The Open High School of Utah curriculum is based on open educational resources. These resources are the basis of our content, which the teachers then enhance with screencasts, interactive components, and engaging activities to create high quality curricula for our students. Because we use open educational resources throughout our curriculum, our teachers are able to specifically tailor the entire curriculum to meet our students’unique needs, free of copyright or licensing restraints.
Blazing Trails
The Open High School of Utah is the first public secondary school in the world to commit itself to the exclusive use of open educational resources throughout its curriculum. You and your student will see a significant difference in the quality and flexibility of the Open Curriculum.
State Core Curriculum
All of our curriculum is aligned with exacting Utah state standards to ensure the highest quality educational experience for all of our students. Because of our data-driven instruction, we know immediately if a specific concept needs to be presented more clearly or if there’s a problem with a test item. These data help us further refine the Open Curriculum. The end result is a highly customized curriculum developed specifically for Utah students and constantly updated to better meet their needs.
Quality
We are deeply committed to the highest quality in curriculum, and are developing our curriculum to measure up to a number of quality standards:
Content Release Schedule
And our use of open educational resources also means that the Open High School of Utah is committed to sharing their content with the public for free. Our content is built, taught once through, refined and then released. Our first content release date will be August 20, 2010.
Content Release Schedule
And our use of open educational resources also means that the Open High School of Utah is committed to sharing their content with the public for free. Our content is built, taught once through, refined and then released. Our first content release date will be August 20, 2010.
Who Else is Using Open Educational Resources?
Many of the world’s most prominent universities have embraced the “open education” philosophy. Some inspiring examples include:
Many of Utah’s best universities are also sharing some of their curriculum materials:
- The University of Utah
- Utah State University
- Utah Valley University
- Brigham Young University
- and others…
A few organizations have begun developing OER specifically for public school students:
