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Over the past two years, I've been working with my district to transition from the popular textbook towards Open Educational Resources, or OER. One of the leading benefits of OER options is that they are free and open to educators. That in itself is a reason to inquire. The information has been vetted for credibility and some of it is derived from some of the world's top colleges and universities. Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Anne Whaits Delete the scoop?
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Dear Colleagues, I am trying to formulate a quality assurance framework for OER authors, and you are invited to offer critique and suggest ideas to improve this. You may have suggestions for component sentences to be included into a category, or suggest a new category. Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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"A second and updated version of the E-xcellence Manual is now available. The E-xcellence Manual has the latest benchmarks in quality e-learning performance and can be downloaded from the EADTU web.
Next to an overall update of the full manual you can find new benchmarks on: Open Educational Resources Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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The Floe Inclusive Learning Design Handbook is a free Open Educational Resource (OER) designed to assist teachers, content creators, Web developers, and others in creating adaptable and personalizable educational resources that can accommodate a diversity of learning styles and individual needs. Via Susan Bainbridge, Dennis T OConnor, Jean Jacoby, Donna Thompson, Jenny Pesina, Mayra Aixa Villar, Luis Negrete, Graciela Morales 
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Floe stands for Flexible Learning for Open Education. Accessible design benefits everyone.
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"From textbooks to course materials, videos to software, journals to digital collections, Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain, or carry a license that permits their free access and use by all users. Like the Open Access movement, the aim of many OER proponents is for anyone, anytime, anywhere to be able to access and contribute to the advancement of knowledge." Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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However, just because OER are digital, they are not necessarily accessible. Several OER publishers including CK-12, Flat World Knowledge, Connexions and Curriki, recognize that their formats are not accessible to all students and contribute files to Bookshare for conversion to accessible formats. To make these accessible OER easy to find, Bookshare created a Special Collection; the collection now has 110 titles for K-12 and postsecondary courses on a wide range of subjects, from band, to business, biology, calculus, chemistry, and more. Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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In the last decade in particular, the promotion, sharing and use of open educational resources (OER) have been growing exponentially. However, as with any new phenomenon or paradigm, our knowledge of OER’s ramifications and achievements to date necessarily lags behind actual developments. Via Susan Bainbridge Delete the scoop?
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This web site is designed to support a self-directed, activity-based approach to understanding how open education resources (OER) can be used to support teaching and learning in open and distance learning contexts. Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Presentation slides for a 1-day workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER) conducted at the Third International Conference of e-Learning and Distance Educatio Via Anne Whaits 
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A comprehensive summary of OER with a wealth of links provided for further exploration. Delete the scoop?
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When Whitney Houston sang about children being the future, that’s only because open source wasn’t really much of a thing back in 1986. But it is now, and it’s the future (sorry, kiddos), so teach it well and let it lead the way. The ongoing popularity of free learning resources, classes, certificates, and more has done more to democratize education than anything else since the advent of public schooling. By this point, anyone with Internet access can receive a world-class education on their own terms and, for the most part, at no cost. Thanks to the efforts of the following websites, more and more self-directed learners work independently or in groups to better their minds. Via Dennis T OConnor Delete the scoop?
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Open Education Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner. Via Gust MEES, Gianfranco D'Aversa Delete the scoop?
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"This is a collection of best practices for the adaptation of learning materials and explains what we understand as Open Educational Resources (OER). With this user guide you will understand better, how you can benefit from OER and learn the necessary things to be taken in to account while adapting materials for your own needs. This initial guide will underline some of the issues we feel as crucial for adaptation support." Via Andreas Link, Stewart-Marshall Delete the scoop?
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Find out more about Open Educational Resources (OER) - the digitized materials that are available for use and re-use in teaching, learning, and research ... Via Stewart-Marshall Delete the scoop?
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Third LERU Doctoral Summer School, Universitat de Barcelona, 9-13 July, 2012, Barcelona, Spain... Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Learn about open education resources and how school librarians can leverage them to assist classroom teachers. Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Interview with Alexandra Hache contributing to a Study for the European Commission regarding sustainable and business models for Open Educational Resources (OER). Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Join us for the workshop 8th June 17:30-19:00 CET (16:30-18:00 local time, Porto) at the EDEN annual conference in Porto! Via Andreas Link Delete the scoop?
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Faculty Perceptions of OER and Transforming Your Teaching Please join us June 26, 1:00 pm Eastern for a webinar on faculty perceptions of open educational resources (OER) and how to transform your teaching with open educational practices. Our featured speakers include an instructional designer and a community college dean who developed and taught Health Ed without a textbook. Via Andreas Link, Score Project Delete the scoop?
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Making the transition to OERs can be quite daunting as it's not just a matter of accessing open content but repurposing it and digitizing your own to suit your students' needs. I find that using OERs in combination with cloud computing, mobile assisted seamless learning and field trips into virtual worlds, works well with my language students. However, what works within my teaching context may not be appropriate for yours. In my opinion, it's not just about introducing new technologies and pedagogies because they are trending, but doing a thorough analysis of what is needed within a specfic context before transforming your teaching practices, as these transformations will influence your students' learning environment and learning outcomes.
Four great OER sources provided here for teachers to explore.
It's good to know that the materials have been vetted. Another good source for material is MERLOT.