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Top Three Open Educational Resource (OER) Databases

Career in STEM

Open educational resources (OERs) are those that are “freely available to the public, both technically and legally, to use and redistribute without limitation” ( U.S. OERs are: Public – available to all to no cost. OERs themselves are free, and the need to replace textbooks is eradicated. adapted from U.S.

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Empowering Educators: Online Workshops for Aspiring STEM Teachers – Comprehensive Guide

STEM Education Shopping

As an aspiring STEM teacher, I’ve often felt like a lone astronaut navigating the vast universe of education. Get ready to launch your STEM teaching journey! KEY TAKEAWAY Online workshops for aspiring STEM teachers, what should you know? That is until I discovered the empowering world of online workshops.

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New Turnkey Project-Based Learning Resources for High School STEM Teachers

The Tech Savvy Science Teacher

MIT BLOSSOMS, an international education initiative founded in 2008 to encourage high school STEM teachers to pursue more active, student-centered learning, has recently enlarged its focus to support those teachers in moving to Project-Based Learning. All content from BLOSSOMS is OER, Open Education Resources, freely available to all.

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