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Barbara Soots
Open Educational Resources Program Manager
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
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
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?
What’s protected by copyright?
BOOKS
SCRIBBLES
DOODLES
MOVIES
ARTICLES
MUSIC
BALLETS
PHOTOGRAPHS
SOFTWARE
PLAYS
SCULTPTURE
ARCHITECTURE
PAINTINGS
WEBSITES
Copyright sign by Horla Varian – CC BY
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
The 5 Rs of OER
Reuse — copy verbatim
Redistribute — share with others
Revise — adapt and edit
Remix — combine resources
Retain — make, own, & control copies
Letter R by Leo Reynolds – CC BY NC 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
OER Commonshttps://www.oercommons.org/
Curriki
http://www.curriki.org/
National Science Digital Libraryhttps://nsdl.oercommons.org/
OER Repositories
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
CCSS Worksheet
IMET Rubric
EQuIP Rubrics
Achieve OER Rubrics
Reviewers Comments
How to Evaluate Quality
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)
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
@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/
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