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Adoption and implementation of K-12 core instructional materials – final report

As many of you know, I’ve spent much of this year working on a project to explore the adoption and implementation of K-12 core instructional materials and to explore business models for the successful and sustainable publishing of such open

karen December 10, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

Where we become a commercial publisher (to take commercial publishing down?)

Much of my research to date on the adoption and implementation of K-12 OER core curriculum in ELA and math has led me to the realization that, to schools, price is not a significant factor in adoption. In fact, most

karen October 22, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Thinking about OER as core curriculum

As I’ve mentioned, I’m in the midst of a series of interviews with states and districts to explore how they adopt core curriculum and what factors might be especially relevant to those looking to have OER adopted as core curriculum.

karen September 29, 2015 Uncategorized 3 Comments Read more

Positioning “open” – Where the rubber meets the road

All of my thoughts on positioning OER core curriculum in the K-12 market may be well and good, but what really matters is what actual customers think. Toward that end, I am going to be interviewing some district sups and

karen June 25, 2015June 30, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

K-12 OER Collaborative enters next phase

[Disclosure: I am part of an advisory group for this project.] Last week, the K-12 OER Collaborative entered the next phase of their project, awarding contracts for rapid prototypes to the following developers: edCount LLC Expeditionary Learning Illustrative Mathematics Learn

karen April 27, 2015 EdTech Update No Comments Read more
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