Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning assets from around the world that are free to use, edit, and share. Driven by implementation of new state learning standards, interest in OER are high as educators reassess their instructional materials. They have the potential to engage teachers more fully in curricula, allowing them to adapt content to their students’ needs. In this session, OSPI’s OER project will identify strategies for parents to also take advantage of OER, giving them the opportunity to do what they do best—curate quality educational resources and leverage them to assist their children. This session will highlight how parents use OER effectively. This includes: 1. Showing kids how to access online images, music, and articles for reports without violating copyright 2. Providing access to targeted homework help 3. Locating sites that offer resources that engage kids and supplement the school experience 4. Exploring sites that offer full-course instructional materials We’ll also discuss OSPI’s OER Project and how it is helping teachers locate and review exemplary open resources. Visit http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/ for more information about the OER project. Barbara Soots; OSPI (OER)

1. Barbara Soots
Open Educational Resources Program Manager
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
barbara.soots@k12.wa.us
Washington K–12 OER Project:
Guide to Open Educational Resources
WALA Conference – March 2016
Mt. Rainier by Wsigemund Service CC BY SA

2. Agenda
OER 101
OSPI’s OER Project
Locating OER
Reviewing OER
OER and District Policy
OER for Parents and Mentors

3. Introductions…
Photo by Robert Occhlallni – CC BY NC
How does you ALE program
currently select and adopt
instructional materials?
http://padlet.com/barbara_soots/IM

4. Why OER…
4Question Mark by Alexander Drachmann – CC BY SA

5. Educators love to share…
Sharing by ryancr – CC BY NC

6. Look familiar?

7. Do I have permission to…
Download and print this?
Make adaptations?
Share this with my colleagues?
Repost and distribute this
material and any adaptations I
make on a wider scale?
Who do I go to for answers to these
questions?

8. What’s protected by copyright?
BOOKS
SCRIBBLES
DOODLES
MOVIES
ARTICLES
MUSIC
BALLETS
PHOTOGRAPHS
SOFTWARE
PLAYS
SCULTPTURE
ARCHITECTURE
PAINTINGS
WEBSITES
Copyright sign by Horla Varian – CC BY

9. Open licenses
help avoid
you becoming
a copyright
detective!
Consulting detective with pipe and magnifying glass by DooFi dedicated to Public Domain

10. OER clearly define user permissions

11. OER promote innovative uses of materials…

12. Spectrum of Pencils by designsbykari – CC BY NC
OER are not one specific type of resource
Image and audio resources
Books in the public domain
Video and audio lectures
Interactive simulations
Game-based learning programs
Lesson plans
Textbooks
Online course curricula
Professional learning programs

13. Photo by nickwheeleroz – CC NC SA
OPEN is not the same as FREE
Any free resources on the
internet FREE is not the same
as OPEN.
Strictly digital resources
OER is a license not a delivery
platform.
A replacement for copyright
Open licenses are just a set of
permitted uses that the
copyright holder clarifies.

14. OER are…
Open Educational
Resources (OER)
reside in the public
domain or have been
released under an
intellectual property
license that permits
their free use and
re-purposing.
Beyond Definitions by opensource.com – CC BY SA

15. The 5 Rs of OER
Reuse — copy verbatim
Redistribute — share with
others
Revise — adapt and edit
Remix — combine
resources
Retain — make, own, &
control copies
Letter R by Leo Reynolds – CC BY NC SA

16. Open Licenses
All Rights
Reserved
No Rights
Reserved
Traditional Copyright
Alone
Public Domain
Some Rights
Reserved
Open License
Adapted from Creative Commons in the Classroom – J. Goates
http://www.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-commons-in-the-classroom-2013#/

17. More accommodating
More restrictive
Creative Commons Licenses
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

18. Rainbow by Pepijn Schmitz – CC BY NC SA
District/ALE
Cost shift from textbooks to
other critical areas
Up to date, innovative materials
Collaboration and partnerships
Continual quality improvement
and standards alignment
Support for independent and
differentiated learning
Solve legal concerns with
distribution and adaptation
Benefits of OER
Additional benefits for home
support
Provide access to targeted
homework help
Resources that engage kids
and supplement the school
experience
College exam preparation

19. OER promote innovative uses of materials…

20. Timing is Right
New learning standards, frameworks, and assessments

21. “The legislature finds the state's
recent adoption of new learning
standards provides an
opportunity to develop a library
of high-quality, openly licensed
K-12 courseware that is aligned
with these standards.”
Washington State Capitol by Piutus – CC BY
Washington OER Project

22. Questions…
22Question Mark by Alexander Drachmann – CC BY SA
What should our vetting process look like?
How well do different OER platforms work
when the device is offline (for students who
do not have Internet access)?
How do we provide support for
staff on how to review, choose
and update an OER resource?
So many OER textbook publications are paper intensive but we need to print
to ensure equity of access for our students. How can this be overcome?
What are the implications of using OER
with respect to current district policies?
How do different OER delivery platforms
work with our existing LMS?
How we can effectively access high quality,
up to date curriculum materials?
How do we locate other districts doing
similar work to collaborate and share?
If OER are adopted, how often would they
need to be reviewed to ensure that they
continue to meet the established need? Should OER be considered supplemental?

23. Rhino by Chris Ingrassia – CC BY
Finding target resources
Evaluating quality and alignment
Access and security issues
District policies that don’t recognize OER as an option
Challenges with OER

24. But Wait…

25. Course Design and Instructional Materials Selection Cycle
Identify
Target Goals
Review
Existing
Course Design
Select
Instructional
Materials &
Implement
Course
Assess
Effectiveness
Where do we
want to go? Where are we now?
How do we get there?Was it worth the trip?

26. Clownfish by Leszek Leszczynski – CC BY
Finding OER

27. Internet Search Engines
Google Advanced Search

28. OER Commons
https://www.oercommons.org/
Curriki
http://www.curriki.org/
National Science Digital Library
https://nsdl.oercommons.org/
OER Repositories

29. Full Course OER
EngageNY
Full-Course OER
EngageNY

30. CK12
Full-Course OER
CK-12

31. Utah Open Textbooks
Full-Course OER
Utah Department of Education

32. Adapted from Building Blocks by libertygrace0 – CC BY
Need to supplement core instructional materials?
Interactives/video
Kahn Academy
TED Ed
Teaching Channel
PBS Learning Media

33. Need to supplement core instructional materials?
Do you want to play a game or interactive simulation…
PhET Interactive Simulations
Rice Center for Technology
Center for Game Science
Concord Consortium
Nobelprize Games

34. Help educators select high quality materials
Provide information for materials adoptions
Identify gaps in Common Core alignment
apples by msr – CC BY NC SA
Reviewing OER

35. CCSS Worksheet
IMET Rubric
EQuIP Rubrics
Achieve OER Rubrics
Reviewers Comments
How to Evaluate Quality

36. 24 Full-Course Curricula:
Algebra 1, Geometry, Integrated Math 1
& 2, Grades 6-8 Mathematics
WA Reviewed Resources
MathematicsEnglish Language Arts
60 Units (3-6 wks):
Grades 6-12 ELA
Reviewed OER Library

37. Implementation
Who needs to approve use?
Who needs to vet?
What training is required for
successful implementation?
Accessibility?
How could the district support
editing and adaptation?
Are print options available?
Technology
Can the resource be accessed off
line?
If digital in nature, does it work
with all our devices?
Are any apps required to run the
resource?
How could the digital material be
edited?
Additional Considerations

38. Textbook photo by Cassidy Curtis – CC BY NC SA
Multimedia by hugoespinozas – CC BY NC SA
District Policy
The Changing Face of Instructional Materials

39. Under the Instructional Materials Umbrella
Individual units, lessons, and plans
Supplemental resources
Assessments
K-12 core curricula
District-created materials/resources
Online courses
Teacher-created materials
Maple by kanegen – CC BY
May be printed or digital.
May carry different licensing types
from open to all rights reserved.

40. WSSDA Featured Policies
District Sample Policies & Procedures
– Updated April 2015
Instructional Materials Selection &
Adoption: Policy 2020; 2020P
New Instructional Materials Model Policy

41. OER at home…a slightly different twist
The need to create derivative works becomes slightly less important
As home engagement resources, vetting for alignment to standards can be less
stringent
Individual as opposed to institutional use can increase number of resources to
access and use legally
Photo by Nina Matthews Photography – CC BY

42. Need an on-demand tutor?
Homework and study help
HippocampusCK-12: Braingenie
(not an open resource for institutions)

43. What classes should I take next year?
College and career prep
EdReady

44. That SAT prep course was how much?
Exam prep
CK-12 Testive Kahn Academy

45. Brush up on info to help with homework
Of course I remember how to do that…
Kahn Academy for Parents and Mentors

46. You need a copy of War and Peace by when?
Public domain literature
Project Gutenberg
ManyBooks
Librivox

47. OER Beyond Washington State
K–12 OER Collaborative
info@k12oercollaborative.org
@k12oer
K-12 OER Collaborative

48. OER Beyond Washington State
#GoOpen – US Department of Education
#GoOpen
Department of Education is proposing a new regulation that
would require all copyrightable intellectual property created
with Department grant funds to have an open license.
Cohort of 10 districts has taken up the #GoOpen challenge to
replace at least one textbook with openly licensed educational
resources within the next year.
#GoOpen Ambassador Districts currently use openly licensed
educational materials and are committed to helping other
districts understand how to effectively discover and curate these
resources

49. Movement by Gwenaël Piaser – CC BY NC SA
Any change in how you
might select resources in
the future?
What types of support
does you ALE program
need to review, selection,
and implement aligned
instructional material?
Discuss Next Steps

50. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
@waOSPI_OER
barbara.soots@k12.wa.us
http://www.k12.wa.us/http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer
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