Achieve OER Online Evaluation Tool

by admin | Sep 27, 2011

To help states, districts, teachers and other users determine the degree of alignment of OER to the Common Core State Standards, and to determine aspects of quality of OER, Achieve developed rubrics in collaboration with leaders from the OER community. ISKME...

School is OPEN!

by admin | Aug 23, 2011 | Blog

Seven Tips for Using OER in Your Classroom Open Education Resources (OER), like those in OER Commons, are part of a worldwide movement that is making educational content openly available to all. OER are lessons, course materials, and other content that is created,...

OER Commons: An Education Ecosystem Using Knowledge Sharing

by admin | Jun 23, 2011 | Blog

Originally published on the College Open Textbooks Blog:ISKME’s work in OER since 2005 has focused on identifying key opportunities for deepening the impact of OER adoption and use through research and practice that support enhanced teaching and learning. For example,...

Education Vault: OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | In The News

OER Commons: Open Educational Resources Since my own EduResources Portal closed in July 2007, I’ve been looking for other useful portal entry points to recommend to students and instructors who are searching for educational resources. I highly recommend the OER...

Open Educational Resources: Toward a New Educational Paradigm

by admin | Mar 5, 2011

For teachers and learners, the proliferation of open educational resources (OER) in combination with advances in information technologies has meant centralized access to materials and the possibility of creating, using, and reusing OER globally, collaboratively, and...