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“Let's #GoOpen! The
Potential Power of Open
Educational Resources”
Bradley Landis
Assistant Executive Director
Jeff Rothenberger
Program Administrator- Office of Professional Learning
What one word comes to mind when you hear the term
“Open Educational Resources?”
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The goals for today’s
session are:
● Overview of OER and how they can be used in our schools.
● Develop understanding of Creative Commons Licenses.
● Review of the #GoOpen movement.
● Identify tools and resources for finding and vetting OER.
● Discuss Pennsylvania’s entry into OER Commons and how Educational
Service Agencies can support their schools integrating OER into their
educational ecosystems.
What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research
resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an
intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by
others.
OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming
videos, photographs, sound files, tests, software, and any other tools,
materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.
OERs exist in many formats, allowing educators to
maximize student engagement and meet individual needs.
OERs can be harvested from a countless number of sources.
WHY OERs?
• Supports Universal Design for Learning
• Information is Current, Relevant
• Interactive and Engaging Resources
• Personalize Teaching and Learning, Adapt Instructional Resources
• Collaboration & Connect Globally With Other Teachers
• Anytime, Anywhere
• Cost Savings
• Other (Turn & Talk)
What is the difference between “free” and “open” resources?
Open educational resources are and
always will be free in digital form,
but not all free resources are OER.
Free resources may be temporarily
free or may be restricted from use at
some time in the future (including by
the addition of fees to access those
resources).
Moreover, free resources which may
not be modified, adapted or
redistributed without express
permissions from the copyright
holder are not OER.
Are all OER digital?
Like most educational resources these days, most OER
are “born” digital. But like traditional resources, they
can be made available to students in both digital and
printed formats (including in the form of a traditional
‘textbook’).
Digital OER are easier to share, modify, and redistribute,
but being digital is not what makes something an OER
or not.
How do I know if an educational resource is an OER?
The key distinguishing characteristic of OER is its intellectual
property license and the freedoms the license grants to others to
share and adapt it.
If a lesson plan or activity is not clearly tagged or marked as being
in the public domain or having an open license, it is not OER.
While custom copyright licenses can be developed to facilitate the
development and use of OER, often it can be easier to apply free-to-
use standardized licenses developed specifically for that purpose,
such as those developed by Creative Commons or – for software –
those approved by the Open Source Initiative.
Creative Commons Licensing
Creative Commons Movement
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and
use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
Features free, easy-to-use copyright licenses that provide a simple,
standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your
creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily
change your copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to
“some rights reserved.”
Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work
alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best
suit your needs.
Creative Common Licenses (Video)
Creative Commons Licenses
https://stateof.creativecommons.org/2015/
Using Google Advanced Search to Find OER
Settings
Advanced Search
Usage Rights
Image source: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/blogbasics/6.2
OER are connecting educators around the globe.
Mrs. Jones designs
an OER on atoms.
Mr. Lin uses the OER as
a bell-ringer.
Ms. Brown uses the
OER as a remedial
activity. Mr. Green uses the OER
for group work.
Mr. Jay uses the OER in
his flipped classroom
model.
Miss Henderson modifies
the OER and uses it as an
anticipatory set.
Miss Mack uses the
OER as part of her
lesson.
This background image is released to the public domain at this site.
5 R’s- Retain – Reuse – Revise – Remix – Redistribute
Background on
OER
Case Studies
Implementation
Strategies
Best Practices
20 #GoOpen States(as of November 2017)
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Illonois
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
#GoOpen State Commitments
• Adopt/Implement a statewide technology strategy that includes the
use of openly licensed resources as a central component
• Develop (if not already created) and maintain a statewide repository
solution for openly licensed resources.
• Develop the technical capability to publish OER to the Learning
Registry
• Participate in a community of practice with other #GoOpen states
and districts to share learning resources and professional development
resources
• Create a section on your website (e.g. www.yourwebsite.gov/open or
similar) to share your commitment to #GoOpen and document your
state’s progress
#GoOpen District Commitments
#GoOpen Launch Districts:
• Identify a district #GoOpen team who will work to develop a strategy
for the implementation of openly-licensed educational materials.
• Commit to replace at least one textbook with openly-licensed
educational materials in the next year.
• Document and share their implementation process.
#GoOpen Ambassador Districts:
• Mentor #GoOpen Launch Districts as they design and implement
their strategy for transitioning to openly licensed educational resources.
• Share the openly licensed materials they’ve created.
PAIU OER Hub: Collections
Integrating OER into the Educational Ecosystem
Sample Lesson Algebra I Learning Path
Guide to Quality Instructional Materials
Resources
Where can I learn more about OER?
● Edutopia Shared Google Sheet of Resources
● OER 101 http://bit.ly/OERresources (definition, FAQ, case studies,
Creative Commons licenses)
What’s #GoOpen?
● Office of Educational Technology #GoOpen Landing Page:
https://tech.ed.gov/open/
● #GoOpen District Launch Packet:
https://tech.ed.gov/open/districts/launch/
● Office of Education Technology Story Engine
https://tech.ed.gov/stories/story_tag/openly-licensed-educational-
resources/
The goals for today’s session are:
● Overview of OER and how they can be used in our schools.
● Develop understanding of Creative Commons Licenses.
● Review of the #GoOpen movement.
● Identify tools and resources for finding and vetting OER.
● Discuss Pennsylvania’s entry into OER Commons and how
Educational Service Agencies can support their schools integrating
OER into their educational ecosystems.