15. Demand for degrees
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Affordability: Emerging Solutions in Ohio. Webinar, . Retrieved from
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/TextbookAffordabilityEmergingS/226560
17. 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
19. 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.”
20. 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.
David Wiley,
http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent/the-5-texbook
23. 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/
24. BEWARE: OPENWASHING
“What's getting lost here is
the power of "free" to benefit
not only institutions, but
students as well.”
- Anya Kamenetz
26. The OER spectrum
Textbook Learning object
Whole
Traditional
Fixed
Peer-reviewed
"Nugget"
Innovative
Evolving
"Wisdom of the crowd"
27. 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)
28. THE BIG BAD MOOC
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29. Are you afraid MOOCs might
take away your job?
• Yes
• No
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30. What is a MOOC anyway?
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33. 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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