Several conversations lately have made me ponder the importance of community understanding and support for various new initiatives like open learning and OER adoption. In particular, I was at a meeting with the mayor and city manager of a local
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
Open means never having to say “pay up”
One of the benefits of open licensed materials that I often cite is that they will always be free (unlike the other free stuff on the Internet…Many of us have experienced the unfortunate consequences of great content and tools that
State moves to open textbooks
This week Utah announced a major initiative to use open textbooks in K-12, thanks to the efforts of Dr. David Wiley. This move is significant for a number of reasons. It saves money. This isn’t trivial in these times of
Remixing textbooks
Credit: Terriko There are some really high quality, open textbooks out there. For the most part, they’re pretty static and text-heavy though. For a while, I’ve been thinking remixing one of them into a more interactive, media-rich Moodle course. I