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"Founded in 1968, The Education Cooperative (TEC) is a Massachusetts Educational Collaborative established under the authority of Massachusetts G.L. c.40, §4E. As a 501 (c) (3) organization, TEC strives to provide innovative educational programs and services which complement and strengthen the school programs of our member districts and expand opportunities for their students, educators and communities in the most cost effective manner."

"Knowledge knows no boundaries We're a global online learning community where educators collaborate, share resources and showcase accomplishments. Project Share is a collection of Web 2.0 tools and applications that provides high quality professional development in an interactive and engaging learning environment. Project Share leverages existing and new professional development resources for K-12 teachers across the state and builds professional learning communities where educators can collaborate and participate in online learning opportunities. The mission of Project Share is to provide an interactive and engaging learning environment that offers opportunities for: Communicating and disseminating information from state, region, and district levels. Creating or joining common interest networks to increase teacher-to-teacher collaboration, conversations with experts, and communication with students in a secure online environment. Accessing state-adopted and approved materials, including electronic textbooks and other materials developed through TEA partnerships. Accessing educational resources through McDonald Observatory StarDate, PBS Digital Learning Library, Texas PBS, and many others. Accessing Texas Education on iTunes U to explore the history and cultures of Texas, view educational tutorials, and download resources for personalized learning. Collaborating on the development, dissemination, and evaluation of online professional development sessions and courses. Highlighting individual accomplishments through the development of ePortfolios. Developing and sharing ideas and resources."

"Webinars ETLO provides a webinar series for its trained online specialists and participants as part of the ongoing support it provides. Archives are made available to the public and are searchable below."

Shared by Liz. Liz, are there particular pages, content, or design elements that we can take from them/this?

Review, shared with me by Liz.

This title sounds like an impending trashing of the traditions of ADDIE, but I believe it simply places entrenched methodology in a more current and responsive context. While it seems that many are trashing old school ADDIE, I would argue that ADDIE is alive and well; in fact, is at the core of any effort to design and deliver a training solution. Agile design is catching a great deal of attention at all the conferences I've spoken at in 2013 but when you get right down to it, what we find in the iterative attributes of "agile" methods are incremental applications of ADDIE."

I've hit a bit of plateau with my Leaving Addie for SAM book. Can you recommend any good resources for seeing how folks actualize SAM? It sounds great on paper but I would love to see it or experience it more directly.

"Clarifying Ownership of Teacher-Created Digital Content Empowers Educators to Personalize Education, Address Individual Student Needs The webinar explored how states and districts can empower and encourage educators to create and share high-quality digital instructional materials to improve students' learning experiences. Presenters discussed the central legal issue of ownership of instructional materials and offered recommendations for effectively managing the increased use of digital content, including with respect to the advantages provided by open educational resources (OER). "

"Designing for Deeper Learning: How to Develop Performance Tasks for the Common Core Instructors: Raymond L. Pecheone, Professor of Practice at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE) Daisy Martin, Director of History/Social Studies Performance Assessment at SCALE Ruth Chung Wei, Director of Assessment Research and Development at SCALE You can take this course for free! Starting September 08, 2014 "

MOOCS - past, present and future offerings

"Research into designing effective professional learning has grown out of a larger body of work focused on what constitutes effective professional learning (i.e. learning that positively impacts student achievement). Researchers have identified common features of effective professional learning that are likely to produce the most benefits for learners"

"Open Educational Resources Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly version Additional Resources OER Rubrics (PDF) OER Training Videos About the OER Rubrics and State Support Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for increasing equity and access to high-quality K-12 education. Many state education agencies now have offices devoted to identifying and using OER and other digital resources in their states. Below, learn more about the Achieve OER Rubrics and Evaluation Tool, training materials on the rubrics and the Achieve OER Institute."

"Therefore, state and district policymakers should establish clear policies. Policymakers have options when creating copyright rules, including: If the policy is designed to have the teacher be the author of the educational resources she creates, take the position that the teacher is the author under the teacher exception and enter into a written agreement with the teacher If a state or district takes this approach, the state or district could also require that the teacher grant it a license to use, and to authorize others to use, the materials. Alternatively, if a state or district takes the position that educator-created materials are works made for hire, it can grant licenses to educators in their own works so that they can use, share, redistribute, and refine educator-created materials. In other words, the employer retains the copyright but provides the creator of the content and others with a license so that reuse, revision, and redistribution rights are defined upfront. States and districts can choose to license other state- and district-owned content, where the state or district owns the copyright in that work (such as teacher training materials), as open educational resources (OERs). For more on the discussion on who owns teacher-created digital content, including licensing options under Creative Commons and 7 recommendations from SETDA on how states can introduce policies on copyright, read the full brief."

72 Tips for Using Media to Engage and Teach"

iNACOL Standards for Quality Online Courses. Thanks Liz.. Do they have a newer version?

This is the latest version

Intel Case Study with Ed Tech Leaders Online Barbara Treacy suggested I read this and consider sharing it with prospective DOE collaborators as an investment tool. More later.

This is locked but I wanted to post it here for my use. See me if you want to access.

My login email is mweinraub@schools.nyc.gov. Will share password under separate cover.

Ensuring that you've crossed off every item, this "to-do" list will allow you to create and implement successful, effective, informative, and practical eLearning courses for learners in both educational and professional settings.

Yowza! Great resource, Betsy.

This article discusses the basics of selecting multimedia that will draw in the learners and will provide them with the best possible eLearning experience, without taking away any from the value of the core content itself.

General, but like the section on Complete Student Experience.