ISKME is pushing the boundaries of learning innovation at Big Ideas Fest by joining forces with GoPro, the world’s leading activity image capture company, in order to inspire creativity inside and outside the classroom using GoPro cameras.
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.
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Al-Masdar means The Source in Arabic and this site is a rich source of resources, opportunity, and community for Arabic language teachers.
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The Primary Source Project (PSP) is a timely effort being conducted by ISKME, supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to collaboratively create a slim canon of openly accessible and contextualized primary sources on OER Commons for engaging K-12 teachers and students. Materials will include both currently open sources and materials that will become open through the advocacy work of the project.
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Developed by ISKME, the OER Commons Arabic “micro-site” (currently featuring 413 resources, primarily K-12 focused) is built on the existing framework of OER Commons. As such, it contains the full functionality of that site, including a system for saving priority content and the Open Author tool, which allows educators to build and remix content.
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