Just as introducing OER increased the success of students in higher education who didn't have access to textbooks, OER materials have the potential to deliver high quality materials into the hands of K-12 students who otherwise would not have them. However, if we don't learn lessons from the past, OER could be another effort that tries and fails to mitigate educational inequities. This presentation recounts lessons learned from a study of the implementation of teacher created OER resources in a 10th grade English Language Arts (ELA) classroom in a rural, high-poverty high school in spring 2024. Student and teacher voices demonstrate the importance of providing materials that have been specifically adapted by the teacher for the context of her classroom and students. In this presentation, attendees will hear from both the researcher and the 10th grade ELA teacher.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Explain the importance of teacher adaptation in the use of OER.
- Explain how teacher creation and adaptation of materials for their specific contexts can benefit both teachers and students.
- Implement strategies for providing support to teachers in K-12 districts who create/adapt resources for their contexts.
