After stumbling upon this article from The New York Times titled Putting a Dent in College Costs with Open-Source Textbooks, I wonder how money-strap WL teachers and/or programs can benefit from using OERs.

  • What will be the future of textbooks?​​
Nowadays, we have seen that more and more educators are shifting to creating their own content which they can tailor and personalize to better fit their students' interests and motivation. Hooray, for outliers! The big and famous publishing companies have noticed this new trend and are starting to take action, especially when Generation Z will expect more tech integration into their overall learning.

Most recently, the US Dept. of Education in joint efforts with the State Department and other agencies, have started a repository to help teachers find the best OERs out there without having to Google/Bing them. This repository is called Learning Registry. 

... and just in case you would like to check out free online courses/MOOCs and/or audio books plus over 300+ language courses ... Also check out Open Culture!

Here are some OERs specifically for WL educators:
Developed at the National Foreign Language Resource Center  with assistance from the Center for Language & Technology  - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Check out the CMS IT Department which provide high quality PD videos such as: - App of the Week - ITW - Tech Minute
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