Author: Barbara Soots Institution: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Country: United States
Topic: Connecting Open Education to Primary and Secondary (K-12) Education Sector: K-12 UNESCO Area of Focus: Building capacity Session Format: Presentation
Abstract
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) OER Project works with school districts to:
• increase awareness of openly licensed materials,
• promote open policies, and
• explore OER as an important part of their instructional materials strategy.
As more districts develop or adapt OER, we have a tremendous opportunity to share resources - promoting equitable access to standards-aligned, quality instructional materials.
Over the past five years, small competitive grants have been awarded to districts developing or adapting OER. In order to share these materials beyond the creating school district, we have worked with OER Commons to create a Washington K-12 OER Hub. Our hub contains reviewed courses and units developed by OSPI grantees or collaborators and aligned to Washington K-12 Learning Standards. It is an evolving site with resources added as they are developed.
In this session, we’ll review findings from our grant program, including numbers of teachers and students served, costs shifted to other areas, and challenges and benefits - both anticipated and unexpected. Several developed resources from OER Project grantees will be highlighted.
Keywords
K-12, grants, OER development, OER policy, state department of education
I find the information at OER Commons and Washington OER Hub to be very practical and helpful. There is just tons of good stuff that we can start to put into our programs here in Uganda.
Thank you so much.
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Kristina
Hello Barbara,
I really found your presentations helpful. I would very much like to continue in conversation with you after the conference.
My day is in a bit of turmoil. There has been some serious political unrest in the country, 8 people have been killed and there is ongoing rioting so my attention is a bit divided at the moment.
What is the best way for us to stay in touch? My email is bko@ucan.co.ug
Hope you have a good day.
Beat
I’m so sorry to hear about all the turmoil going on – that is terrible! I hope are staying safe.
I’m happy to continue the K-12 OER conversation as you are available. Please feel free to contact me at this email address. Until then, you may find this helpful:
