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<div>ISBE has a few scholarships left for the OER microcredential pilot course. Please see the information below. </div>
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<div>Lauren Ochs</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> JOHNSON KIMBERLY <KJOHNSON@isbe.net><br>
<b>Date:</b> May 26, 2020 at 11:49:15 AM CDT<br>
<b>To:</b> GRAUKE ERICH <EGRAUKE@isbe.net>, "kbrynteson@niu.edu" <kbrynteson@niu.edu>, Board Budget AISLE <boardbudget@aisled.org>, Lauren Ochs <lochs@ms.k12.il.us><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Scholarships available for the new OER microcredential pilot.</b><br>
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this scholarship opportunity for Illinois educators to engage in professional learning on OER in the K-12 Classroom</span> with any listservs or educators that you can think of. We have a few scholarships left and need help spreading the word. Please let me
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Illinois State Board of Education is seeking scholarship applicants to complete and provide feedback on a new microcredential: Open Educational Resources in the K-12 Classroom. </span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Complete the scholarship application today at https://bit.ly/OERK-12</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This 8-week course is an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) for K12 environments. Participants will explore, evaluate, and select OER for use in their classrooms. Participants will discuss topics related to
OER benefits, challenges, trends, and issues. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will earn 30 Professional Development hours and a badge that will be included on their Illinois Professional Educator License.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Find out more about the course here: </span><span><a href="https://www.uis.edu/ion/" id="LPlnk491094"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.uis.edu/ion/</span></a></span>
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