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Supporting Teaching and Learning with the Ontario Educational Resource Bank (OERB). ABEL Conference Summer 2008. Ontario’s Provincial E-Learning Strategy. The provincial e-learning strategy provides provincially funded school boards with some key tools:
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Supporting Teaching and Learning with the Ontario Educational Resource Bank (OERB) ABEL ConferenceSummer 2008
Ontario’s Provincial E-Learning Strategy The provincial e-learning strategy provides provincially funded school boards with some key tools: • a learning management system (LMS or D2L) • a learning object repository (Ontario Educational Resource Bank - OERB) • access to credit courses • access to online resources for classrooms • a seat reservation system (SRS) • a community of practice (e-Community).
How York Region Uses some of the eLearning Resources • Resources already being used in the York Region include: • OERB • By teachers • By students and parents • LMS (Desire2Learn) • Offered through Virtual Schooling • 44+ courses are offered
OERB • How some York Region teachers use the OERB: • Modules from the OERB are used in the classroom, and students are able to access these objects • This resource has been used for credit recovery, alternative education, student success, et al.. • Parents have been accessing modules to support their children at home with curriculum • How to login @York Region: • Login information is available at BWW under the “Online Tools” tab
Supporting Learning and Teaching in Ontario What needs and challenges are teachers facing?
Searching the OERB http://resources.elearningontario.ca User ids and passwords may be obtained from board e-learning contacts.
Worksheets Lesson Plans Assignments Stories Quizzes Animations Videos Presentations Experiments Unit Plans Rubrics Novel Studies The Power of One What do teachers need? What can they give?
Contributing to the OERB http://share.elearningontario.ca
Questions • eLO web site – http://www.elearningontario.ca