ISKME is a global
nonprofit that
inspires and convenes
educators to embrace
the practice of
Open Education
Research and Development
Since its founding in 2002, ISKME has built an extensive body of research and frameworks. We serve the field by offering in-depth landscape and impact studies and program development around equitable and inclusive access to high-quality education for all. Learn more
Platforms, Tools and Training
Leveraging the world-class public digital library of Open Educational Resources, OER Commons, ISKME’s OER Services offer custom solutions to our partners to support OER initiatives. Learn more
Knowledge Sharing and Innovation
As the creator of Big Ideas Fest and the design-thinking approach, Action Collabs, ISKME facilitates transformative processes and events to deepen collaboration and problem-solving among educators globally. Learn more
OER Commons Public Digital Library
ISKME created OER Commons, a comprehensive, openly accessible digital library for educators at all levels to identify high-quality Open Educational Resources (OER) and collaborate around their use, evaluation, and improvement to address the needs of their classrooms. Learn more
Latest News
ISKME’s Big Ideas Fest 2009 Program Highlights
ArtsEd Brewster Kahle (keynote speaker), Founder, Internet Archive "It's when things are going [economically] down that people start to say I have to work together with other people in ways that I didn't have to before. And so I think we're in pretty...
Educational think tank to tackle ‘Big Ideas’
Early next week the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, will be abuzz with new ideas for educators, in the second annual Big Ideas Fest. Produced by the Princeton-based Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, the Big Ideas Fest will host more than 175...
Half Moon Bay conference explores ideas for ed reform
About 200 educators, students, researchers and others have converged in Half Moon Bay to explore and develop innovative ideas to improve education. The Big Ideas Fest tackles such challenging questions as: How can we ensure that new technologies flourish, and how can...
Teachers Get Resourceful With ‘Open Content’
Subtitled "Content-sharing across the Web is becoming a valuable classroom tool for educators," Andrew Trotter's article at teachermagazine.org quotes Lisa Petrides and references ISKME's OER Commons project: Subtitled "Content-sharing across the Web is...