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OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES JTCC | January 3 rd , 2012 Richard Sebastian, Ph.D. | Director Of Teaching & Learning Technologies Virginia Community College System | 804.819.4795 | [email protected]
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OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESJTCC | January 3 rd, 2012
Richard Sebastian, Ph.D. | Director Of Teaching & Learning Technologies Virginia Community College System | 804.819.4795 | [email protected]
BLACKBOARD | SHARING
PEARSON | OPENCLASS
HB1941
HB1941
§ 2.2-2822. Ownership and use of patents and copyrights developed by certain public employees; Creative Commons copyrights.
B. The Secretary of Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Technology, shall establish policies, subject to the approval of the Governor, regarding the protection and release of patents and copyrights owned by the Commonwealth. Such policies shall include, at a minimum, the following:
1. A policy granting state agencies the authority over the protection and release of patents and copyrights created by employees of the agency. Such policy shall authorize state agencies to release all potentially copyrightable materials under the Creative Commons or Open Source Initiative licensing system, as appropriate.
WHAT ARE OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES (OER)
&WHY IS EVERYONETALKING ABOUT THEM?
AAKASHLUX ARUMQUE
AAKASH
HORIZON REPORT
WHAT ARE
OER?
THIS PRESENTATION
THIS IS NOT MY PRESENTATION
©
DAVID WILEY
Source: David Wiley: Why OER?
Use this to prevent sharing
©copyright
Use this to enforce sharing
THIS IS NOT MY PRESENTATION
also
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WHAT ARE OER?
OPEN, ADJ.
OPEN CONTENT
OPEN COURSES
Image Source: Flickr CC, user Marc_Wathieu
OPEN PUBLISHING
Image Source: Flickr CC, user edinburghcityofprint
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Image Source: Flickr CC, user flattop341
OPEN TEXTBOOKS
Source: Flickr CC, user seo_gun
OPEN, ADJ.Educational materials freely shared with permissions to engage in the “4R” activities
THE 4RSRedistribute :Reuse : Revise : Remix
OPEN, ADJ.Openness is a philosophy, an aspect of culture, a stance--
OPEN, ADJ.Generous, sharing, giving
OPEN, ADJ.Learning should be free
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESOpen educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others.
Source: Cable Green, Creative Commons
OPEN CONTENT
OPEN COURSES
OPEN COURSES
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2011
OPEN PUBLISHING
OPEN LEARNING
OPEN TEXTBOOKS
WHY ISEVERYONETALKING ABOUT
OER?
TEXTBOOK COSTS
RISING COSTS
COMPETITION
SOARING DEMAND120M in higher education worldwide
150M more projected to enter
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIESEasy to create, collaborate, revise, distribute
NETWORKED
OPENNESS = FUTURE
OPEN TEXTBOOKS
& ACCESS
Image Source: Flickr CC, user seo_gun
College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)
Textbooks =$1000 yr
English Composition I
55,000+ enrollments / yrx $150+ textbook
= $8.25+ Million every year
THE HIGH COST OF TEXTBOOKS HAS REDUCED US CITIZENS’ ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)
IDEA
COSTS
ACCESS
The more books you print, store, and ship, the higher the cost
The Old EconomicsRivalrous
Upload one copy, and everyone can use it simultaneously
Copying, storing, and distributing digital material = “Free”
The New EconomicsNon-Rivalrous
Washington State
Image source: Tri-City.com
Top student issue three years running…(1) CUTTING TEXTBOOK COSTS
Student Advocacy
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
“All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the Washington State Board CTC will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.”
Policy
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
Partner with legislators concerned about:
(a) efficient use of state tax dollars
(b) saving students money.
Legislative Strategy
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
Affordability: students can’t afford textbooksChoice: Faculty have new choices when building learning spacesSelf-interest: Good things happen when you shareSocial justice: everyone should have the right to access digital knowledge.
Importance of “Open”
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
“Not invented here”
to
“Proudly borrowed from there”
mindset
TRANSFORM
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
Designed 81 open, high enrollment, gatekeeper courses• face-to-face, hybrid and/or online delivery• improve course completion rates• lowers textbook costs for students (<$30)• provides new resources for faculty to use in their
courses• allows college system to fully engage in the global
open educational resources discussion.
http://www.opencourselibrary.org
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
OCL will save students an average of $102 per course1.2 million for 2011-2012 in pilot coursesExceeds 1.18 million needed to develop OCL
http://www.opencourselibrary.org
Source: State Board of Career and Technical Colleges
1.What do you see as the advantages/benefits of using OER in your course or department?
2.What are the disadvantages or barriers to using OER?
DISCUSSION
