1. OER and the Changing Face of Instructional Materials NOT YOUR PARENTS’ TEXTBOOKS Barbara Soots Open Educational Resources Program Manager Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction barbara.soots@k12.wa.us

2. Textbook photo by Cassidy Curtis – CC BY NC SA Multimedia by hugoespinozas – CC BY NC SA Old vs New

3. Under the Instructional Materials Umbrella Individual units, lessons, and plans Supplemental resources – formally adopted or not K-12 core curricula District-created materials/resources Online courses Teacher-created materials Maple by kanegen – CC BY These resources may be in any delivery platform and carry any license!

4. Why OER… 4 Question Mark by Alexander Drachmann – CC BY SA

5. Look familiar?

6. Do I have permission to… Download and print this? Make adaptations? Share this with my colleagues? Repost and distribute this material and any adaptations I make on a wider scale? Who do I go to for answers to these questions?

7. What’s protected by copyright? BOOKSSCRIBBLESDOODLESMOVIESARTICLESMUSICBALLETSPHOTOGRAPHSSOFTWAREPLAYSSCULTPTUREARCHITECTUREPAINTINGSWEBSITES Copyright sign by Horla Varian – CC BY

8. Open licenses help avoid you becoming a copyright detective! Consulting detective with pipe and magnifying glass by DooFi dedicated to Public Domain

9. OER clearly define user permissions

10. OER promote innovative uses of materials…

11. OER encourage sharing of resources Sharing by ryancr – CC BY NC

12. Spectrum of Pencils by designsbykari – CC BY NC OER are not one specific type of resource Image and audio resources Books in the public domain Video and audio lectures Interactive simulations Game-based learning programs Lesson plans Textbooks Online course curricula Professional learning programs

13. Photo by nickwheeleroz – CC NC SA OPEN is not the same as FREE Any free resources on the internet FREE is not the same as OPEN. Strictly digital resources OER is a license not a delivery platform. A replacement for copyright Open licenses are just a set of permitted uses that the copyright holder clarifies.

14. OER are… Open Educational Resources (OER) reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Beyond Definitions by opensource.com – CC BY SA

15. The 5 Rs of OER Reuse — copy verbatim Redistribute — share with others Revise — adapt and edit Remix — combine resources Retain — make, own, & control copies Letter R by Leo Reynolds – CC BY NC SA

16. Open Licenses All Rights Reserved No Rights Reserved Traditional Copyright Alone Public Domain Some Rights Reserved Open License Adapted from Creative Commons in the Classroom – J. Goates http://www.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-commons-in-the-classroom-2013#/ http://www.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-commons-in-the-classroom-2013#/

17. More accommodating More restrictive Creative Commons Licenses http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

18. Rainbow by Pepijn Schmitz – CC BY NC SA Cost shift from textbooks to other critical areas Up to date, innovative materials Collaboration and partnerships Continual quality improvement and standards alignment Support for independent and differentiated learning Solve legal concerns with distribution and adaptation Benefits of OER

19. “The legislature finds the state's recent adoption of new learning standards provides an opportunity to develop a library of high-quality, openly licensed K-12 courseware that is aligned with these standards.” Washington State Capitol by Piutus – CC BY Washington OER Project

20. Rhino by Chris Ingrassia – CC BY Finding target resources Evaluating quality and alignment District policies that don’t recognize OER as an option Access and security issues Challenges with OER

21. Clownfish by Leszek Leszczynski – CC BY Finding OER

22. OER Commons https://www.oercommons.org/ Curriki http://www.curriki.org/ National Science Digital Library https://nsdl.oercommons.org/ OER Repositories

23. Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials PhET https://phet.colorado.edu Student Achievement Partners http://achievethecore.org Organizations with OER

24. Full Course OER EngageNY Full-Course OER EngageNY

25. CK12 Full-Course OER CK-12

26. Utah Open Textbooks Utah Open Textbooks Full-Course OER Utah Department of Education

27. Help educators select high quality materials Provide information for materials adoptions Identify gaps in Common Core alignment apples by msr – CC BY NC SA Reviewing OER

28. CCSS Worksheet IMET Rubric EQuIP Rubrics Achieve OER Rubrics Reviewers Comments How to Evaluate Quality

29. 24 Full-Course Curricula: Algebra 1, Geometry, Integrated Math 1 & 2, Grades 6-8 Mathematics Reviewed Resources Mathematics English Language Arts 60 Units (3-6 wks): Grades 6-12 ELA

30. https://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/library/ http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer/library/ Washington OER Project OER Review Results

31. Movement by Gwenaël Piaser – CC BY NC SA OER Grant Program Support district adaptation and implementation of OER aligned with state standards All content created or modified, licensed CC BY OER User Groups Share ideas and resources Define best practices Champion effective distribution and implementation of resources Next Steps

32. Washington State Users Group - EngageNY engagewa.wikispaces.com/EngageNY+Washington+State+Users+Group engagewa.wikispaces.com/EngageNY+Washington+State+Users+Group http://engagewa.wikispaces.com/EngageNY+Washington+State+Users+Groupengagewa.wikispaces.com/EngageNY+Washington+State+Users+Group

33. http://www.wscss.org/lesson-plans Other Washington Efforts Social Studies Repository

34. http://wssda.org/Services/PolicyandLegal/FeaturedPolicies.aspx District Sample Policies & Procedures – Updated April 2015 Instructional Materials Selection & Adoption: Policy 2020; 2020P Other Washington Efforts New Instruction Materials Model Policy

35. OER Beyond Washington State K–12 OER Collaborative info@k12oercollaborative.org @k12oer Arizona California Georgia Hawaii Idaho Minnesota Nevada North Carolina Oregon Utah Washington Wisconsin www.k12oercollaborative.org

36. With a Megaphone by a Wall by Garry - CC BY SA Train teachers and students to perform productive OER searches Identify the available review instruments and leverage existing OER reviews Model best OER practices Engage district in instructional material policy conversations that include OER A Call to Action

37. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ @waOSPI_OER barbara.soots@k12.wa.us http://www.k12.wa.us/ http://digitallearning.k12.wa.us/oer Keep in Touch with the WA OER Project