How to sort the good from the bad in OER

by Lawrie Mifflin, Hechinger Report

Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Sometimes, they consult curation sites that have evaluated these materials; sometimes they just consult other teachers on what they use. The need for reliable evaluation has become more urgent with the flood of new, often free, online materials. These OER – open educational resources – may be good, bad or indifferent. How can school districts or teachers know?

http://hechingerreport.org/how-to-sort-the-good-from-the-bad-in-oer/

Share on Facebook

from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=37766