Guide to Open Educational Resources
OER Day Spokane
April 22, 2013
Barbara Soots
OER Program Manager
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Digital Learning Department
barbara.soots@k12.wa.us
OER are
teaching,
learning, and
research
resources.
CC BY -SA
NH Dictionary by Manchester Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterlibrary/2669523490/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Use FREE of charge
Reuse the resource
Revise without permission
Remix and Redistribute
CC-BY
Adapted from Traffic lights by Horia Varlan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4747872021
Password: OER Laura Rachfalski
OER Rules:
Give proper
attribution to the
author
Obey the licensing
restrictions
CC BY-SA
Rules for the Teacher by Michael Stout
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mc_sensei/3936596426/in/set-72157622290261859
Creative Commons licenses
“some rights reserved”
http://www.creativecommons.org
OER may be used as an
entire course, full curricular
units, lesson plan components,
supplemental material, or
multimedia building blocks
for creating new works.
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CC BY-SA
Bruce Peru Brainstorming by jeferonix
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreywarren/174755307/in/photostream
Supplement lessons with
video and audio resources
How taking a bath led to Archimedes’ Principle
Mars Science Lab
Abstract-ness
Shakespeare – The History of English
Experience interactive simulations and
game-based learning
Build an Atom
STEMware: Zombie Plague
phet.colorado.edu
pbge.ucdavis.edu
Download required
course readings
www.gutenberg.org
librivox.org
CC BY
Books by shutterhacks
manybooks.net
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterhacks/4474421855/in/photostream
Address learning
shifts
highlighted in
the common
core and next
generation
science
standards by
filling gaps in
existing
curriculum
National Archives: Docs Teach
docsteach.org
Download or print a
complete textbook and
full-course materials.
CC BY-SA
Confused by CollegeDegrees360
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83633410@N07/7658298768
Where do you find OER?
Results of 123 participants in OSPI OER Landscape survey 2012
Demo:
Advanced
search options
CC BY
Search Engine by Danard Vincente
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danardvincente/2512148775/sizes/m/in/photostream
“First-pass” look at
resource should
consider creator
reputation,
timeliness, license
info, and accessibility.
CC BY NC
Detective by The Thinking Doll
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinkydivas/4535722452/in/photostream/
Define parameters
for the OER search.
media
ebook
video/animation
lesson plan/unit
textbook/full course
CC BY
Adapted from Puzzle Path #1 by Magnus A
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnus_akselvoll/4741056713/in/photostream/
Building block OER
includes music and
sound effects, clip art,
and photos.
CC BY
Adapted from Building Blocks by libertygrace0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35168673@N03/6086229920/in/photostream/
Demo:
Find CC
licensed OER
media
elements.
http://www.creativecommons.org
Interactives, videos, lesson plans, and units may be found
in OER repositories and aggregated collections.
Demo:
General OER
repositories
curriki.org
Many states have
existing OER repositories.
For specific subject areas, search
content specific repositories
www.ck12.org
CK-12
www.ck12.org
Demo:
Download and
edit a
complete
textbook
Conditions are ripe to explore the use of
Open Educational Resources
Districts spend
$5.5 billion a year
in instructional
content.
However, many
students are still using
textbooks
7 to 10 years old…
Source: Out of Print: Reimagining the K-12
Textbook in a Digital Age
CC BY-SA
Money by 401(K) 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68751915@N05/6551534889
In 2012, Washington
passed a bill
directing OSPI to
identify a library of
openly licensed
courseware
OSPI will suggest OER
courseware to school
districts that are less
expensive , more
current, and aligned
to the Common Core
State Standards.
WA OER Project
Phase 1
1. Creation of a review process for OER material
useful to districts and sustainable over time
2. Development of a vetted list of full-curriculum OER
3. OER awareness campaign directed toward district
curriculum adopter decision-makers
Important
• OSPI is NOT creating new OER content from scratch.
• OSPI is providing review of standards alignment and
identification of potential resources – not an adoption mandate
• All materials OSPI builds, as part of this project, will be licensed CC BY
Tools to Evaluate Quality
Publisher’s Criteria
Tri-State Rubrics
OER Rubrics
Criteria for Review Consideration
Resource is openly licensed under a Creative Commons or other
license that permits ALL of the following, FREE of charge:
• Reuse: the right to reuse the content in its unaltered/verbatim form
• Revise: the right to adapt, adjust, modify,
or alter the content itself
• Remix: the right to combine the original or
revised content with other content to
create something new
• Redistribute: the right to share copies of
the original content, the revisions, or the
remixes with others
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Approved Business Stamp
Open Clip Art Library
http://openclipart.org/detail/172031/approved-business-stamp-2-by-merlin2525-172031
Criteria for Review Consideration
Resource must be able to be housed in an open
courseware repository or able to be accessed at
no cost to school districts.
Terms of access will NOT be
altered after a given time
period.
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Clock
Open Clip Art Library
http://openclipart.org/detail/7656/clock-by-benbois
Criteria for Review Consideration
Resource must be a full-course
Algebra 1 curriculum OR an
Integrated Pathway Secondary
Mathematics 1 curriculum
aligned to the Common Core
State Standards.
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Math Processor
Open Clip Art Library
http://openclipart.org/detail/101395/math-processor-by-pgbrandolin
Criteria for Review Consideration
11th – 12th grade English
Language Arts unit aligned to the
Common Core State Standards
for writing.
The unit must also cover one OR
both of the following:
• Reading standards for literature
• Reading standards for informational
text
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Library
Open Clip Art Library
http://openclipart.org/detail/171438/library---bibliothèque-by-cyberscooty-171438
Overview of Resources
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Demo:
OER Rubric in
action
http://www.oercommons.org
OER Project Website
http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer
Stay involved with the OER Project
Website: http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer
Twitter: waOSPI_OER
Email: barbara.soots@k12.wa.us
Please fill out our OER Landscape Survey!
http://bit.ly/PpyqtL