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Open Educational Resources (OER)

OER Commons

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Goals

  • Provide a brief explanation of OER in general
  • Provide a brief overview and explanation of OER Commons specifically

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What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

  • Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license. These resources may be used free of charge, distributed without restriction, and modified without permission. (OSPI Digital Learning Department)

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OER Commons

  • The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) created OER Commons to provide support for and build a knowledge base around the use and reuse of open educational resources (OER). As a network for teaching and learning materials, the web site offers engagement with resources in the form of social bookmarking, tagging, rating, and reviewing.
  • https://www.oercommons.org/

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Register

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https://www.oercommons.org/registration�

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https://www.oercommons.org/my�

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Let’s Verify

Check email to verify your account

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Discover

  • Click “Discover” on home page https://www.oercommons.org/
    • Subject Areas
    • Grade Levels
    • Materials Types

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Practice

  • Go forth and explore!

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Connect

  • Click on “Groups” on OER home page

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  • Click “See All Groups”

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  • Search for Northeastern School District and click “Request to Join”

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  • Also- feel free to join other groups of interest to you (Ex: Lincoln IU 12, OER STEM)