If you’re looking for free and open resources to use in homeschooling, Home School Commons might just have you covered. The materials skew heavily toward being openly-licensed and public domain, are organized by grade level (pre-school to college prep), license, and subject. Newcomers to the world of open educational resources will find especially useful the […]
Tag: OER
Happy (American) Thanksgiving! We’re thankful for…
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, combining the ages-old tradition of an Autumn harvest festival with the ages-old good habit of remembering a sense of gratitude, of wonder, of kindness, of hope. In keeping with the family-and-friends tradition of recounting things for which we are grateful, we put together our “Thanksgiving Special” episode […]
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Release: K-12 OER and College Credit Pathways for Online Learning (video)
Earlier in November, we presented two topics at the 2013 Open Education Conference: Creating a path towards an affordable, accredited higher education together The Saylor Foundation K-12 Initiative – Full Curriculum OER Our share-worthy press release has all the details, but you can view the full presentations, including YouTube videos (skip to the end) here: […]
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A letter from Jean Wilner Augustin of Haitian Connection Network
The Haitian Connection Network, a nonprofit organization, helps students in Haiti earn higher education credentials online and provides job placement assistance in Haiti for program graduates. HCN drives forward on their mission through three primary initiatives: English as a Second Language (ESL), Higher Education Online, and Job Placement Assistance. Students at HCN benefit from the […]
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Educator Snapshot: Debby Grawn
Today, we took some time to chat with Ms. Debby Grawn, one of our awesome K12MATH Course Designers! Hello Debby, and thank you for sharing with us! You’re welcome! “One of my favorite practice standards for the new math curriculum is ‘Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.’“ Let’s begin with the first […]