Intro to OER

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Contents 1 Introduction to online collaboration: 2 Reflections 2.1 Next Steps 2.2 Future Trainings

Introduction to online collaboration:

Open Educational Resources on OER Commons - access over 30,000 freely available open educational resources (OER) and contribute to OER by tagging, rating, and reviewing resources.

• 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

• Browse OER Materials
• Browse Content Providers
• Advanced Search
  • OER tags, ratings, reviews
• Contribute Content
• Conditions of Use: No Strings Attached, Remix and Share, Share Only, Read the Fine Print

Creating OER Collaboratively on the OER Commons Wiki

• Project Examples:

Teachers as Makers

Sun Curve Challenge

OER Fellowship - OER Fellow Pages

Reflections

Next Steps

• Big Ideas Fest wiki page
• Rocket Project documentation
• Document what is happening in the classroom
• Project Brainstorm page
• Student Policy Analysis with Research from OER Commons
• Teacher Art and Art Integration Lesson Plans
• Digital Storytelling page
• Professional Development workshop

Future Trainings

Week of December 13: Check in, Wiki Review, Intro to the OER Commons Knowledge Collaborative with Lisa McLaughlin, OER Commons Manager