A transition to Open Educational Resources (OER) represents a commitment to increased equity, increased personalization, and increased rigor and relevance. However, the transition to OER requires attention to myriad factors. One of the primary opportunities that schools and districts should consider is developing teacher capacity and teacher teams to curate and customize curricula. Oftentimes, teachers […]
Our principals are required to be exceptional in a lot of facets of executive leadership. Foundational among these skills is the ability to create, articulate, and execute on a vision of excellence for teaching and learning. Vision is a crucial condition for success in a school. More and more school leaders are realizing that to […]
The Learning Accelerator and OER Almost three years ago, The Learning Accelerator (TLA) began its journey into open education resources (OER). As our understanding of OER deepened, we saw exciting opportunities for a new model of instructional materials: high quality, standards-aligned and low cost. These new OER materials had the potential to improve student learning, […]
Cupertino, CA — November 19, 2015 — The K–12 OER Collaborative, an organization dedicated to increasing the quality and effectiveness of K–12 instructional materials while substantially reducing their cost to school districts nationwide, today announced it is starting its next phase of work in creating full-course materials. The Collaborative is launching a partnership with Illustrative […]
Executive with 30 years leadership experience across both the public and private technology sectors, most recently as a Managing Director at Pearson Education Cupertino, CA — August 28, 2015 — The K-12 OER Collaborative, an organization dedicated to increasing the quality and effectiveness of K-12 instructional materials while substantially reducing their cost to school districts […]
K-12 Collaborative releases RFP for new education resources Yesterday at the Open Education in Washington, D.C. we announced the release of the K-12 OER Collaborative’s Request for Proposals to create full-course Open Education Resource (OER) content across K-12 grade bands. In my work at The Learning Accelerator, I’m dedicated to seeking out the best solutions […]
One school’s experience using instructional materials to advance personalized, mastery-based learning By: Kristi Ransick In the midst of the uncertainty and change that has unfolded in school systems in 2020, one topic that isn’t getting enough attention is the role that high-quality curriculum materials could play in mitigating the widening achievement gap due to the […]
In total, there are 98 Launch Districts and 23 Ambassador Districts in the #GoOpen initiative, a nationwide Office of Ed Tech campaign to support school districts adopting and implementing Open Educational Resources (OER). A Launch District makes the following commitments: Identifying a team of leaders who can apply best practices for their implementation of OER […]
