Guide to Open Educational Resources - WALA 2016

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Barbara Soots

Open Educational Resources Program Manager

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

barbara.soots@k12.wa.us

Washington K–12 OER Project:

Guide to Open Educational ResourcesWALA Conference – March 2016

Mt. Rainier by Wsigemund Service CC BY SA

Agenda

OER 101

OSPI’s OER Project

Locating OER

Reviewing OER

OER and District Policy

OER for Parents and Mentors

Introductions…

Photo by Robert Occhlallni – CC BY NC

How does you ALE program currently select and adopt instructional materials?

http://padlet.com/barbara_soots/IM

Why OER…

4Question Mark by Alexander Drachmann – CC BY SA

Educators love to share…

Sharing by ryancr – CC BY NC

Look familiar?

Do I have permission to…

Download and print this?

Make adaptations?

Share this with my colleagues?

Repost and distribute this material and any adaptations I make on a wider scale?

Who do I go to for answers to these questions?

Open licenses help avoid you becoming a copyright detective!

Consulting detective with pipe and magnifying glass by DooFi dedicated to Public Domain

OER clearly define user permissions

OER promote innovative uses of materials…

Spectrum of Pencils by designsbykari – CC BY NC

OER are not one specific type of resource

Image and audio resources

Books in the public domain

Video and audio lectures

Interactive simulations

Game-based learning programs

Lesson plans

Textbooks

Online course curricula

Professional learning programs

Photo by nickwheeleroz – CC NC SA

OPEN is not the same as FREE

Any free resources on the internet FREE is not the same as OPEN.

Strictly digital resources OER is a license not a delivery platform.

A replacement for copyrightOpen licenses are just a set of permitted uses that the copyright holder clarifies.

OER are…

Open Educational Resources (OER) reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing.

Beyond Definitions by opensource.com – CC BY SA

Open Licenses

All Rights Reserved

No Rights Reserved

Traditional Copyright Alone

Public Domain

Some Rights Reserved

Open License

Adapted from Creative Commons in the Classroom – J. Goates

http://www.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-commons-in-the-classroom-2013#/

More accommodating

More restrictive

Creative Commons Licenses

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

Rainbow by Pepijn Schmitz – CC BY NC SA

District/ALE

Cost shift from textbooks to other critical areas

Up to date, innovative materials

Collaboration and partnerships

Continual quality improvement and standards alignment

Support for independent and differentiated learning

Solve legal concerns with distribution and adaptation

Benefits of OER

Additional benefits for home support

Provide access to targeted homework help

Resources that engage kids and supplement the school experience

College exam preparation

OER promote innovative uses of materials…

Timing is Right

New learning standards, frameworks, and assessments

“The legislature finds the state's recent adoption of new learning standards provides an opportunity to develop a library of high-quality, openly licensed K-12 courseware that is aligned with these standards.”

Washington State Capitol by Piutus – CC BY

Washington OER Project

Questions…

22Question Mark by Alexander Drachmann – CC BY SA

What should our vetting process look like?

How well do different OER platforms work when the device is offline (for students who do not have Internet access)?

How do we provide support for staff on how to review, choose and update an OER resource?

So many OER textbook publications are paper intensive but we need to print

to ensure equity of access for our students. How can this be overcome?

What are the implications of using OER with respect to current district policies?

How do different OER delivery platforms work with our existing LMS?

How we can effectively access high quality,up to date curriculum materials?

How do we locate other districts doing similar work to collaborate and share?

If OER are adopted, how often would they need to be reviewed to ensure that they continue to meet the established need? Should OER be considered supplemental?

Rhino by Chris Ingrassia – CC BY

Finding target resources

Evaluating quality and alignment

Access and security issues

District policies that don’t recognize OER as an option

Challenges with OER

But Wait…

Course Design and Instructional Materials Selection Cycle

Identify Target Goals

Review Existing

Course Design

Select Instructional Materials & Implement

Course

Assess Effectiveness

Where do we

want to go? Where are we now?

