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OER Commons

Open Education Resource Commons is a free site that offers links to many, many K-12 and post-secondary resources, as well as articles and reports, surveys, conferences and workshops, discussion forums, blogs, and wikis. A sampling of resources can be found on the front page in the form of the OER Top 10, as well as 30 tags, and the option to view topics, and browse by categories and collections.

Published by ISKME & The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2007
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Curriculum Information For Resource

Snapshot
Grade Level(s):All
Curriculum Areas:Education
Themes/Keywords: Open Source


Vocabulary
Open Source, commons, resources, articles, ISKME, OER

Essential Question(s)
1. What is the value of a site such as Open Educational Resources?

Discussion Question(s)
1. How can quality be addressed on the OER Commons site?
2. What other categories would be important to include on the OER site?

Extension and Activities
1. Suggest that groups of students select a category or collection to explore, and identify sites they consider valuable to share.
2. Engage students in discussions about intellectual property, copyright, and Open Source issues after looking at some of the articles on the OER Commons site on these topics.
"You can see everything that is going to be put up on the Internet while you are working on it."


pictureStephenie Nerf
Social studies
Preston Hall Middle School - Waitsburg, WA



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