Digital Content:This Changes Everything
Tom CaswellWA State Board for Community & Technical
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Blackboard World 2012July 12, 2012Unless otherwise specified, this presentation by Tom Caswell is licensed
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The Dream
That everyone have access to high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities.
It will require we share the educational resources we produce and that we spend our limited public resources wisely.
“Nearly one-third of the world’s population (29.3%) is under 15. Today there are 158 million people enrolled in tertiary education1. Projections suggest that that participation will peak at 263 million2 in 2025. Accommodating the additional 105 million students would require more than four major universities (30,000 students) to open every week for the next fifteen years.
1 ISCED levels 5 & 6 UNESCO Institute of Statistics figures2 British Council and IDP Australia projections
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The Need
Cost
Quality
Access
The Iron Triangle
Quality vs. Cost vs. Access
How do we maximize the potential of digital
content and networked technologies?
Digital Content + Internet Delivery =
Lower CostGreater Access
Greater Quality
Right?
Hold that thought…
Education Is Sharing
Teachers Share With Students
knowledge and skillsfeedback and criticism
encouragement
Students Share With Teachers
questionsassignments
tests
If There Is No Sharing
there is no education
Successful Educators
share most completelywith the most students
Knowledge is Magical
can be given without being given away
Physical Expressions Are
Notto give a book you must give it away
Expressions Are DifferentTo give a book you must give it away
When Expressions Are Digital
they also become magical
An Indescribable Advance
the first time in human history
Both Knowledge and Expressionscan be given without giving away
Unprecedented Capacity
we can share as never before
Unprecedented Capacity
we can educate as never before
What Does “Share” Mean?
online it means copy and distribute
Cost of “Copy”For one 250 page book:
• Copy by hand - $1,000
• Copy by print on demand - $4.50
• Copy by computer - $0.00084
Cost of “Distribute”For one 250 page book:
• Distribute by mail - $5.20
• Distribute by internet - $0.00072
Copy and Distribute are “Free”
this changes everything
Educational Sharing
also means adapting or editing
Sense-making, Meaning-making
connecting to prior knowledgerelating to past experience
(in an appropriate language)
Digital Makes Editing “Free”
editing a printed book or magazine is difficult and expensive
Free Copy, Distribute, Editwe can share as never before
Free Copy, Distribute, Edit
we can educate as never before
Except We Can’t© forbids copying, distributing,
and editing
© Cancels the Possibilities
of digital media and the internet
what to do?
CopyrightForbids
Internet Enables
Use copyright to enable sharing
What is Creative Commons?
A simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to
your creative work.
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Attribution
Non-CommercialNo Derivative Works
Share Alike
http://creativecommons.org/choose
Step 1: Choose License Conditions
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Step 2: Receive License
Digital + Opendiagnostic, adaptive, interactive
free, full local control (4Rs)• reuse• revise• remix• redistribute
Digital + Open
Digital Content + Internet Delivery
+ Open License =
Lower CostGreater Access
Greater Quality
400 million open resources so far
Higher Ed
uses a Creative Commons License (CC
BY-NC-SA)
Blackboard
Open as a continuum
• Sharing, access, materials, practice
IndividualImages
“Courses”
Open Course Library
Saylor.org
Course MaterialsOpen Textbooks
StandaloneModules
FlickrOpenLearn
Courses +Certification
MIT OCW MITxUdacity / Coursera
TED-Ed
Moving Forward
Content
Snippets
Courses
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What’s in it for me?
Building Reputation Through Digital, Open
SharingBrett SheltonAssistant ProfessorInstructional Technology& Learning SciencesUtah State University
Research Interest:Instructional Games
USU OCW - Instructional Games
How do you end up on the first page of a Google search in your field?
What kinds of professional opportunities could that yield?
Digital, Open Sharing Discoverability
New Opportunities
http://techplan.sbctc.edu
“We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources.”
All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
State Board “Open” Policy
A collection of openly licensed (CC BY) educational materials for 81 high-enrollment
college courses
Project Goals:1. Lower textbook costs for students2. Improve course completion rates3. Provide new resources for faculty
Please visit: http://opencourselibrary.org
Credit: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC-BY-NC-SA
Open Course Library
SBCTC Example:English Composition I
50,000+ enrollments / year x $175 textbook = $8.7+ Million every year
Affordability
The first 42 courses were released October
31, 2011Over 35,000 visits from 125
countries to http://opencourselibrary.org
Over 80 media mentions worldwide
Open Course Library
Initial Impact
In the first year, students will save
$1.1 million in textbook costs
That’s more than we spent to develop the courses… in year 1.
Open Course Library
Saylor.org Reuses Open Course Library Materials
Open Course Library
Open Course Library Saylor iTunes U
OCL in iTunes U
NEW HE Models are En Route
Conclusion1. Digital + Open: Implement policies
and solutions to encourage content that is both digital AND open (meaning free, shareable, adaptable, and editable)
2. Lifelong Learning: Allow course content to be persistent and discoverable with tools like CourseSites (so students can preview lessons before they are officially enrolled and review them after).
Tom CaswellEmail: [email protected] Blog: http://tomcaswell.comTwitter: @tom4cam
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