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OER and the Changing Face of Instructional MaterialsNOT YOUR PARENTS’ TEXTBOOKS
Barbara SootsOpen Educational Resources Program Manager
Office of Superintendent of Public [email protected]
Textbook photo by Cassidy Curtis – CC BY NC SA
Multimedia by hugoespinozas – CC BY NC SA
Old vs New
Under the Instructional Materials Umbrella
Individual units, lessons, and plans Supplemental resources – formally adopted or not
K-12 core curricula District-created materials/resources
Online courses Teacher-created materials
Maple by kanegen – CC BY
These resources may be in
any delivery platform and
carry any lic
ense!
Why OER…
4Question Mark by Alexander Drachmann – CC BY SA
Look familiar?
Do I have permission to…
Download and print this?
Make adaptations?
Share this with my colleagues?
Repost and distribute this material and any adaptations I make on a wider scale?
Who do I go to for answers to these questions?
What’s protected by copyright?
BOOKSSCRIBBLESDOODLESMOVIESARTICLESMUSICBALLETSPHOTOGRAPHSSOFTWAREPLAYSSCULTPTUREARCHITECTUREPAINTINGSWEBSITES
Copyright sign by Horla Varian – CC BY
Open licenses help avoid you becoming a copyright detective!
Consulting detective with pipe and magnifying glass by DooFi dedicated to Public Domain
OER clearly define user permissions
OER promote innovative uses of materials…
OER encourage sharing of resources
Sharing by ryancr – CC BY NC
Spectrum of Pencils by designsbykari – CC BY NC
OER are not one specific type of resource
Image and audio resourcesBooks in the public domain
Video and audio lecturesInteractive simulations
Game-based learning programsLesson plans
TextbooksOnline course curricula
Professional learning programs
Photo by nickwheeleroz – CC NC SA
OPEN is not the same as FREE
Any free resources on the internet FREE is not the same as OPEN.
Strictly digital resources OER is a license not a delivery platform.
A replacement for copyrightOpen licenses are just a set of permitted uses that the copyright holder clarifies.
OER are…
Open Educational Resources (OER) reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.
Beyond Definitions by opensource.com – CC BY SA
The 5 Rs of OER
Reuse — copy verbatim
Redistribute — share with others
Revise — adapt and edit
Remix — combine resources
Retain — make, own, & control copies
Letter R by Leo Reynolds – CC BY NC SA
Open Licenses
All Rights Reserved
No Rights Reserved
Traditional Copyright Alone
Public Domain
Some Rights Reserved
Open License
Adapted from Creative Commons in the Classroom – J. Goateshttp://www.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-commons-in-the-classroom-2013#/
cc by
cc by-sa
cc by-nd
cc by-nc
cc by-nc-sa
cc
More accommodating
More restrictive
Creative Commons Licenses
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/
Rainbow by Pepijn Schmitz – CC BY NC SA
Cost shift from textbooks to other critical areas
Up to date, innovative materials
Collaboration and partnerships
Continual quality improvement and standards alignment
Support for independent and differentiated learning
Solve legal concerns with distribution and adaptation
Benefits of OER
“The legislature finds the state's recent adoption of new learning standards provides an opportunity to develop a library of high-quality, openly licensed K-12 courseware that is aligned with these standards.”
Washington State Capitol by Piutus – CC BY
Washington OER Project
Rhino by Chris Ingrassia – CC BY
Finding target resources
Evaluating quality and alignment
District policies that don’t recognize OER as an option
Access and security issues
Challenges with OER
Clownfish by Leszek Leszczynski – CC BY
Finding OER
OER Commons https://www.oercommons.org/
Curriki http://www.curriki.org/
National Science Digital Library https://nsdl.oercommons.org/
OER Repositories
Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials
PhET https://phet.colorado.edu
Student Achievement Partners http://achievethecore.org
Organizations with OER
Utah Open Textbooks
Full-Course OERUtah Department of Education
Help educators select high quality materials
Provide information for materials adoptions
Identify gaps in Common Core alignment
apples by msr – CC BY NC SA
Reviewing OER
CCSS Worksheet
IMET Rubric
EQuIP Rubrics
Achieve OER Rubrics
Reviewers Comments
How to Evaluate Quality
24 Full-Course Curricula:
Algebra 1, Geometry, Integrated Math 1 & 2, Grades 6-8 Mathematics
Reviewed Resources
MathematicsEnglish Language Arts
60 Units (3-6 wks):
Grades 6-12 ELA
https://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/library/
http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/library/
Washington OER ProjectOER Review Results
Movement by Gwenaël Piaser – CC BY NC SA
OER Grant Program• Support district adaptation and
implementation of OER aligned with state standards
• All content created or modified, licensed CC BY
OER User Groups• Share ideas and resources • Define best practices• Champion effective distribution
and implementation of resources
Next Steps
Washington State Users Group - EngageNY
http://engagewa.wikispaces.com/EngageNY+Washington+State+Users+Group
http://www.wscss.org/lesson-plans
Other Washington EffortsSocial Studies Repository
http://wssda.org/Services/PolicyandLegal/FeaturedPolicies.aspx
District Sample Policies & Procedures – Updated April 2015
Instructional Materials Selection & Adoption: Policy 2020; 2020P
Other Washington EffortsNew Instruction Materials Model Policy
OER Beyond Washington StateK–12 OER Collaborative
[email protected] @k12oer
ArizonaCaliforniaGeorgia
HawaiiIdahoMinnesota
NevadaNorth CarolinaOregon
UtahWashingtonWisconsin
www.k12oercollaborative.org
With a Megaphone by a Wall by Garry - CC BY SA
Train teachers and students to perform productive OER searches
Identify the available review instruments and leverage existing OER reviews
Model best OER practices
Engage district in instructional material policy conversations that include OER
A Call to Action
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed underhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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