Your Edtech Questions

How can we leverage OER to make more inclusive curriculum resources?

September 17, 2019 Sabia Prescott from the New America think tank Season 2 Episode 4
Your Edtech Questions
How can we leverage OER to make more inclusive curriculum resources?
Show Notes

Chances are, if you’re an LGBTQ student, you’ve never been able to see yourself reflected in the materials teachers use at school. That’s because curriculum that is inclusive of the LGBTQ population is rare to nonexistent in most schools. That’s just beginning to change. A few states are revising curriculum standards to include the LGBTQ representation. But the biggest hope for spreading inclusive curriculum is through openly licensed resources, also known as OER, which can be freely shared. OER allow teachers to find inclusive curriculum and customize it to their needs. In this episode of Your Edtech Questions, Sabia Prescott from the New America think tank talks about the nascent efforts to create OER curriculum that’s LGBTQ-inclusive.