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The Knight Lab at Northwestern University is a community of students and educators who work with designers and developers to provide a variety of tools in order to pursue ideas in an open and collaborative way. The Lab is best known for a suite of innovative experiments that are open-sourced and adaptable. Learn more about The Knight Lab here and keep up with their projects via their blog.  The Lab develops a variety of experiments and projects to support meaning making and storytelling. Their best experiment, TimelineJS, has been used by over 250,000 media makers worldwide. Check out their entire suite of projects that includes links, tutorials, and other ideas for your classroom.
How do you plan to dive into The Lab's resources? Leave a comment below! There is a movement in education right now focused on open educational resources (OER). OER are teaching and learning materials that educators can use and reuse at no cost and without needing to ask permission. OER are authored or created by an organization or individuals that retain few (if any) ownership rights. These materials can be downloaded and used with students or shared with colleagues. In many cases, you can also modify the materials for your own uses and re-post for others to use. The idea behind the OER movement is tied to the basic human right to quality education access.  OER Commons is a great resource to discover OER materials, create materials to share with other educators, and connect with educators interested in OER resources. You can use the website to search for ready-made materials or use their module builder to create your own learning modules that you can build with OER materials. Use the links below to start your OER exploration.
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Julie K. Marsh is a long-time educator, a PhD candidate at The College of William and Mary focusing on curriculum and educational technology, and the Coordinator for Distance Education and Instructional Design at Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing in Richmond, Virginia. Her current research interests include Design Thinking, Community of Inquiry, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), creativity in the classroom, open sourced educational resources, and participatory culture.
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