1. WELCOME Grace Yeh/Kathy Mansfield

2. Open Educational Resources Support for Classroom Instruction  Introduction  What is Open Educational Resources (OER)?  Why use OER?  Demo of OER websites  Open Textbooks  OER Guiding Questions  Q & A

3. ? ?? I have taught the unit for a week now, but Johnny is not getting it! Are there resources that I can use to help him?

4. Watch this demo!demo  Click on Area of Triangles and Quadrilaterals  This is an example of OER

5. What is Open Educational Resources (OER)?  teaching, learning, and research resources  reside in public domain or have been released to permit free use or re-purposing  include  full courses  course materials  modules  textbooks  streaming videos Atkins, Daniel E.; John Seely Brown, Allen L. Hammond (2007-02). "A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities". Menlo Park, CA: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. p. 4. http://www.hewlett.org/uploads/files/Hewlett_OER_report.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-03.  tests  software, and  any other tools, materials, or techniques

6. Building on the Past Building on the Past by Justin Cone is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

7. Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike No Derivative Works.  Provides free, easy-to-use, simple, standardized way to pre-clear copyrights to creative work.  CC licenses “some rights reserved.” Information from http://creativecommons.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses#cite_note-5

8. Six Regularly Used Creative Commons Licenses Information from http://creativecommons.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses#cite_note-5

9.  Allow teachers’ access to instructional materials that are: –high quality –diverse and worldwide knowledge –usually beyond the means of their schools –at little or no cost  Use OER for remedial and/or enrichment instruction.  Allow teachers’ possible reuse and remix of content, depending on the source to customize learning for the students  To expand knowledge and stay current  To connect with teachers or learners who have similar interests Why use OER?

10. Demo of OER websites

11. OER Commons  Allow to search, browse, evaluate, and discuss over 30,000 high-quality OER that are already posted somewhere on the Internet  Supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  Search Resources  OER Materials  Conditions of use Source of information: http://www.oercommons.org/

12. Other Search Tools  Curriki Curriki  Jorum Jorum  Temoa Temoa  iBerry iBerry  OER Recommender OER Recommender  FREE FREE

13. NROC(National Repository of Online Courses)  Offer high-quality content in a course format  Correlated with popular textbooks  HippoCampus provides free access to NROC multimedia content.  KVHS purchases membership and offers HippoCampus content tailored to Kentucky standards  Access HippoCampus through KVHS, KVHS tab, and then click on the logoKVHS  New content, new feature will be released this summer.

14. SAS ® Curriculum Pathways ®Curriculum Pathways  Provide content that are standards- based  Incorporate interactive multimedia technology into the lessons  Launch a new version this summer  Technology personnel subscribes to the site

15. OpenCourseware (OCW)  Why OCW? Why OCW  In October 2002, MIT launched MIT OpenCourseWare  Universities make educational materials, such as lecture videos, lecture notes, exams etc. organized as courses free, open and available to the world online  Many higher educational institutes have joined the movement, including, John Hopkins, Yale, Tufts University, University of Michigan

16. MIT OpenCourseware Highlights for High School  Highlights for High School Guided Tour 2009 Highlights for High School Guided Tour 2009  Introductory MIT Courses, Exam Preparation or High School Courses Developed by MIT  Hands-on Learning and Knowledge in Action

17. Khan Academy  Provides over 2100 free videos covering K-12 topics such as math, biology, chemistry, physics, finance and history  100 self-paced exercises  Allows access to statistics, map of knowledge, and classroom data  Santa Rita Elementary-CA: pilot program

18. Sample Content Repositories  PhET simulations for physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math PhET  PhysClips multimedia introduction to physics. PhysClips  HEAL Free, high-quality digital materials for health sciences education HEAL  Mission U.S. http://www.mission-us.org/ a multimedia project featuring free online role-playing game about American historyhttp://www.mission-us.org/  iCivics http://www.icivics.org/ uses game play to teach middle school students about civic engagement.http://www.icivics.org/  Project Gutenberg largest single collection of free electronic books. Project Gutenberg  Digital Library for Earth Science Ed. Digital Library for Earth Science Ed.  Math Archives Math Archives  The National Science Digital Library(NSF) The National Science Digital Library

19. Thinkfinity  Verizon Foundation: 11 Content Partners  Thousands of free educational resources –K-12 lesson plans –Student interactive tools and games –Podcasts –Videos –Reference materials –Searchable by state standards

20. Content Partner: Smithsonian Building a Sod House

21. Open Textbooks

22. What makes a textbook “open?”  Copyright-holder grants usage rights to the public through an “open license,” which typically includes the right to access, reformat, and customize it at no additional cost  Accessible online

23. How to choose an open textbook  Find the right textbook –Search repositories  Review and evaluate –Meets content standards? –Platform compatible?  Decide if you want to use it as is, or edit –Check for licensing allowances  Distribute it to your students –Online? Downloadable PDF? Print shop?

24. To consider...  Teacher training  Student training  Parent training All of the above need ready and reliable access at the point of need

25. Open Access Textbook Examples  Free HS Textbooks Free HS Textbooks –Free –Customizable –Science and Mathematics  CK12 Flexbooks CK12 Flexbooks –Free –Customizable –Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

26. Other Online Resources  Exploratorium Exploratorium –(Cow’s Eye Dissection):  Digital Vaults Digital Vaults  Kentucky Virtual Library Kentucky Virtual Library

27. OER Guiding Questions Ask yourself:  Does the activity help the students meet the learning targets?  Is the activity grade-appropriate?  Does the activity engage the students?  Will students have enough information to complete the tasks?  Do you and/or the students have the necessary technology requirements to access the activity?  Is there sufficient time for the work?  How can you assess your student’s learning outcome for the activity?

28. Questions?

29. Contact Information  Grace Yeh –Grace.yeh@education.ky.govGrace.yeh@education.ky.gov  Kathy Mansfield –Kathy.Mansfield@education.ky.govKathy.Mansfield@education.ky.gov 502-564-2106 (KY Dept. of Education)