Using Statewide, Online, and Open Education

Resources in the New Digital Era

What is BadgerLink?

• Project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries and Technology

• BadgerLink is Wisconsin’s online library which provides access to licensed content such as magazines, newspapers, scholarly articles, videos, images, and music…

Math Practice

Games and Activities

Images

Video

Maps

Full-Text Articles

Author Interviews

Book Suggestions

$2.2 Million

$74 Million

BadgerLink is available to ALL

Wisconsin residents

How does authentication work?

• BadgerLink identifies you as a Wisconsin resident by looking at your computer Internet Protocol (IP) address

• Example IP address: 165.189.15.31

On a map you have a physical address…

Online you have an IP address

How does authentication work?

• We maintain an anonymous list of (over three million!) Wisconsin IP addresses!

• With a registered IP, you get direct access to our resources

• If you don’t have one of those IP addresses…

BadgerLink & Copyright

OER?

• BadgerLink is available to all Wisconsin residents at no direct cost.

• BadgerLink is not an OER– Content not in the public domain– No released under an open license

How can I use this?

http://www.badgerlink.net/help/copyright

• For non-commercial, educational

use• Cite information• Not posted where it could

potentially be seen by non-Wisconsin residents

CommonLinks

CommonLinks’ Mission

To correlate the state's educational resources made available through BadgerLink with learning standards, text complexity information, and other key educational features. 

Under Current Development

• http://commonlinks.dpi.wi.gov/ • About 20 records

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Why CommonLinks?

• Resources are aligned and described according to a thoughtful consideration of educator's needs. The project hopes to make it easy to find, save, rate, and share quality resources. 

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Future

• Add more records• Expand collaboration• Promotion

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