This document provides information about ISLE Open Educational Resources (IOER) and how it is being used by Illinois workNet. IOER allows organizations to curate and share open educational resources. It sources resources from various organizations and allows users to access them across different devices. Illinois workNet uses IOER to provide resources to users on its website and programs related to jobs, education and training. The document describes how workforce and education partners can create an IOER account, join the Illinois workNet library, and contribute resources using tags to make them accessible on Illinois workNet.

1. ISLE Open Educational Resources
Curating Resources
for
Illinois workNet®
June 23, 2017 v2
www.illinoisworknet.com / www.ilsharedlearning.org

2. IOER and Illinois workNet
• What is IOER?
• How are others are using IOER?
• How is Illinois workNet using IOER?
• How can I, as a Workforce & Education Partner, tag resources?
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ilsharedlearning.org

3. What is IOER?
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ISLE Open Educational Resources (IOER) provides open
access to career and education resources. It is open to
anyone but also provides organizations the ability to
determine their members and what resources they want to
share.
IOER gets resources from:
• National Learning Registry
• STEM Learning Exchanges
• State Agencies
• Schools, organizations, and people who create open
educational resources.
Responsive design ensures the app works on devices
ranging from smart phones to iPads to PCs.

4. STEM Learning Exchanges
Examples of STEM Learning Exchanges actively using OER:
• Health Science – Entire high school curriculum and library
with curated resources and widgets are on their website.
• Information Technology – Ongoing tagging of resources
curated for their library and widgets are on their website.
• Energy – Ongoing tagging of resources curated for their
library and learning list and widgets are on their website.
• Finance – Ongoing tagging of resource curated for their
library and for a financial literacy library and financial
literacy widget for NIU P-20 Financial Literacy web page.
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5. IOER Integration with Other ISLE Apps
• App Launcher – School district staff sign in
and can launch the IOER web app. The app
launcher keeps the staff signed in so they
can use all tools and functionality when
they open up IOER.
• NIU Dashboard for K-12 Schools – School
district staff have direct access to IOER via
their dashboards. When they access any of
the IOER screens directly on their
dashboards, the IOER keeps the staff
signed in so they can use all tools and
functionality.
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IlliniCloud App Launcher

6. Illinois workNet
IOER is used to provide internal and
external resources to users of the website
and statewide programs. Illinois workNet
staff curate these resources to show on
the:
• jobPrep App
• Resource Searches
• Related Resources
• WIOA Works
• Illinois Pathways
• Other Statewide Program Sites
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7. How You Can Contribute – Step 1
Illinois workNet encourages
Workforce & Education Partners to
start using IOER to share your
resources on Illinois workNet!
Step 1 – Create an Account on the
Illinois Open Educational Resources
(IOER) Website
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8. How You Can Contribute – Step 2
Step 2 – Join the Illinois workNet
Library
1. Go to
https://ioer.ilsharedlearning.org/Libr
ary/100/Illinois_workNet
2. Click the Join This Library Tab
3. Enter Message Indicating You’d Like
to Join Group
1. “As an Illinois workNet Workforce &
Education Partner I would like to
contributed resources.”
4. Hit Send Request
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9. How You Can Contribute – Step 3
Step 3 - Use the workNet Tagger to
Contribute Resources to the Illinois workNet
Library:
1. Enter URL/Browse Computer to Upload
File*
2. Enter Title *
3. Enter Description *
4. Enter Keywords *
5. Update Usage Rights *
6. Select Library/Collection
7. Tag
1. Resource Type *
2. Media Type *
3. Career Cluster
4. End User
8. Finish!
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http://ioer.ilsharedlearning.org/tagger?theme=worknet_public&mode=tag

10. You’re Done!
Now that you’ve tagged your
resource:
1. Illinois workNet staff will
review and approve.
2. Customers will see your
resource on Illinois workNet!
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11. Sponsored by:
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
and Illinois State Board of Education
www.illinoisworknet.com / www.ilsharedlearning.org
Contact the Team:
Online contact form:
http://www.illinoisworknet.com/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx
Email: info@illinoisworknet.com