This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and why their use is increasing. It defines OER as teaching, learning, and research materials that are freely available or have been released with intellectual property licenses that allow free use, revision, remixing, and redistribution. Rising college costs, competition, and growing demand for higher education are driving more discussion around OER. Networked digital technologies make it easy to create, collaborate on, revise, and distribute educational content at low cost. Open educational resources can reduce costs for students and increase access to education.
1. OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
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4. § 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
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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.
31. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Open educational resources (OER) are teaching,
lear ning, and research resources that reside in
the public domain or have been released under
an intellectual proper ty license that per mits
their free use and repur posing by others.
Source: Cable Green, Creative Commons
50. The Old Economics
Rivalrous
The more books
you print,
store, and ship,
the higher the
cost
51. The New Economics
Non-Rivalrous
Upload one copy, and everyone can
use it simultaneously
Copying,
storing, and
distributing
digital material
= “Free”
53. Student Advocacy
Top student issue three years
running…
(1) CUTTING TEXTBOOK COSTS
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
54. Policy
“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.”
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
55. Legislative Strategy
Partner with legislators
concerned about:
(a) efficient use of state
tax dollars
(b) saving students money.
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
56. Importance of “Open”
Affordability: students can’t afford
textbooks
Choice: Faculty have new choices
when building learning spaces
Self-interest: Good things happen
when you share
Social justice: everyone should have
the right to access digital
knowledge.
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
57. TRANSFORM
“Not invented here”
to
“Proudly borrowed from
there”
mindset
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
58. http://www.opencourselibrary.org
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.
Sources: Cable Green , Creative Commons
59. http://www.opencourselibrary.org
OCL will save students an average of $102 per
course
1.2 million for 2011-2012 in pilot courses
Exceeds 1.18 million needed to develop OCL
Source: State Board of Career and Technical Colleges
60. DISCUSSION
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?
At Educause 2011 there were two important announcements:Bb’s decision to Share content and support open licensingPearson’s announcement to offer a free LMS to share both proprietary & open content
In 2009, the VA legislature approved HB1941
This is not my presentation both in terms of the contentas well as in terms of exclusive ownership—like copyright.Let me tell you what I mean..
Here are the two questions I hope to answer for you today
Let’s set up the context of where we are
This is not an iPad. It may not be a very good product at all. But it throws down the gauntlet for making mobile tablet technology cheap and widely accessible.
This project demonstrates the power of the Internet, of collaboration, of sharing.
This is not my presentation both in terms of the contentas well as in terms of exclusive ownership—like copyright.Let me tell you what I mean..
This is not my presentation both in terms of the contentas well as in terms of exclusive ownership—like copyright.Let me tell you what I mean..
I adapted it presentation from another OER presentation by Dr. David Wiley, a professor at BYU and a leader in the OER movement. He knows much more about this issue than I do, so why not go straight to the source? But isn’t that plagiarism? No. Why--
His work is licensed in a way that allows me to use it freely under specific conditions
His work is licensed in a way that allows me to use it freely under specific conditions
As long as I credit the original, I am free to use it however I want. I can also license it any way I want
This is not my presentation both in terms of the contentas well as in terms of exclusive ownership—like copyright.Let me tell you what I mean..
So, let’s define our terms
An educational artifact
Not everyone shares this philosophy. Think about the term Intellectual Property. Ex. Of professor copyrighting student workThis has to do with organizational culture. OER aren’t just objects, repositories, but exchanges. A new of of doing business.
An educational artifact
This is not my presentation both in terms of the contentas well as in terms of exclusive ownership—like copyright.Let me tell you what I mean..
An educational artifact
Who will step in to fill the need? InnovatorsWe may not know what the future holds, but education, particularly postsecondary, has never been at greater risk of being disrupted like other industries: Newspaper Music Entertainment
How do we scale what we currently do to meet this need? Higher ed is not affordable for the majority who will demand it
Especially, networked digital technologies have fundamentally changed the landscape of education. Think back to the YouTube video and a number of other examples. The Internet is a powerful tool and people are discovering they don’t necessarily NEED college to accomplish what they want to accomplish
Do we accept and embrace this fact? If so, what does it fundamentally change what we do? If it isn’t about delivering content, or degrees, or even a social & intellectual experience
An educational artifact
Full-time students spend approximately $1,000 on textbooks every year.
Full-time students spend approximately $1,000 on textbooks every year.
Full-time students spend approximately $1,000 on textbooks every year.