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Now open access: The Impact of Open Textbooks on Secondary Science Learning Outcomes

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Our recent article, The Impact of Open Textbooks on Secondary Science Learning Outcomes, is now available for open access under a CC BY license. Read the abstract below, or grab the free PDF of the full article. Given the increasing costs associated with commercial textbooks and decreasing financial support of public schools, it is important … Read more

The K-12 OER Collaborative

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As our recent article on The Impact of Open Textbooks on Secondary Science Learning Outcomes in Educational Researcher demonstrated (OA version coming soon), when used in the K-12 context OER have the potential to provide local control, save districts significant money, support students in building up a personal library of science books, and improve learning … Read more

5R Open Course Design Framework

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Supporting Capacity Building as OER Use Enters Mainstream For over two years now I’ve been working full-time with the incredible folks at Lumen Learning on supporting faculty adoption of open educational resources. (Time really does fly when you’re having fun!) As indicated in the subtitle of our #OpenEd14 presentation – “still bumbling our way toward … Read more