Instructional design/Leveraging OER in Your Design/How Can We Use OER?

Deciding what type of OER to use comes down to the following criteria:


 * The age of your learners
 * The type of internet access your learners have available
 * The ability of others to modify the content within the OER

Based on these, you should be able to discern the type of OER that is best for your lesson development. Let's put this into action by reviewing examples and having you practice.

Example:

A high school physics teacher is looking for a way to incorporate more hands on activities for her students. In order to do this, she is looking for a way to have her students take courses outside of the classroom, and she has decided to use an OER to help. After careful research, she has decided to go with CK-12 for a few reasons:
 * The site provides fun and interactive lessons to help entertain the students while they learn.
 * The site provides data to her about how well the students are understanding the concepts so she can adjust her classroom plans accordingly.
 * The site will individually adjust quizzes to help give specialized instruction on concepts that a particular student is having issues understanding.

'''Think you got it? For your final test, your task will be to answer the questions correctly based on the final scenario we will provide. Ready?'''

Let's Practice
'''A home school teacher is looking for more resources to help him develop individualized lessons for his students in the sciences. They are at multiple levels of learning, but all are high school level and preparing for college. Because of the different levels, the teacher needs a variety of lessons which can be viewed and then built upon one-on-one.''' { Which OER is the best for this situation? + A: Carnegie Melon- Open Learning Initiative - B: CK-12 - C: MIT Open Course - D: Lumen Learning Open Course Catelog
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 * Correct! The reason this is the best OER is because the students are all high school students and preparing for college. The lessons provided in the Carnegie Melon site are introductory level for the sciences. CK-12 is another option, but it is harder to find a college-prep course within the site which makes it a second option.
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Author: Lindsay Gerling-Nentrup