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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSekYzpBY8I

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Open Educational Resources:  A Brief Explanation

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1B6yQXsr0c

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how UDL & OER can apply to your current and future career as an educator.

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how UDL & OER can apply to your current and future career as an educator.

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In my future career as an educator, I plan on using and accommodating UDL to meet the educational requirements of my students. As for OER, I would apply this in finding educational YouTube videos,  and podcasts that are free. By implementing both UDL and OER it will benefit students by allowing equal access to the course material.

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a summary of what was learned about UDL and OER (discuss the two concepts together)

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a summary of what was learned about UDL and OER (discuss the two concepts together)

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To address learner differences, educators now have a framework for differentiation through universal design for learning (UDL) and Open Education Resources (OER). Teachers are urged to take a proactive approach to educational strategies by both UDL and OER, which both aim to improve student learning and engagement. Educators must align pedagogies that address student diversity and consider how students' differences affect learning. both; Eliminates barriers, Increases access, Equity & Inclusivity, and Ethical lens.

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OER can be used in the classroom during a teacher-led lecture by incorporating a video, or a podcast. Teachers can pick a lesson from the internet and make changes as needed to best fit their students. or they can create mini lecture videos, podcast for the students to hear/view on their own time.

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> potential to make higher education more accessible to students.
> students who use OER had higher test scores.
> Lower dropout rate
> Free

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OER makes it possible to edit and remix content, allowing instructors to teach precisely what they want to teach and how they want to teach it. OER eliminates price barriers, allowing students to save money and have access to all required course materials from the first day of class. At the campus bookstore, you won't have to wait for orders that are late to arrive! According to a number of studies, faculty, and students who have used OER in the past believe that they are as good or better than commercial textbooks.

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"OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum."
Content such as articles, books (textbooks, literature), audio (podcasts, recordings, audiobooks), and images (art, graph, photograph) are just a few examples of the many more that are still out there.  OER are teaching and learning materials that are free and give students permission to access, read, and share them.

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Open Author helps you build and publish Open Educational Resources for you and for the benefit of educators and learners everywhere.

Learn more about creating OER

Groups provides a flexible environment to organize, create, share, and discuss resources with others in your network. Collaborate with group members, tag and add resources to shared folders, create your own collections, all within a public or private group.

Groups

Search through collections curated by our digital librarians

Collections

Common Core resources organized for your needs

Common Core

Hubs

A Custom Resource Center

Projects, districts, states, and initiatives make use of Hubs to bring groups of educators together to create, organize, and share OER collections that meet their common goals. Explore Hubs

Microsites

Custom Digital Libraries

Microsites are custom, flexible sites that include all the features available on OER Commons. Microsites allow your users to search resource collections using a custom taxonomy at a unique URL. Contact Us

Our award-winning OER Professional Learning programs support instructors and curriculum specialists to gain the necessary skills required to find, adapt, and evaluate high quality open materials.

In-person and virtual OER workshops help focus instructors to develop a "commons" mindset, to experience the benefits of open processes using the platform's tools, collaborative features, and workflows. This can include using Open Author for creating, remixing, and publishing shared curriculum.

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OER Commons is a dynamic digital library and network. Explore open education resources and join our network of educators dedicated to curriculum improvement.

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UDL can be used in the classroom in a variety of ways some examples are; having a variety of materials on hand and ready to go, and having the students take part in choosing the assignments, they are more likely to do the assignments because they choose it, and vary presentation content some students need more than teacher-led lecture for example; youtube, podcast, and videos.

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> reduces obstacles to learning
> enhances student involvement
> enables students to self-direct
> "show you what they know" refers to students' ability to demonstrate their knowledge
> creates a course design and delivery model that is adaptable and responsive.

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Educators should use UDL because In higher education settings, UDL provides useful guidelines for developing curricula, choosing materials, and designing learning environments that take into account the many different learning styles of students.

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UDL is a flexible, research-based planning framework that helps teachers make decisions about their instruction. UDL is described as a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone. It is not a one-size-fits-all solution; rather, it is a flexible approach that can be modified to meet the needs of each student. The UDL blueprint's structure inspires teachers to be flexible when considering learner characteristics and potential barriers to instruction and materials for students, assessment, and participation.