EDUC638/EME6613 Openness in EducationSeptember 30, 2014

Mathieu Plourde

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Mathieu Plourde, MBA, Ed.D. Candidate

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BEFORE WE START… 3

What is open?

• Let’s gather definitions of the word “open”

• http://bit.ly/def-open14

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What is free?

• Let’s gather definitions of the word “free”

• http://bit.ly/def-free14

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HISTORY LESSON

A little

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Traditional software model

Credit: somethingstartedcrazy and Rob on Flickr.

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Open source software

USERS DEVELOPERS

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Open encyclopedia

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Source: Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems (Wired)

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Gratis

Libre&

(free of charge)

(freedom of use)11

Open education

"...is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that

technology in general and the Worldwide Web in particular provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use, and

reuse knowledge."

—The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 12

Open education

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Evolution towards MOOCs

Gerard L. Hanley, http://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no2/hanley_message_0613.htm

WHY OPEN MATTERS 15

Increase in textbook prices and college tuition (GAO)

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Demand for degrees

17McCoy, D., Schiller, S. R., Frank, E., & Schiller, S. (2011, April 4). Textbook Affordability: Emerging Solutions in Ohio. Webinar, . Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/Resources/TextbookAffordabilityEmergingS/226560

Low-cost pathways

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Typical textbook cycle

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Adopting an open textbook

• Andrea Everard, Associate Professor

• Accounting & MIS

• MISY427 Information Technology Applications in Management - Fall 2011

• Link to blog post and video testimonial

Costs associated with potential textbooks for MISY427

State of Washington

The Open Course Library has saved students $5.5 million in textbook

costs to date, including $2.9 million during the 2012-2013 academic year

alone.”

Tidewater Community College

“For students who pursue the new “textbook-free” degree, the total cost for required textbooks will be zero. Instead, the program will use high quality

open textbooks and other open educational resources, known as OER, which are freely

accessible, openly licensed materials useful for teaching, learning, assessment and research. It is estimated that a TCC student who completes the degree through the textbook-free initiative might

save one-third on the cost of college.”http://www.tcc.edu/news/press/2013/TextbookFreeDegree.htm

Open textbooks in K12

• State of Utah pilot provides a printed copy for $5 per student.

• Replaces a 7 year cycle.

• Fresh content every year, students keep the book.

• Open textbook calculator:

• http://openedgroup.org/calculator/

David Wiley, http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent/the-5-texbook

OER Repositories/Referatories

• http://sites.udel.edu/open/finding/

WHAT MAKES SOMETHING OPEN?

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Copyright licensing

• Open educational resources (OER) are powered by Creative Commons. The author sets the acceptable uses from the get-go.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

BEWARE: OPENWASHING

“What's getting lost here is the power of "free" to benefit

not only institutions, but students as well.”

- Anya Kamenetz

The OER spectrum

Textbook Learning object

The OER spectrum

Textbook Learning object

Whole

Traditional

Fixed

Peer-reviewed

"Nugget"

Innovative

Evolving

"Wisdom of the crowd"

What makes a resource open?• David Wiley's 4Rs:• Reuse: the right to reuse the content in its

unaltered/verbatim form (e.g., make a backup copy of the content)

• Revise: the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)

• Remix: the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)

• Redistribute: the right to share copies of the original content, the revisions, or the remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)

THE BIG BAD MOOC 32

Are you afraid MOOCs might take away your job?• Yes

• No

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Credit: Daniel Lobo on Flickr.com

What is a MOOC anyway?

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Casey Green at #digedcon, April 2013

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UD’s first MOOC

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www.canvas.net/courses/phoneography-the-basics-of-cell-phone-photography

Connectivist MOOCs

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Explore a MOOC catalog

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www.class-central.com

Found something interesting?

• How would you incorporate a MOOC in your everyday life?

• Personally (as a hobby)

• Educationally (to support your coursework as a student)

• Professionally (to support your lifelong learning as a professional)

• For teaching (to support your students)

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The value of MOOCs

• San Jose State U. Puts MOOC Project on Hold

• Prior learning assessment:

• Western Governors University

• SUNY REAL

• Wrapping

• Mozilla open badges

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BARRIERS TO OPEN 42

Perception of quality

• Outside resources:

• “Not mine”

• “Not peer-reviewed”

• “Not someone I know”

• Personal resources:

• Copyright confusion

• “Not perfect enough to share”

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Startup cost and time

• Finding

• Vetting

• Sequencing

• Remixing

• Filling up gaps

• Assembling in a web format

• Missing ancillaries and homework-as-a-service

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CONCLUSION 45

Learning resources ecosystem

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Curriculum design

1. Commercial textbook selection

2. Build from scratch 1. Learning objectives

2. Course outline

3. Explore OER

4. Identify gaps

5. Explore commercial options

6. Remix, repurpose

7. Build, share, improve

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WE NEED YOU!

Mathieu Plourde, MBA, Ed.D. Candidate

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sites.udel.edu/open

OTHER OPENNESSES 51

Open access research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rVH1KGBCY

Open educational practices

• http://openteaching.ud-css.net/2013/03/openeducationwk-udsnf12/

Personal learning networks

Attribution: Alec Couros (courosa) on Flickr.com