What the Heck Is OER? | Edutopia

" ... I like my definition better, but I will admit that both allow for a wide range of scenarios: There are the wonderful supplemental videos from TEDed, complete with their captions, discussion questions, and downloadable transcripts that students can annotate using such programs as Scrible and Notability. There are entire MIT classes of recorded lectures and downloadable pdfs available on iTunes. There are curated newsletters thrown together by educators at all grade levels and subject areas. For instance, I throw one together once a month for my staff using MailChimp. It's divided into subject areas, includes standards, and is made up largely by linked resources, including a single-sentence description of how one might use that resource in a content area's classroom. I share these on Twitter as well. There are iBooks curated by teachers, departments, and many times, by students themselves. These include exemplars, student-created videos, questions, and answer guides -- and can be created by a class as a means to assess their own learning and to share what they learned with other students ..."