Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Digital Learning Plan: Open Education Resources (OER) Project
The Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan outlines a vision of digital education in Wisconsin including the integration of Open Education Resources (OER) to increase equity and access to high-quality K-12 instructional resources. Open Education Resources are free and openly licensed instructional materials that can be used for teaching, professional learning, and research. The WI Department of Public Instruction has an Open Education Leadership Team (OER) that includes representatives from state virtual school organizations, the CESA network, educators, and DPI curriculum and library leaders. The team collaborates with Achieve on creating policy, best instructional practices, rubrics to review content and resource lists to promote the integration of high-quality content. The creation of the Wisconsin educator portal, WISELearn, will include open education resources as well the Wisconsin Digital Learning Collaborative will enable high-quality learning experiences and resources to our schools.
Definition:
"OER are teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. Open education resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge." -The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Research Policy
- US Department of Education Use of Technology in Teaching Learning
- SEDTA Out of Print Digital Learning Resources Research
- Achieve OER Policy Brief 2013
- iNACOL OER State Policies in K-12 Education
- iNACOL Open Educational Resources and Collaborative Content Development: A Practical Guide for State and School Leaders
Resource Evaluation Information
- Achieve Rubrics and Training Materials
- Chief Council of Chief State Officers: TOOLKIT for Evaluating Alignment of Instructional and Assessment Materials to the Common Core State Standards
Licensing and Creative Commons
Resources and Professional Learning
- Edutopia OER Round Up
- OER Commons
- P2PSU self-guided courses on copyright, licensing and creative commons
Join the WI Connected Educator Open Education Resources (OER) PLC