OER in Practice: Changing the Equation, an Overview of Curriki’s Free and Professional Services Joshua Marks CTO, Curriki June 13, 2011

Outline The problem (Changing the equation) Who we are and what we do Curriki history (From FOSS to OER) Enabling communities of practice and empowering educators Peer and community review Tailoring and differentiating instruction Free Services (Find, Build, Share, Collaborate) Professional Services that help realize the value Teacher professional development Curriculum management, customization and development LMS integration Media, production and editorial support

Changing the Education Equation

Remediation ≠ access to effective teachers and quality content Achievement Gap College Graduation rates STEM Graduates Losing Ground to ROW Teachers + Text Books + Students = Education The Current Equation HS Graduation rates The problem $ Expensive and static print materials

Remediation Achievement Gap College Graduation rates STEM Graduates The Desired Equation HS Graduation rates The solution Gaining Ground = access to effective teachers and materials of all types Engaged Students + Effective Teachers + Open and Shared Digital Resources Successful Education $ Free digital materials

Who we are The leading K-12 global community for teachers, students and parents to create, share and find free learning resources that improve teacher effectiveness and student performance 501 (c) 3

“Students today are raised on technology. The way students interact, learn and share is changing - education needs to adapt to those changes. Continued focus on eliminating barriers to education by leveraging technology and the network will help bridge the digital divide and deliver world-class education to everyone. Today’s students are the leaders of tomorrow and it is our duty to provide the education they need to shape the future.” Scott McNealy Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Founder, Curriki Education Dynamics

Find and use free EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 43,000+ digital learning objects in all subject matter areas (K-14) Search by subject, level, type Any format Global contributors, with community and users ratings and reviews Join and participate in COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE Find or create topical or regional curriculum and support groups Open or Closed Membership Build, manage and peer review resource collections (lessons, units or courses) Peer review and support Share best practices and strategies Publish content and integrate into LMS solutions What is Curriki? Organize, manage and create and exchange PERSONAL CONTENT Build custom collections of resources (Remix) Create Resources Improve and edit resources Share and exchange materials

Think of Curriki as: Social Networking Open Source Licensing Expert and Community Reviews Personalized Content Collections Library of Congress Community developed Videos, podcasts, Animations, Simulations

Global Education Learning Community 501(c)3 Peer Review System Full Chemistry Curriculum Standards Alignment Launched first website Focus on building curriculum and collections ADVOCACY for Open Resources < SUN establishes the Java Community Process for FOSS development Curriculum Building tools Resources 22,000 35,000 42,000 Members 56,000 98, ,000 Groups Group Collaboration tools < SUN ‘ERC’ meeting with Ministers of Education

What is a Community Process for the creation of Open Educational Resources (OERs)? Community: A group of individuals with common self-interest sharing an environment. Process: A method and sequence of steps for achieving an outcome Educational Resources: Learning Objects, Activities, Lesson Plans, Video, Audio, Documents, Source and Reference Material, Textbooks, Tutorials, Data, or any other digital assets useful for teaching and learning. Open: Means both Open Access (free to use) and Open Source (able to be modified and redistributed.)

Value of OER Community developed vs. Silo developed Resources are modifiable and customizable (Dynamic vs. static content) Modular and remixable Investment in Human Capital beyond the IP of the instructional materials Teachers develop a deeper understanding of subject matter when they participate in curriculum selection, sequencing and improvement Build communities of practice to support effective instructional strategies and identify and share best practices. Enabled transition to fully digital materials Facilitates differentiation of instruction, accessibility and UDL Fosters creativity an exploration of new methods and practices

What You Can Do on Curriki Connect to data Engage and Share Find and Access Assemble and Plan Rate and Review Create Modify Contribute The growth of a Curriki User

What You Can Do on Curriki Connect to data Engage and Share Find and Access Assemble and Plan Rate and Review Create Modify Contribute The growth of a Curriki User

What You Can Do on Curriki Connect to data Engage and Share Find and Access Assemble and Plan Rate and Review Create Modify Contribute The growth of a Curriki User

What You Can Do on Curriki Connect to data Engage and Share Find and Access Assemble and Plan Rate and Review Create Modify Contribute The growth of a Curriki User

Share resource with friends and colleagues via Social Networks Join and collaborate in topical or regional groups

Embed resources and collections into your LMS or school portal.

What You Can Do on Curriki Connect to data Engage and Share Find and Access Assemble and Plan Rate and Review Lead Create Modify Contribute The growth of a Curriki User

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Professional Services help realize value Curriki provides a range of training, professional services and support packages to help individuals, schools, organizations, e-learning technology vendors and curriculum publishers use and get the most out f OER and the Curriki service. Teacher PD courses to help integrate OER into instruction School and District OER consulting services help administrators discover and share their latent resources and unlock their human capital Editorial services for building, adapting and aligning resources collections to meet local needs and as part of published works Technical Support programs and integration services Application customization (Adding features and functions as users require them)

Professional Development Workshops INTRODUCTION TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OERS) During this half-day workshop covering Open Educational Resources (OERs) as alternatives to textbooks for K-12 teachers, participants will learn how OER broaden the use of alternatives to textbooks while maintaining instructional quality, and lowers costs. INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL COPYRIGHTS In this half-day session, participants will be introduced to various aspects of digital copyrights, including free models of distribution, types of licenses, the importance of applying digital copyrights, and how to correctly attribute a digitally licensed work. USING CURRIKI.ORG AND OERS TO ENHANCE CURRICULUM DESIGN This half-day workshop is designed for teachers who want to learn how to use open educational resources to enhance their classroom curriculum and to collaborate with other teachers. At the end of the workshop each participant will have created a unit(s) of study. Participants will also learn how they can contribute to the Curriki repository.

Professional Development Workshops PUBLISHING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OERS) ON CURRIKI During this half-day workshop participants will learn how to publish a variety of instructional materials and media into the Curriki repository: an instructional video, a lesson plan written in text, a recording of a lecture, an interactive learning exercise designed in Flash, a Zip archive containing an entire course's reference material, and more. Each participant will create a personal collection of resources from their published material. COLLABORATION WITH CURRIKI GROUPS During this half-day workshop we will provide a basic overview about using group tools on Curriki. Currently, dozens of organizations, schools, and districts are using groups on Curriki to communicate, collaborate, share curricula, and more. People using groups on Curriki range from educators undertaking formal curriculum and professional development efforts to more informal groups of interest or practice. Participants will create new groups invite others to their groups add curriculum and resources to their groups, manage a discussion, and join the groups that others have created. CURRIKI ADVANCED TOPICS This half-day workshop will introduce teachers to the use of Curriki for selecting and creating curricula from the Curriki Open Educational Resources (OER) and other OER resources. Participants will learn how to find, edit and "mix and remix" content. At the end of the workshop each participant will have created a unit(s) of study. The workshop will provide instruction for building customized content using the Curriki platform and tools.

Resources 55,000 95, , , ,000 Members 400, , ,000 1,000,000 1,250,000 Groups , Content and learning services: Suggest Alignment Publishers Content Real-time Scoring Formative and Summative Assessments Content Packaging and conversion Custom Curation Service Open Courseware delivery Analytics Teacher and Student Portfolios Community and content: SSO with Social networks More Collaboration Tools Vertical Groups Assessment items an tests Collection rendering Search and Discovery APIs Notifications Enterprise and “Federated” hosting services Platform/Tools: Platform Upgrade Multiple LMS/PLE Interoperability Auto Translation Dynamic Assembly Adaptive Learning Interactive templates

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