Hi Kate! Thanks for another great blog post.

I thought it was a great idea to start off with a quick summary video about Open Education Resources (OER). Additionally, I loved how you made the 5 R’s stand out by defining each of them; what a great way to shower educators exactly what they can do with OER.

I was wondering if you remember this website that Rich showed us in EDCI 337 last semester:

OER Commons

This is such a great website to access OER, and it is organized into subjects, grade levels and various curricula requirements for schools in the United States.

In your blog post you stated that “some of the resources that are found may even provide real-life experience or connections that can help make the learning journey more relatable and meaningful to students” (McGowan, 2020, para. 4). This really resonated with me because at the end of the day the best thing we can do for our students is to provide them with meaningful learning experiences. Personally, the moments I remember most from my K-12 years was when we went on field trips, or participated in place based learning! The best part about OER is that students can participate in place based learning simulations from being inside their house or even the classroom. For example, the video you shared spoke about using Google Maps to tour through a new city; this would be a great Social Studies project to compare our city now to what it looked like 100 years ago. We know that students love trying new things and I think that OER really opens the door for many different experiences that teachers can share with students.

My final question for you is about how you would connect this weeks readings with the readings from last week. How do you think OER can help educators implement the UDL framework into their classrooms?

Thanks Kate!