The K-12 OER Collaborative aims to create comprehensive, high-quality open educational resources for K-12 math and English Language Arts, aligned with state learning standards. Open Educational Resources (OER) are essential as they lower the cost of instructional materials, increase control over content, and improve quality through frequent updates. The initiative involves multiple states and organizations focusing on developing materials that meet Common Core standards, offer diverse teaching strategies, and facilitate collaboration among educators.

1. K-12 OER Collaborative
Attribution to:
Jennifer Wolfe, The Learning Accelerator
Layla Bonnot, Council of Chief State School Officers
Karl Nelson, Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

2. http://k12oercollaborative.org/

3. K-12 OER Collaborative Members
States (12)
• AZ, CA, GA, ID, MN, NC, NV, OR, UT, WA, WI
Supporting organizations
• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
• The Learning Accelerator (TLA)
• Achieve
• Creative Commons
• Lumen Learning
• State Educational Technology Directors Association
(SETDA)
• State Instructional Materials Review Association
(SIMRA)
• Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM)

4. Project Goal
The K-12 OER Collaborative will create:
• comprehensive,
• high-quality,
• open educational resources (OER)
supporting K-12 math and ELA,
aligned with state learning standards.

5. What is OER?
Instructional materials that have been released under an
intellectual property license that allows for:
– Reuse: use the work verbatim, just exactly as you found it
– Rework: alter or transform the work so that it better
meets your needs
– Remix: combine the (verbatim or altered) work with other
works to better meet your needs
– Redistribute: share the verbatim work, the reworked work,
or the remixed work with others
– Retain: the right to make, own, and control copies of the
content

6. Why is OER important for K-12?
• Lowers costs of instructional materials
• Increases district/state control of content
– Open licenses allow resources to be modified to
meet local needs
– Allows schools to retain content rather than
locking content into annual licensing purchases
• Improves quality and allows for frequent
updates

7. OER State of the States*
*Based on a national survey of SEA deputies
Full report here: http://bit.ly/oerstates

8. Selected State OER Initiatives
• Kentucky Learning Depot: P-20 Repository
(http://kylearningdepot.org)
• Minnesota Learning Commons: Statewide tools and TA around
OER https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/minnesota
– Minnesota OER Commons: Supports content creation
https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/minnesota
• Innovative Digital Education and Learning-New Mexico (IDEAL-
NM): Statewide eLearning program, LMS to share OER
http://idealnewmexico.org/
• Digital Learning Department Washington OSPI: OER Portal
http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/

9. What is the greatest concern you have about your ability to implement Common Core-aligned instruction?

10. Why this project?
• Materials will be aligned to the Common Core
– Based on educator needs
– Enables states to collaborate
• Designed for digital
– Also, print-ready at a low cost
• Comprehensive materials
• Designed for long-term sustainability
• Openly licensed (CC BY 4.0)
• Coordinated effort of multiple states

11. Resources will:
• Address the CCSS Publisher’s Criteria for ELA and
Mathematics
• Include teacher materials providing strategies for
instruction for varying student needs
• Provide assessment strategies and tools that
provide sufficient guidance for interpreting
student performance
• Incorporate interactive and multimedia elements
that support quality teaching and learning

12. We’ll use an RFP to identify vendors
• Best way to find high-quality vendors, for best
price and timeline
• Open to all content developers
• Developers can build on existing work (as long
as the result is CC BY licensed)

13. Rapid Prototypes
• Allows us to pick vendors based on actual
performance
• Gives teachers and content experts
opportunity to give detailed feedback at the
start of the project

14. How can you get involved?
• Potential vendors
• States or districts
– Letters of support
– Educators on review teams