With several different groups (districts, states, publishers, etc.) working on tagging content assets — especially open ones — for the new Common Core standards, a group of us thought it might be useful to have a standard (no pun intended)
Don’t forget the teachers
It is an exciting time for OER in K-12. The value proposition for K-12 education is high. There is a perfect storm of circumstances with the Common Core standards and forthcoming assessments, calls for more effective instructional models, and state
Google Docs: A case study in K-12 adoption of innovation
When considering how to advance the adoption of OER by K-12, I often come down on the side of advocating for more traditional, comfortable formats, including open textbooks and fairly linear online course formats.While I agree that the big win
Shareable media sets
Awhile back, I was thinking about the idea of shareable media sets — collections of open-licensed photos, diagrams, maps, audio, video, etc. that could be used by teachers or students in word-processed documents or presentations or used to create web
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