Introduction to the Washington Hub on OER Commons

Introduction to the Washington Hub on OER Commons Barbara Soots OER and Instructional Materials Program Manager, OSPI oercommons. org/hubs/washington

• Understand the purpose and organization of the OER Commons Washington Hub • Learn how to search for, download, and remix resources Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash Goals

• 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. Robots by annemazo | CC 0 What are OER?

OER are… OER = Free + Permissions Retain Reuse The 5 Rs: Remix Revise Redistribute Icons from OER Guidance for Schools, commissioned by Leicester City Council, produced by Björn Haßler, Helen Neo and Josie Fraser. Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4. 0.

Washington K-12 OER Project • OER Awareness and Advocacy increasing district awareness of OER and providing resources to locate, evaluate, adopt, and implement OER. • OER Review and Development working with districts to develop fullcourse or unit level OER aligned to learning standards. • OER Library Curation maintaining a library of resources that have been developed by OSPI grantees or collaborators and aligned to Washington K-12 Learning Standards. Awareness Adapting/ Developing Sharing/ Distribution OSPI building | CC BY Washington K-12 OER Project

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Search by content area, grade band, standard, or material type. oercommons. org OER Commons

OER Commons Resource Card Each resource entry gives a description and information about the license type and permissions. OER Commons

Washington Hub on OER Commons Harnessing the potential of OER to share resources widely - promoting equitable access to standards-aligned, quality instructional materials. OER Commons Washington Hub

Washington Hub on OER Commons 2 3 sections: • OSPI Content Areas • OSPI Grantees and Collaborators • Washington Districts/Schools OER Commons Washington Hub

Resource Highlight Social Studies Group (OSPI Content Areas) Washington Social Studies This group, curated by OSPI, contains resources created by and for educators including instructional materials, review rubrics, and other useful links. OER Commons Washington Hub

Resource Highlight Clime. Time Group (OSPI Grantees/Collaborators) Clime This group includes teacher professional development and instructional materials developed under this grant funds made available by the State of Washington legislature. OER Commons Washington Hub

Resource Highlight Highline Public Schools Group (WA Schools/Districts) Highline Public Schools This group includes resources developed by Highline Public School educators, instructional specialists, and contractors. OER Commons Washington Hub

New Section Remote Learning Suggestions OER Commons Washington Hub

New Section on the Hub Remote Learning Suggestions OER Commons Washington Hub

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