2007 Education Award Laureate
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, OER Commons
| Laureate Country: United States |
| Project Countries: OER Commons Web site is accessed by 194 countries and territories including: Australia, Belgium, Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, and U.K. |
| Website: http://www.oercommons.org |
| Video: 2007Videos/ISKME.mov |
The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education enlists technology to evaluate and organize vast Web-based educational resources.
The explosion of free online educational materials has created a new problem. It is tremendously difficult to find appropriate, high-quality materials online, or to know what really works.
The Institute founded the OER Commons to sort and centralize a wealth of knowledge. Their interactive, open-source network aggregates exceptional materials and provides a social networking site where users can share their experiences and outcomes. A virtual community of teachers and learners rates materials, tags them, creates blogs, and even offers up edits and ideas. The online collaboration creates a huge, vital, and ever-growing education resource.
