[Disclosure: I am part of an advisory group for this project.] Last week, the K-12 OER Collaborative entered the next phase of their project, awarding contracts for rapid prototypes to the following developers: edCount LLC Expeditionary Learning Illustrative Mathematics Learn
The consequences of success
Today, on the first day of Open Education Week, I am happy to say that OER has gained traction in K-12 over the last year. More and more people are talking about OER. States and funders are putting serious efforts
Reflecting on my year of open – part 5/Open dictionary
The Kids Open Dictionary has been a project of love (self-funded) that I and others have worked on for the last 6 years. This year, we accomplished some big milestones. Perhaps the most significant to me is that we defined
Reflecting on my year of open – part 4/Open learning vs OER
For a couple years now, I’ve been puzzling over the intersections between Open Educational Resources (OER) and open learning. While they have much in common, they clearly aren’t the same thing. OER are “teaching, learning, and research resources that reside
Reflecting on my year of open – part 3/OER and districts
This year, I have reflected a lot on the way that districts adopt curriculum and what this means for OER. First, some background… The curriculum adoption and purchase decision in K-12 schools is a complicated process. There are many players