With the COVID-19 pandemic, wildfire evacuations, and future potential crises, there is a growing need for digital course materials to fill the gaps left by publishers’ textbooks, which are often not available as e-versions (more…)
Launched in July 2014, Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning (TACCL) was an 18-month project facilitated by ISKME, and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Teacher Practice Networks Initiative. TACCL provides training and resources to support teachers in creating cross-disciplinary lessons that focus on students’ close reading and inquiry-based learning skills.
It’s 2014, and we have come a long way since the launch of the OER movement – from small beginnings to significant inroads among educators, learners, advocates and policymakers. Together we are changing the way teachers and learners access and use educational resources, offering new ways for schools, universities, and informal learners to use data and creating tools that improve student learning. (more…)
ISKME’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Fellowship Program mentors educational leaders to champion OER into classrooms, school districts, and communities.