and the challenges of poverty

There was a fascinating article in the Texas Tribune this week about the recent legislation in Texas that, among other things, appears to allow textbook money to be directed toward technology, calls for “open source” textbooks to be authored, and

karen November 13, 2009 Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

Online and free ≠ open

Newsweek ran an article this week about online courses.  This article provided some publicity for the OER movement…except that the article really wasn’t about OER. The article said, in part, “In addition to YouTube EDU, Web sites like iTunes U,

karen November 4, 2009 Uncategorized No Comments Read more
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