1. OER Commons Arabic:
Supporting OER Collaboration
Networks
Lisa McLaughlin, OER Commons Director, ISKME

2. Research Technology Training
ISKME’s Approach to OER Networks

3. What is OER Commons?

5. OER Common Arabic

6. Support for OER Implementation
• Quality-curated resources with continual review
• Alignment to SEC, Common Core, and ACTFL Standards
• Digital evaluation rubric tools for vetting OER quality
• Integrated tool to collaboratively author, align, and remix content
• Unique accessibility features

7. Support for Cross-Cultural OER
Implementation
• Customizable Professional Development
• Groups and content approval workflows
• Badging and branding on endorsed resources
• Branded landing pages
• Microsites with unique taxonomies and tools
• Custom rubric and alignment tools

8. Configure OER Commons
to meet Local Needs

9. Integrated Evaluation Tools
ISKME.org9

10. Organize, Track and Generate
Reports on Resources

11. Co-author and Remix Resources

12. Central Focus on Inclusive Learning

13. Branded landing page highlights your
initiatives and collections

14. Resource Branding and Badges
for Local Autonomy

15. OER Fellowships and Professional
Development

16. OER Fellowship Program, Qatar
Goals
1. Partner with schools to create opportunities for the improvement of
teaching and learning
2. Enable teachers to use, adapt, and align open content to SEC
curriculum standards
3. Positively impact student outcomes, and overall help to prepare
Qatari students for a knowledge-based economy

17. Overview of the Program
• Participants develop, document, and share an OER project that
consists of curriculum materials aligned to SEC math standards
• Measure the impact on mathematics achievement for the students and
schools involved in the pilot
• Provide formative and summative evaluation of the program to assess
progress toward goals
• Lead train the trainer workshops to scale instruction
and best practices for integration

18. Fellowship Mastery Skills
Collaborating
Participants
work together
and share best
practices
Finding
Participants
search and
identify content
aligned to SEC
standards
Evaluating
Participants use
rubrics to assess
quality of content
Authoring &
Sharing
Participants
write, upload,
and share
content online

20. Lisa McLaughlin, Director of Open Knowledge Networks
lisam@iskme.org
Megan Simmons, Education Program Manager
megan@iskme.org
Institute for the Study of Knowledge
Management in Education
www.iskme.org