Educational Technology Consortium

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• Who is ISKME?

An independent, nonprofit research institute, The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) conducts social science research in education, develops research-based innovations, and facilitates field building to harness knowledge sharing. Based in Half Moon Bay, California, ISKME helps K-20 education and the organizations that support them build capacity to collect and share information, apply it to well-defined problems, and create human-centered, knowledge-driven environments focused on learning and success.

• How do we define Open Educational Resources (OER)?
  • High quality content and tools
  • Freely available from the internet, anytime, anywhere
  • Available in multiple languages
  • Shareable
  • Usable and re-usable

• What is OER Commons?

An open source teaching and learning network that supports and facilitates the creation, sharing, and modification of Open Educational Resources (OER).

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How are teachers engaging with OER?

• Sun Curve Design Challenge
  • Tagging, rating, and reviewing OER on OER Commons [1]
  • Creating OER using a wiki and sharing it on OER Commons
    • Sun Curve Design Challenge Curriculum Matrix

• OER and Arts Education
  • Creating OER using a wiki and sharing it on OER Commons
    • Inquiry into Poetry
    • Season Storytelling Activity
  • Collaborating using a Ning Site OER ArtsCollab

Upcoming Events

Maker Faire May 21-23, 2010 San Mateo Expo Center

Visit ISKME's Design Lab where participants can collaboate using digital stories and hands-on art and science materials to design an innovative school of the future. Student and Teacher project examples that integrate art, science, sustainability, and green design will inspire the creation of shareable open-source learning resources.

OER Teacher Academy June 15-16, 2010 San Mateo County Office of Education Redwood City, CA

The OER Teacher Academy is an opportunity for teachers to collaborate and share using hands-on methods and open-source curriculum for science inquiry and design innovation.

Please contact ISKME's Education Program Manager, Megan Simmons megan@iskme.org for more information

Big Ideas Fest December 5-8, 2010 Half Moon Bay, CA

The three-day Big Ideas Fest is an immersion into collaboration and design with the focus on inspiring and modeling cutting-edge thinking in K-20 education.

New Partnerships

Please contact Megan Simmons megan@iskme.org if you are interested in partnering with ISKME for OER, professional development trainings and workshops, conveneings and events, and any other inquiries.