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ISKME’s Teachers as Makers Academy
ISKME’s Teachers as Makers Academy stimulates teachers’ creation of Open Educational Resources (OER), freely available online learning materials, in a collaborative format that covers the basics of finding and evaluating OER; and leads teachers through the design and...
International Initiatives Fuel Growth of Open Ed. Content
Open education resources are claiming a place in schools in a diverse array of countries. South Africa's Education Department is printing math and science textbooks produced from such resources for use in grades 10 through 12. In the Netherlands, the Ministry of...
Achieving the Dream Announces “DREAM Big for College” Video Competition
NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: January 18, 2012Press Contact: Lauren Lewis, Achieving the DreamAssistant Director of Communications(240) 450-3817 Email: LLewis@AchievingtheDream.org NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate Release: January 18, 2012Press...
Great Opportunity to Learn About Custom Schooling at the Internet Archive, Wed., Jan 11th
Next Wednesday, January 11th, from 6:30pm-8:30pm, the Internet Archive and ISKME will co-host a conversation that explores the concept of custom schooling, which is a model of individualized teaching and learning experienced in class sizes of one to four students. The...
Building a strong foundation for open practices
I was fortunate to attend this year’s Big Ideas Fest, held in Half Moon Bay, California. While I attended last year’s Big Ideas Fest (BIF), this year’s was particularly relevant to our work here at Open.Michigan. A primary feature of the Big Ideas Fest each year is...