As faculty, you assess textbooks against a set of criteria that reflects your long experience and knowledge of student needs. You do the same with Open Textbooks, but there are a few additional considerations.
TNTP's Kristen McQuillan and Regan Kelly share how important it is to adopt a high-quality curriculum. But... what happens after that? What should be considered as next steps? What's the bridge from adoption to implementation of a new curriculum? What does this mean for teachers? SO. MANY. QUESTIONS!!! LOTS of fabulous answers and ideas, grounded in research and experience.
Broken Arrow 2018 Summit: Committees for Adoption of OER
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Garnet Valley School District Curriculum Course Development Cycle & Rationale for Writing, OER, & Digitization.
This curriculum explores the experiences and challenges of transracial adoptive families with the goal of improving the quality of services and supports provided to them. In addition, there is a growing subset of transracial adoptive families who choose to maintain contact with their child's birth family. Very little information exists to help these families or their child welfare workers understand the bumpy terrain of openness. This curriculum fills some of the many gaps in knowledge and practice. It includes summaries of transracial adoption literature, a theoretical discussion on normative development in transracial adoptive families, practice-oriented information including discussion questions and exercises, case vignettes, worker guidance, a self-assessment tool, and findings from the in-depth qualitative study of 12 transracial adoptive families in California conducted as part of this project. Findings themes include: the complicated factors involved in choosing transracial adoption; how the children and youth understand the meaning of their adoption; issues around the choice to maintain contact with the adopted child's birth family, the role of the contact, and the vulnerability of contact arrangements; the role of race in family life and development, negotiating different cultural worlds, and developmental changes; and the role of services and supports prior to and following adoption. (216 pages)Frasch, K., Brooks, D., Reich, J., & Wind, L. (2004).
Presentation outlining the steps to OER adoption for a school district.
This first lesson (of three) explains sexual and reproductive anatomy, and human reproduction via penis-in-vagina sexual intercourse (PIV sex). During this lesson, the educator will model the use of respectful, inclusive concepts and language to describe the process of human reproduction and family formation.
These are full-course openly licensed resources for districts interested in exploring OER options when considering core instructional materials for district adoption.
Slide deck for use with K12 School Administrators at Calhoun ISD. Includes sections on: OER in Michigan, OER Basics, Common OER Myths, and activities tied to the OER for Administrators Playbook.
This guide provides explains open educational resources (OERs) and surrounding issues for senior managers, learning technologists, technical staff and educators interested in releasing OERs to the education community.
This OER lesson plan for adults will guide the learner into the fulfilling world of pet adoption. Discover how to prepare a home for a new arrival, from pet-proofing a space to gathering essential supplies. We'll also delve into how to choose the perfect pet for any lifestyle, considering factors like living situations, activity levels, and budgets. After completing the lesson, learners feel confident and ready to make an informed decision and welcome a deserving animal companion into their hearts and homes.
The Learning Accelerator develops “Problem of Practice” (PoP) guides that dig into the details of a specific challenge educators face, why it is important, what the research says, and offers actionable solutions, resources, and real-world examples of how others have succeeded.
In this PoP, educators and leaders can use this guide to help them work with Open Educational Resources (OER) to personalize lessons and meet student needs.
The Learning Accelerator develops “Problem of Practice” (PoP) guides that dig into the details of a specific challenge educators face, why it is important, what the research says, and offers actionable solutions, resources, and real-world examples of how others have succeeded.
In this PoP, educators and leaders can use this guide to explore an overview of implementing effective personalized professional development that supports curating and creating high-quality, rigorous OER curriculum, alongside concrete resources around competencies for educators.
The Learning Accelerator develops "Problem of Practice" (PoP) guides that dig into the details of a specific challenge educators face, why it is important, what the research says, and offers actionable solutions, resources, and real-world examples of how others have succeeded.
In this PoP, educators seeking to understand and use Open Educational Resources (OER) can use this guide to help them understand what OER is and search for high-quality, rigorous, and standards-aligned OER.
This resource provides access to the materials from the Recruitment and Retention of Resources in Rural and Tribal Communities group session hosted by the Northern California Training Academy in July of 2017. Developed in partnership between the National Center for Diligent Recruitment, the California Department of Social Services, and the Northern California Training Academy at the UC Davis Extension Center for Human Services, this two day group session provided sustainable gains including formation of new partnerships, identification of new solutions, and specific strategies toward improving recruitment and retention of resource families in rural and tribal communities.