Education agencies from 11 states have joined forces to
create the K-12 OER Collaborative,
a repository of open educational resources. The group is seeking “full-course
OER” for English and language arts for all grade levels and mathematics for
grades K-11 from developers, which are due by Jan. 9, 2015.
Content is expected to include comprehensive
instructional material, activities that allow teachers to differentiate
instruction, and assessment capabilities, according to reports.
It must align with the Common Core standards and be available for free under the
Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.
“This is a great project for at least two reasons,”
said Randy Dorn, superintendent of public instruction for the state of
Washington. “First, it’s going to support local control by empowering districts
to adapt the materials to their own community needs. Second, it’s a low-cost
and high-quality way to help students meet our state’s learning standards.”
Representatives from Washington, Utah, and Idaho were
on the first committee for the initiative. Education agencies from Arizona,
California, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Nevada, Oregon, and Wisconsin
are also involved with the project.
Applications for developers are available at http://goo.gl/forms/gohdUxE5Gw.