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Unleashing the Potential of Culturally Relevant Learning with OER
Original article by New America > Introduction In 2002, the term Open Educational Resources (OER) emerged from a UNESCO meeting sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, offering an opportunity to develop freely available, high-quality educational...
Surry Community College SCC Educates Faculty about OER to Boost Equity and Reduce Expenses
Original article from Surrey CC > Imagine how it feels to take a college class and not be able to afford or even find the textbook for the class. The alternatives are to share a textbook or do without. This is just the situation that Surry Community College is...
California’s $115 million investment in zero-textbook-cost program at risk of falling short
Original article on EdSource > As California’s 1.8 million community college students begin the term, many are forced to make a difficult choice — whether to spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks required to help them earn a degree, or to pay their rent or buy...
How ISKME Is Making OER More Accessible Throughout California’s Community Colleges
Originally posted by the Michelson 20MM Foundation > According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 1:4 adults in the United States have a disability, while 12.8% have a cognition disability and 4.8% have a visual disability. The inability to change...
A Retrospective of ISKME’s First Two Decades: A Quest for Participatory, Equitable, and Open Education
ISKME 20th Retrospective - PDF Publication Date: June 07, 2023 As a global education nonprofit, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) celebrates the first two decades of its work with a report that follows their journey to transform...