K-12 OER Collaborative

Attribution to:Jennifer Wolfe, The Learning Accelerator

Layla Bonnot, Council of Chief State School Officers

Karl Nelson, Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

http://k12oercollaborative.org/

K-12 OER Collaborative Members

States (12)• AZ, CA, GA, ID, MN, NC, NV, OR, UT, WA, WI

Supporting organizations • Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

• The Learning Accelerator (TLA)

• Achieve

• Creative Commons

• Lumen Learning

• State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)

• State Instructional Materials Review Association (SIMRA)

• Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM)

Project Goal

The K-12 OER Collaborative will create:

• comprehensive,

• high-quality,

• open educational resources (OER)

supporting K-12 math and ELA,

aligned with state learning standards.

What is OER?

Instructional materials that have been released under an intellectual property license that allows for:

– Reuse: use the work verbatim, just exactly as you found it

– Rework: alter or transform the work so that it better meets your needs

– Remix: combine the (verbatim or altered) work with other works to better meet your needs

– Redistribute: share the verbatim work, the reworked work, or the remixed work with others

– Retain: the right to make, own, and control copies of the content

Why is OER important for K-12?

• Lowers costs of instructional materials

• Increases district/state control of content

– Open licenses allow resources to be modified to meet local needs

– Allows schools to retain content rather than locking content into annual licensing purchases

• Improves quality and allows for frequent updates

OER State of the States*

*Based on a national survey of SEA deputies Full report here: http://bit.ly/oerstates

Selected State OER Initiatives• Kentucky Learning Depot: P-20 Repository

(http://kylearningdepot.org)

• Minnesota Learning Commons: Statewide tools and TA around OER https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/minnesota – Minnesota OER Commons: Supports content creation

https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/minnesota

• Innovative Digital Education and Learning-New Mexico (IDEAL-NM): Statewide eLearning program, LMS to share OER http://idealnewmexico.org/

• Digital Learning Department Washington OSPI: OER Portal http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/

What is the greatest concern you have about your ability to implement Common Core-aligned instruction?

Why this project?

• Materials will be aligned to the Common Core– Based on educator needs

– Enables states to collaborate

• Designed for digital– Also, print-ready at a low cost

• Comprehensive materials

• Designed for long-term sustainability

• Openly licensed (CC BY 4.0)

• Coordinated effort of multiple states

Resources will:

• Address the CCSS Publisher’s Criteria for ELA and Mathematics

• Include teacher materials providing strategies for instruction for varying student needs

• Provide assessment strategies and tools that provide sufficient guidance for interpreting student performance

• Incorporate interactive and multimedia elements that support quality teaching and learning

We’ll use an RFP to identify vendors

• Best way to find high-quality vendors, for best price and timeline

• Open to all content developers

• Developers can build on existing work (as long as the result is CC BY licensed)

Rapid Prototypes

• Allows us to pick vendors based on actual performance

• Gives teachers and content experts opportunity to give detailed feedback at the start of the project

How can you get involved?

• Potential vendors

• States or districts

– Letters of support

– Educators on review teams