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District Administrators: Has your district implemented an OER approach for instructional digital content?Gr K-5 teachers | Gr 6-8 teachers | Gr 9-12 teachers | |
I can modify the content to meet classroom needs | 66% | 75% | 79% |
Ability to find online when I need it | 50% | 53% | 56% |
I want to use content that I have personally reviewed for quality | 45% | 49% | 52% |
Content is aligned to my curriculum | 39% | 50% | 41% |
My preference is to create my own digital content | 26% | 32% | 44% |
Most likely to want to create their own digital content
Most important | Least important |
Alignment to local/state curriculum | Content is recognized as an OER |
Currency of content | Ranking on a search engine |
Accommodates multiple reading levels | Source is content expert organization |
Research based | Recommended by a state DOE |
Modifiable by the teacher | Mobile app version of the content is available |
Teachers’ practices regarding self-created content is changing
Teachers likely to share self-created content:
Source: Speak Up Research Initiative, 2016 Findings - the results of the authentic, unfiltered views of 514,351 K-12 students, parents, teachers, administrators, and members of the community from around the world collected from October 2016 to January 2017. Speak Up is an annual research initiative of Project Tomorrow. Learn more about Speak Up and other research findings from Project Tomorrow at tomorrow.org