The document summarizes a presentation about how school librarians can collaborate with teachers to use Open Educational Resources (OER) for student success. OER are freely available educational materials like textbooks, videos, and lesson plans. The presentation explains what OER are, how they can be adapted and shared, potential benefits for students and teachers, examples of OER sources and content types, and ideas for implementing OER in schools.

1. Open Education Resources
& the School Librarian:
Collaborating with teachers for student success
Heather Braum
Digital & Technical Services Librarian
Northeast Kansas Library System
hbraum@nekls.org
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2. Disclaimers....
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3. How many of you
collaborate with other
teachers on their
curriculum?
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4. Are textbooks ever up to
date in your buildings?
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5. Is your school implementing
Common Core Standards?
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6. Does your building or
district have the money
to support
the needed resources for
students & teachers?
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7. Have you heard of
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8. Have you heard of
Open Source
Software?
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9. Have you heard of
Open Source Open Access
Software? Journals?
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10. Have you heard of
Open Source Open Access Open Education
Software? Journals? Resources?
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11. What are OER?
The term Open Educational Resource(s)
(OER) refers to educational resources (lesson
plans, quizzes, syllabi, instructional modules,
simulations, textbooks, videos, podcasts, etc.)
that are freely available for use, reuse,
adaptation, and sharing by educators and
students, without need to pay royalties or
license fees.
--Understanding OER, Africa: http://goo.gl/LMyvI
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12. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/uxWER
Five-Minute Film Festival: Why Open Education Matters: http://goo.gl/Pp4Pc
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13. First...Creative Commons
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14. YouTube Video:
http://goo.gl/6SklW
Wanna Work Together? From the Creative Commons Organization
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15. Wikipedia’s
Creative
Commons
License, http://
goo.gl/JWoJ
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16. How does OER work?
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17. REUSE
Use the work verbatim (unaltered) without
asking for permission
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18. REWORK/REVISE
Alter or transform the work
to meet your needs
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19. REMIX
Combine the (verbatim or altered) work with
other works for enhanced effect
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20. REDISTRIBUTE
Share the verbatim, reworked, or remixed work
with others.
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21. CREATE
Create and share and contribute your own
content to the OER community.
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22. Energy
Time Research
Learning
Control The Costs Curve
Unfamiliarity
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23. Why should you care about OER?
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24. Types of OER
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25. Assignments
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26. Complete Courses
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27. Games
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28. Lectures
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29. Lesson Plans
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30. Podcasts
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31. Quizzes
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32. Syllabi
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33. Tests
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34. Textbooks
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35. Units
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36. Videos
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37. General Sources for OER
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38. www.wikipedia.org
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39. www.oercommons.org
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40. www.cnx.org
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41. www.gutenberg.org
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42. KSDE: http://goo.gl/TsR3v
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43. OER Livebinder:
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http://goo.gl/D2yGI

44. www.curriki.org
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45. www.khanacademy.org
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46. www.flatworldknowledge.com
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47. www.ck12.org/flexbook
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48. open.umich.edu
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49. education.ted.com
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50. smarthistory.khanacademy.org
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51. National Archives
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52. www.loc.gov/teachers
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53. eTexts/Curriculum:
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http://goo.gl/7SJrf

54. www.dl2sl.org
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55. Full Course Sources
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56. www.ocwconsortium.org
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57. iTunes U: available as an app
or in the iTunes Store
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58. www.coursera.org
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59. https://sites.google.com/a/
sbctc.edu/opencourselibrary/
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60. How could OER be used in
your school and district?
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61. What is one idea from this
presentation you can take
back to your school and
district?
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62. Resources for more information
1. The OER Handbook for Educators: http://goo.gl/fetBX
2. Course: The “How-Tos” of OER Commons: http://goo.gl/luP6O
3. Course: Introduction to Open Educational Resources http://goo.gl/j48mE
4. Open Content: School Libraries a ‘Natural Fit’ to Lead Adoption: http://
goo.gl/xh1Ro
5. Index of OER Resources, http://goo.gl/Jjrc4
6. Coursera launches with new OER strategies, http://goo.gl/ybBSX
7. Skip the Tuition: 100 Free Podcasts from the Best Colleges in the World,
http://goo.gl/yGpr
8. Take Any College Class for Free: 236 Open Courseware Collections,
Podcasts, and Videos, http://goo.gl/sDOR0
9. How open education can transform learning, http://goo.gl/BH0mr
10. Wikirriculum: The Promises and Politics of an Open Source Curriculum:
http://goo.gl/Xq5t1
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63. All images used are under CC license
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Open_Educational_Resources_Logo.svg
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Opensource.svg
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Access_logo_PLoS_white.svg
4. http://wikieducator.org/File:Recyclethis-185807557.jpg
5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracewong/312922826/sizes/l/
6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/-bast-/349497988/
7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/andosteinmetz/2901325908/sizes/z/
8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/2317076337/sizes/l/
9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcocrupivisualartist/6791503461/sizes/l/
10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zwhiterussian/4242440431/sizes/l/
11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordschool/6910474403/sizes/l/
12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbelshaw/4469401518/sizes/l/
13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidsilver/4275611246/sizes/l/
14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3121817029/sizes/o/
15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alstonfamily/1606272681/sizes/l/
16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/amsd2dth/3808844153/sizes/l/
17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/filmsoftime/7430143552/sizes/l/
18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rzganoza/4186516481/sizes/l/
19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybass/176867465/sizes/z/
20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/suttonhoo22/2512983749/sizes/l/
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65. Contact me
• Presentation Information: http://goo.gl/QtmLX
• includes lists of the resources, slides, & more
information & will continue to grow!
• Contact information:
• Email: hbraum@nekls.org
• Twitter: @hbraum
• http://about.me/hbraum
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