A list of all pages that have property "Document" with value "Increase Funding Impact"
- Do I have to pay to use OER? +
- How can I find OER? +
- How can I find colleagues using OER in my field, or teaching at my grade level? +
- How will I be able to afford the extra costs of training teachers to use OER? +
- I would like to use OER in my classroom, but I cannot afford to use materials that are not reconciled with my state standards. Are there any OER available for which this has been done? +
- If the OER is licensed CC-BY-NC (or CC-BY-NC-SA), does that mean that it can only be used for educational purposes? +
- My school wants to post all of the materials I use online. Is there any problem with doing so? +
- OER are unlikely to be as high-quality, or gain acceptance with the State standards boards, so it is safer to avoid them, don’t you think? +
- OER require too much technology, and our school doesn’t have those types of resources. So we probably can’t participate, right? +
- Other than cost-savings, what other compelling reasons are there for using OER at my school? +
- Should I be worried about encouraging students to look up classroom materials online? What about attendance? What about tests? What about academic honesty? +
- Should I be worried about the abilities of my teachers to actually utilize OER in their classrooms? +
- There is only so much time in the day, so I don’t want to recommend that teachers spend extra time on using new materials or involving students in these ways. Wouldn’t you agree that there is a trade-off here? +
- We cannot afford cheap, unreliable learning materials. The future of our children’s education is at stake! Don’t you agree? +
- What are OER? +
- What are Terms of Use? +
- What are some examples of conflicting statements in the Terms of Use? +
- What is wrong with customized licenses? +
- Who creates OER? +