OpenStax, OER Commons partner on community hubs
Rice University-based publisher OpenStax is partnering with OER Commons to provide online community hubs where instructors can freely share and modify syllabuses, homework, study guides and other open-copyright course materials that are made Rice University-based...
What’s After Next?
Being innovative is the must-have quality of any successful leader in the competitive for-profit sector, but that attribute is generally not mentioned as often with regard to those who lead nonprofit organizations. Maybe that is beginning to change. Being...
What Are Open Educational Resources?
Though the term "open educational resourcs" has become widely used in recent years, not everyone is clear on exactly what it means. Though the term "open educational resourcs" has become widely used in recent years, not everyone is clear on exactly what it means....
7 resources for open education materials
Shrinking school budgets and growing interest in open content has created an increased demand for open educational resources. Shrinking school budgets and growing interest in open content has created an increased demand for open educational resources. According to...
Next Generation Science Standards Aligned Open Simulations and Tools
For many, the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) means a required shift and different approach to teaching. A shift from teaching science facts, vocabulary and figures to a more integrated, engineering, design focused and inquiry-based...