OER

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=Open Educational Resources=

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Blackboard Open Content

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Blackboard Open Content
This is a building block aimed at K-12 customers. "With Blackboard Open Content, you can easily incorporate digital OER—such as CK-12, SAS Curriculum Pathways, Khan Academy, Discovery Education, and user-created materials—into your classroom to make learning more personalized.""Our cross-platform, cloud-based, global learning object repository is designed to provide teachers with direct access to learning content. All OER content can be aligned to standards, making it easy for teachers to help students master competencies." (from http://www.blackboard.com/learning-object-repository/blackboard-open-content.aspx)

"The basic model requires acceptance of the Blackboard Open Content license, but does not require any additional charges." They also have a premium model $ (from https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Blackboard_Open_Content/Administrator/About_Blackboard_Open_Content)
 * About Blackboard Open Content (formerly xpLor) https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Blackboard_Open_Content/Administrator/About_Blackboard_Open_Content
 * Open educational resources: Maximize teacher time and engage students http://blog.blackboard.com/open-educational-resources-maximize-teacher-time-and-engage-students-3/
 * Blackboard Open Content FAQs https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Blackboard_Open_Content/Administrator/Blackboard_Open_Content_FAQs
 * Learning Your Way [Open Education powered by Blackboard] https://openeducation.blackboard.com/home?tab_tab_group_id=_12_1
 * Manage open educational content with Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com/learning-object-repository/blackboard-open-content.aspx