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EVALUATING OER QUALITY AND COMMON CORE ALIGNMENT. A CLOSER LOOK. Barbara Soots Digital Learning Department Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction barbara.soots@k12.wa.us. OSPI OER PROJECT. OER ARE.
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EVALUATING OER QUALITY AND COMMON CORE ALIGNMENT • A CLOSER LOOK Barbara Soots Digital Learning Department Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction barbara.soots@k12.wa.us OSPI OER PROJECT
OER ARE resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their freeuse and re-purposing by others. CC BY-SA Beyond definitions http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/6554315179/
WHY OER? CC BY SA Question Mark by alexanderdrachmannhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/sizes/z/in/photostream/
SPECTRUM OF USES Gather image and audio resources Access free books in the public domain Display video and audio lectures Experience interactive simulations Explore game-based learning programs Build and share lesson plans Download and print a textbook
WASHINGTON K-12 OER PROJECT House Bill 2337 “The legislature finds the state's recent adoption of Common Core K-12 standards provides an opportunity to develop a library of high-quality, openly licensed K-12 courseware that is aligned with these standards.” CC BY NC Washington State Capitol – Olympia by MathTeacherGuyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mathteacherguy/
POTENTIAL ROADBLOCKS • Finding Resources and Evaluating Quality CC BY Rhino Roadblock by Chris Ingrassia http://www.flickr.com/photos/andryone/445139454/in/photostream/
OER PROJECT GOALS • Develop an OER review process • Generate a catalog of vetted OER • Promote OER awareness and capacity building
WHY REVIEW OER • Help educators select high quality materials • Provide information for materials adoptions • Identify gaps in CCSS alignment CC BY NC SA apples by msr http://www.flickr.com/photos/msr/448820990/
WHAT OER TO REVIEW • UNLIMITED ACCESS AND PERMISSIONS
CRITERIA FOR OER REVIEW • MATH ALGEBRA 1 OR INTEGRATED MATH 1
CRITERIA FOR OER REVIEW • ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNITS IN 11TH-12TH GRADE BAND
HOW TO EVALUATE QUALITY Publishers’ Criteria EQuIP Rubrics Achieve OER Rubrics
VARIETY OF RUBRICS – WHY? • EMERGING WORK WITH SEVERAL SPECIALIZED TOOLS CC BY NC SA LightArt Kijkduin2007 http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2165030237/ CC BY NC SA Busy at Work by sravi_inhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sravi_in/3496776494//
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS: • Three Shifts in Math • Focusstrongly where the standards focus • Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics within grades • Rigor: In major topics, pursue with equal intensity: • Conceptual understanding • Procedural skill and fluency • Application
Three Shifts in English Language Arts • The 3 Shifts in CCSS ELA Media & Tech Language • Building content knowledge through content-rich nonfiction • Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational • Regular practice with complex text and its academic language
EVALUATION TIMEFRAME • Math: 5-9 hours per curriculum • Each reviewer assigned 3-4 math courses • ELA: 3-5 hours per unit • Each reviewer assigned 8 units • 30-40 hours total effort
OER PROJECT WEBSITE digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer
NEXT STEPS Grant program for adaptation/implementation of reviewed material iGrants FP660 New OER review cycle in January 2014 Applications accepted soon! Smaller OER events tailored to stakeholder needs CC BY Nooksack Stairs by Barbara Soots
STAY INVOLVED WITH THE OER PROJECT Website: http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer Twitter: waOSPI_OER Email: barbara.soots@k12.wa.us