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I think the new layout is very bad for teachers and students.

Hayden George

The grid was much easier for students to access materials, and for teachers it allowed us to easily find what we needed. This layout feels designed by AI and is nowhere near intuitive. My entire department is incredibly disappointed especially after piloting and approving the World History 1200 course in our district. Not to mention its harder to see what has changed.

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  • Hayden - Thanks for the feedback and I'm sorry that you find the layout challenging. While the old layout did allow you to see EVERYTHING that we offered, we had a lot of teachers say that it didn't really provide the instructional design - or the what do I teach first - approach that they needed. It's definitely going to be a learning curve to get acclimated to the new system, but we are here to help. If it would be helpful for a member of our team to hop on a call with your PLC and walk you through the changes in depth, just reach out to team@oerproject.com and we can set up a time to connect. 

  • in reply to Angelina Meadows

    I just accidentally stumbled upon the old curriculum and was so excited thinking it was the new one reorganized.  

    Since the new layout doesn't let you see everything anymore, is there a list somewhere of everything to do in chronological order? 

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  • in reply to Kendra Nielsen

    Hi   We do have full outlines for each course, showing everything laid out in chronological order: You can find them in the "teaching this course" section of each course homepage. For example, here is the 1200 course outline: https://www.oerproject.com/OER-Materials/OER-Media/PDFs/WHP-1200/Teacher-Resources/1200-Course-Outline 

    If there's any specific materials you're missing from the old curriculum, they can be easily downloaded here in our course archive on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xpOAj-fqhEDtO9CSjEhe46bw82srEEGj 

    I know changes like this are frustrating and definitely have a learning curve. And while we lose the all-up view of all materials on a single page, we think a lot is gained in the new view: Materials are arranged more thoughtfully in these lessons, keeping the narrative a bit tighter. Each article and activity is now downloadable as a word doc, offering the chance for teachers to make edits and adjustments to fit the needs of their classroom. We edited every activity to make directions clearer and less verbose. 

    And while stuff has moved, if you have any questions in any course, unit, lesson, or lesson step, you can click on "the hammer" (the blue circle with a hammer in it), which includes differentiation guides, links to the relevant sections of each lesson guides, sample answers, and so on.

    Please don't hesitate to reach out with more feedback or questions.

  • in reply to Bennett Sherry

    Thank you - the Outline is exactly what I needed. Now that I see it, I have no idea how I overlooked it. Thank you.