How do we get there?Was it worth the trip?

Clownfish by Leszek Leszczynski – CC BY

Finding OER

Internet Search Engines

Google Advanced Search

OER Commonshttps://www.oercommons.org/

Curriki

http://www.curriki.org/

National Science Digital Libraryhttps://nsdl.oercommons.org/

OER Repositories

Full Course OER

EngageNY

Full-Course OEREngageNY

CK12

Full-Course OERCK-12

Utah Open Textbooks

Full-Course OER

Utah Department of Education

Adapted from Building Blocks by libertygrace0 – CC BY

Need to supplement core instructional materials?Interactives/video

Kahn Academy

TED Ed

Teaching Channel

PBS Learning Media

Need to supplement core instructional materials?Do you want to play a game or interactive simulation…

PhET Interactive Simulations

Rice Center for Technology

Center for Game Science

Concord Consortium

Nobelprize Games

Help educators select high quality materials

Provide information for materials adoptions

Identify gaps in Common Core alignment

apples by msr – CC BY NC SA

Reviewing OER

24 Full-Course Curricula:

Algebra 1, Geometry, Integrated Math 1 & 2, Grades 6-8 Mathematics

WA Reviewed Resources

MathematicsEnglish Language Arts

60 Units (3-6 wks):

Grades 6-12 ELA

Reviewed OER Library

Implementation

Who needs to approve use?

Who needs to vet?

What training is required for successful implementation?

Accessibility?

How could the district support editing and adaptation?

Are print options available?

Technology

Can the resource be accessed off line?

If digital in nature, does it work with all our devices?

Are any apps required to run the resource?

How could the digital material be edited?

Additional Considerations

Textbook photo by Cassidy Curtis – CC BY NC SA

Multimedia by hugoespinozas – CC BY NC SA

District Policy The Changing Face of Instructional Materials

Under the Instructional Materials Umbrella

Individual units, lessons, and plansSupplemental resourcesAssessmentsK-12 core curriculaDistrict-created materials/resourcesOnline coursesTeacher-created materials

Maple by kanegen – CC BY

May be printed or digital.

May carry different licensing types from open to all rights reserved.

WSSDA Featured Policies

District Sample Policies & Procedures – Updated April 2015

Instructional Materials Selection & Adoption: Policy 2020; 2020P

New Instructional Materials Model Policy

OER at home…a slightly different twist

The need to create derivative works becomes slightly less important

As home engagement resources, vetting for alignment to standards can be less stringent

Individual as opposed to institutional use can increase number of resources to access and use legally

Photo by Nina Matthews Photography – CC BY

Need an on-demand tutor?Homework and study help

HippocampusCK-12: Braingenie

(not an open resource for institutions)

What classes should I take next year?College and career prep

EdReady

That SAT prep course was how much?Exam prep

CK-12 Testive Kahn Academy

Brush up on info to help with homeworkOf course I remember how to do that…

Kahn Academy for Parents and Mentors

You need a copy of War and Peace by when?Public domain literature

Project Gutenberg

ManyBooks

Librivox

OER Beyond Washington StateK–12 OER Collaborative

info@k12oercollaborative.org

@k12oer

K-12 OER Collaborative

OER Beyond Washington State

#GoOpen – US Department of Education

#GoOpen

Department of Education is proposing a new regulation that would require all copyrightable intellectual property created with Department grant funds to have an open license.

Cohort of 10 districts has taken up the #GoOpen challenge to replace at least one textbook with openly licensed educational resources within the next year.

#GoOpen Ambassador Districts currently use openly licensed educational materials and are committed to helping other districts understand how to effectively discover and curate these resources

Movement by Gwenaël Piaser – CC BY NC SA

Any change in how you might select resources in the future?

What types of support does you ALE program need to review, selection, and implement aligned instructional material?

Discuss Next Steps

Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed underhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

@waOSPI_OER

barbara.soots@k12.wa.us

http://www.k12.wa.us/http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer

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