OER Research

The recently released report, Advancing an Ecosystem for Open Educational Resources: OER in Texas Higher Education Biennial Report 2021, sheds light on statewide efforts to build OER awareness and uptake across Texas higher education institutions.
This report, commissioned...

ISKME’s work over the last decade has revealed that a principal barrier to OER use by educators is difficulty in finding the resources that they need. Existing OER platforms, including the Open Textbook Network, ISKME’s own OER Commons, and a growing number of institutional...

ISKME, in collaboration with the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College (SERC), has just released an evaluation framework that STEM educators can use to determine the accessibility of OER based on auditory, visual, and neurological learner needs. Based on...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities and ushered in new challenges to which California and its community colleges are being called upon to respond. Alongside the rising cost of tuition and students’ weak overall safety net, colleges are facing budget...

In order to achieve greater accountability and more effective use of public resources, millions of dollars and human resources are committed each year to the collection of data and to the measurement of impacts associated with educational practice and programs. Too often...

In higher education, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated existing inequities and ushered in new urgent challenges to which states and institutions have had to respond. Additionally, Californians have been facing wildfire evacuations, loss of homes, and disruptions...

Through open licensing, Open Educational Resources (OER) enable possibilities for new, more collaborative teaching and learning practices—because the materials can be used, adapted and shared across learning communities. Realizing the potential of OER, school librarians...

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Download PDF as submitted August 4, 2015Download PDF with current list of signatories Sign the letterISKME press release
21 Dupont Circle, #800Washington DC, 20036
August 4, 2015
President Barack ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC...

Download PDF as submitted August 4, 2015Download PDF with current list of signatories Sign the letterISKME press release
21 Dupont Circle, #800Washington DC, 20036
August 4, 2015
President Barack ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC...