ISKME presents its work with OER Commons, and connects Open Educational Resources (OER) to the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in and across states, districts and schools. Teachers and school leaders are building capacity for finding, creating, evaluating, and sharing digital resources online using OER Commons to meet the demands of the new standards.

1. Utilizing the Commons
for the Common Core
UC Berkeley, Leadership Studio
May 16, 2013
Amee Godwin, ISKME
ISKME 2013:
May 16, 2013

2. ISKME
Research, tools and services to advance teaching and learning
• Study
• Open
• Build

3. ‘Open’ and the Common Core
Key drivers and challenges
• Vision for the commons and shared standards, and
need for skills-building and supports
• Increased awareness around technology and
digital content, and decreased education funding
• Policy changes at State and District levels policy
around content, and uncertainty around
implementation

4. OER Commons

5. Are educators prepared to use an open digital library?

6. Are teachers finding the resources they need?

7. How are teachers creating shareable resources?
Using Open Author to create and remix OER

8. How to evaluate for OER Quality?
Achieve tool for evaluating resources on quality dimensions
Rubric dimensions:
1.Quality of explanation of
the subject matter
2.Utility of the materials
designed to support teaching
3.Quality of assessments
4.Quality of technological
interactivity
5.Quality of instructional and
practice exercises
6.Opportunities for deeper
learning

9. EQuIP tool for evaluating resources on alignment to state standards
Rubric dimensions:
1.Alignment to the depth of
the CCSS (Common Core State
Standards)
2.Key shifts in the CCSS
3.Instructional supports
4.Assessment
5.Overal rating for the
lesson/unit

10. Implementing CCSS with new resources
and processes…
• How can we help teachers determine what dimensions
of a resource need to be improved for it to be
considered exemplary?
• Where should professional development efforts with
teachers be focused?

11. Organizing and Tracking Resources
Resources by evaluation scores
Quality of
explanation of
subject matter
Quality of
technological
interactivity

12. Aggregating Usage Data
Evaluation activities by user
Michael Sander
Jessalyn Katona
Marta Levy
William Donovan
Avery Mitchell
Sam Olsson
Chris Senges
Indicates whether
goals for evaluating
(or tagging) resources
have been met
ISKME 2013:

13. Qualitative Reflections from Educators
User comments on evaluated resources
• All qualitative
comments can be
exported to a csv
file for content
analysis
• Comments can
provide insight
into needed
improvements to
the resource, what
is good about the
resource, and
ways the resource
can be used in the
classroom

14. How Might We Leverage OER to Address Challenges?
• Identify resources relevant to CCSS and select exemplars
for immediate use
• Align resources to the appropriate Common Core
standard(s)
• Evaluate resource quality
• Develop an easy-to-use organization system for educators

15. • The CA Department of Education will oversee
the development of free, online professional
learning modules that support educators in
delivering CCSS-aligned curriculum
• Topic areas include: CCSS overview;
instructional strategies for supporting student
learning and promoting creativity, innovation,
and critical thinking; integration of subject
knowledge; and instructional leadership and
coaching
Examples of What the States are Doing
California, OER and the Common Core

16. Examples of What the States are Doing
New York, OER and the Common Core
• NYC educators and national experts are
developing free, online CCSS-aligned
teaching strategies embedded in units of
study to support schools in implementing
the CCSS
• The free lesson plans and units will be
housed on the NYC DOE website, and will
be searchable by keyword, grade level,
subject area, and Common Core Learning
Standard

17. Examples of What the States are Doing
Utah, OER and the Common Core
• Utah has enacted legislation that
encourages districts to use free digital
materials
• The Utah State Department of Education is
currently developing open textbooks
aligned to the CCSS

18. “Open” and the Common Core
Next Practices that address challenges and needs
•Collections of freely available, sharable resources aligned
to the new standards
•Ability to quickly vet and organize new resources
•Clear method and location for organizing CCSS resources
•Collaborative approaches for resource creation and
improvement
•Project leaders, district administrators, state curriculum
developers and teachers are engaged

19. Amee Godwin, Director of Strategic Initiatives
amee@iskme.org
Institute for the Study of Knowledge
Management in Education
Half Moon Bay, California