“Over the past two years, ISKME has contributed greatly toward increasing access to high quality OER through its curation services, improving the capability for individuals to create and edit OER through its OpenAuthor tool, and expanding the field of OER by sponsoring OER Fellowships and extending the reach of OER through additional languages (Arabic) and accessibility standards (via its partnership with FLOE).
“Over the past two years, ISKME has contributed greatly toward increasing access to high quality OER through its curation services, improving the capability for individuals to create and edit OER through its OpenAuthor tool, and expanding the field of OER by sponsoring OER Fellowships and extending the reach of OER through additional languages (Arabic) and accessibility standards (via its partnership with FLOE). They have also established important partnerships with a handful of states to curate communities that develop and amend OER to meet Common Core State Standards and local state needs.”
“…Though they’re a small organization, [ISKME is] very good at implementation. Their work on OER Commons has helped that user base expand, and their ability to develop partnerships with other organizations has led to significant developments in the OER field. For example, by partnering with a few states, ISKME has been able to grow a set of small communities that are interested in using OER and will likely be able to continue using OER beyond the initial training period. In addition, because of their willingness to experiment and seize opportunities as they arise, ISKME has become a key player in the expansion of OER into the Middle East, an area with nascent interest in OER. ISKME is an excellent organization that continues to represent OER at important education/tech-ed meetings, and expand the OER movement. As such, they are core to the field building pillar of our OER strategy.