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OER Commons Arabic: Supporting OER

Collaboration Networks

Lisa McLaughlin, OER Commons Director, ISKME

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ISKME’s Approach to OER Networks

What is OER Commons?

OER Common Arabic

Support for OER Implementation

• Quality-curated resources with continual review

• Alignment to SEC, Common Core, and ACTFL Standards

• Digital evaluation rubric tools for vetting OER quality

• Integrated tool to collaboratively author, align, and remix content

• Unique accessibility features

Support for Cross-Cultural OER Implementation

• Customizable Professional Development

• Groups and content approval workflows

• Badging and branding on endorsed resources

• Branded landing pages

• Microsites with unique taxonomies and tools

• Custom rubric and alignment tools

Configure OER Commons to meet Local Needs

Integrated Evaluation Tools

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Organize, Track and GenerateReports on Resources

Co-author and Remix Resources

Central Focus on Inclusive Learning

Branded landing page highlights your initiatives and collections

Resource Branding and Badgesfor Local Autonomy

OER Fellowships and Professional Development

OER Fellowship Program, QatarGoals

1. Partner with schools to create opportunities for the improvement of teaching and learning

2. Enable teachers to use, adapt, and align open content to SEC curriculum standards

3. Positively impact student outcomes, and overall help to prepare Qatari students for a knowledge-based economy

Overview of the Program• Participants develop, document, and share an OER project that

consists of curriculum materials aligned to SEC math standards

• Measure the impact on mathematics achievement for the students and schools involved in the pilot

• Provide formative and summative evaluation of the program to assess progress toward goals

• Lead train the trainer workshops to scale instruction and best practices for integration

Fellowship Mastery Skills

Collaborating

Participants work

together and share best practices

FindingParticipants search and

identify content aligned to SEC

standards

EvaluatingParticipants use rubrics to assess

quality of content

Authoring & Sharing

Participants write, upload,

and share content online

Lisa McLaughlin, Director of Open Knowledge Networkslisam@iskme.org

Megan Simmons, Education Program Managermegan@iskme.org

Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education

www.iskme.org