I’ve written before about education as a basic human right and about OER as a tool for advancing the equity agenda. Today, I stumbled upon AHumanRight.org, a group that believes that Internet access is a basic human right and is
Tags for Common Core stds.
A variety of people are working on tagging content for the new Common Core standards, and I have been asked by several if there were any suggested tags in place for this (a controlled vocabulary). Having looked and asked around
Tags for new Common Core standards
With several different groups (districts, states, publishers, etc.) working on tagging content assets — especially open ones — for the new Common Core standards, a group of us thought it might be useful to have a standard (no pun intended)
Don’t forget the teachers
It is an exciting time for OER in K-12. The value proposition for K-12 education is high. There is a perfect storm of circumstances with the Common Core standards and forthcoming assessments, calls for more effective instructional models, and state
Google Docs: A case study in K-12 adoption of innovation
When considering how to advance the adoption of OER by K-12, I often come down on the side of advocating for more traditional, comfortable formats, including open textbooks and fairly linear online course formats.While I agree that the big win