Leveraging O.E.R. for Supporting Blended and

Online Learning

Jason Neiffer http://www.neiffer.com

http://www.techsavvyteacher.com

@techsavvyteach Gplus.to/techsavvyteacher

Paperless Handouts

http://2012.ncceconnect.org/T403

http://jasonlinks.net/starter

About me…

Click to edit Master title style I am not a guru…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/3449574196/sizes/m/

There’s a problem…

Click to edit Master title style The problem?

By SaltyGal

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/3955153817

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By Guy Schmidt

•  Not very flexible •  Not remixable •  Doesn’t really fit into a digital content

platform (blog, wiki, Moodle or other LMS)

•  Potential copyright/licensing issues •  Not scalable •  Not sharable

What’s wrong with that?

http://jasonlinks.net/paperless

A decent an okay start…

http://www.oercommons.org

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Karen Fasimpaur

Traditional copyright - all rights reserved

Public domain -

unrestricted use

Copyright with open licenses -

some rights reserved

Time opportunity

Common Core

1:1 Schools and Digital Learning

New Generation of Teachers

http://www.newamerican.com

http://www.eagleforum.org

http://blog.keypress.com

Starting small…

One classroom at a time

One lesson at a time

One day at a time

Pick a platform

Pick your resources

Delivery the content

Evaluate effectiveness

Individual action…now!

Moodle/LMS Blog/Wiki Specialized Platform

Potential Platforms

http://www.oerglue.com

http://jasonlinks.net/gluesample

http://jasonlinks.net/gluesample

CK12 Flexbooks HippoCampus/NROC

Connextions Academic Earth

Pick Resources

CK-12 Flexbook – Middle School Life Science

OER Commons

Curriki

Pick Resources

History Matters via the OER Commons

Wikimedia Commons

Flickr

YouTube

Pick Resources

Bozeman Biology via YouTube

Click to edit Master title style Orchestrate!

By Animal

Personal Devices

School Devices Old Fashion Printing

Deliver Content

•  Little assessment materials •  Not many ready-out-of-

the-box materials

Lack of Ancillary Materials

• Must move away from the “textbook as curriculum” mentality

• Great opportunity to develop your own… then share!

Any Given Resource Might Not Be

Comprehensive •  Remember… there is safety in numbers. J

Requires Prep Work

Considerations

T h a n k yo u ! J

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