OER Commons Green: Aggregating Best-in-Class Green Open Educational Resources | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)

Use the link to access more information about the OA Week Webinar from AIMS.  "Dedicated to sustainability and resource conservation, OER Commons Green was developed by The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) in collaboration with Agro-Know Technologies (Greece). Since 2010, a team of e-learning metadata specialists and educators have collaborated to provide both learners and educators with a vibrant Portal featuring over 3500 free to use, openly licensed resources on topics like climate change, pollution, agriculture and eco-culture from diverse providers around the globe. Mostly licensed under Creative Commons, the high quality resources cover a wide range of education materials, from research papers and articles to full courses, lesson plans, assignments, assessments, video lectures, games etc. for all educational levels and accessible in various formats... Generous in services and features, the OER Commons Green enables its users to tag, rate, review and share interesting resources through Web 2.0 tools. Feedback is also encouraged through comments, as well as by aligning resources to curriculum standards. The feedback from the user community ensures the sustainability of the Portal and, at the same time, adds value to its content. Due to the use of educational metadata, users can easily search for content using a traditional or an advanced search, as well as by clicking on keywords found in a keyword cloud, used to label resources. To facilitate the active participation of teachers around the world, quick annotation is made possible by a bookmarking button available for the majority of web browsers. Portal’s navigation and appeareance are also of high importance..."