This year, with support from the Hewlett Foundation, we launched the K-12 OER Community of Practice (COP). This project grew out of my years of doing OER advocacy work in K-12 and my thought that it was time to take
Reflecting on my year of open – part 1
One of the nice things about doing some organized work on OER and open learning (including some with support from the Hewlett Foundation) is that it prompts me do reflect on my own work and thoughts regularly. As this year
Demand, district adoption, and silver bullets
A few us have been pondering the question “How can we best advance the adoption of OER in K-12?” both online in this document and f2f at the Open Ed 14 conference. As I’ve thought about this, a few conclusions
Open and sharing as a choice
I recently had a short Twitter and blog conversation with someone about OER and the question “Why should all of the time that I spent developing this, be free for others to consume without some form of compensation for my
K12 Online Conference 2014
I’ve written before about how valuable I think the K12 Online Conference is. For those unfamiliar, it’s a FREE, open, online conference open to ANYONE organized by educators for educators around the world interested in integrating emerging technologies into classroom practice. Well, this