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OER, Open Policy,System Efficiencies, and
Future Directions
Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Global [email protected]
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“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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Higher Ed
K-12
Open Educational Resources (OER)
OER are teaching, learning, and research
materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been
released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing
by others.
Search & Discovery
Translations & Accessibility
Customization & Affordability
What is the Business / Policy Case for OER?
vs.
Rivalrous vs. Non-Rivalrous Resources
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Cost of “Copy”
For one 250 page book:
• Copy by hand - $1,000
• Copy by print on demand - $4.90
• Copy by computer - $0.00084
CC BY: David Wiley, BYU
Cost of “Distribute”
For one 250 page book:
• Distribute by mail - $5.20• $0 with print-on-demand (2000+ copies)
• Distribute by internet - $0.00072
CC BY: David Wiley, BYU
Copy and Distribute are “Free”
This changes everything
CC BY: David Wiley, BYU
Movies, TV Shows, Songs, and Textbooks
Movies and TV Shows:• Amazon Prime – $6.59/month
($79/year) for access to 10,000 movies and TV shows
• Netflix – $7.99/month for access to 20,000 movies and TV shows
• Hulu Plus – $7.99/month for access to 45,000 movies and TV shows
CC BY: David Wiley: http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2348
Movies, TV Shows, Songs, and Textbooks
Music:• Spotify – $9.99/month for access
to 15 million songs• Rhapsody – $14.99/month for
access to 14 million songs
CC BY: David Wiley: http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2348
CC BY ND / Delta Initiative / http://tinyurl.com/bw3ztnt
When the Marginal Cost of Sharing is $0…
- educators have an ethical obligation to share
- governments need to get maximum ROI by requiring publicly funded resources be openly licensed resources
- governments and educators need openly licensed content: (a) so you can revise & remix (b) buying and maintaining is cheaper than leasing (w/time bombs)
$60 trillionx 5% =$ 3 trillion
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Partner with Legislators who care about:
(a) efficient use of national / state tax dollars;
(b) saving students money; increasing access to
publicly funded research and data;
(c) increasing access to education
CC-BY licensed textbooks for 90 university courses
$500 million - Wave 2($2 billion over four years)
Publicly funded resources should be openly licensed resources.
• Cooperate & share = We all Win– Faculty have new choices when building
learning spaces.– …the more eyes on a problem, the greater
chance for a solution.• Affordability: students can’t afford
textbooks• Self-interest: good things happen
when I share• It’s a social justice issue: everyone
should have the right to access digital knowledge.
Why is “Open” Important?
Building Effective Teams & Shifting the
Culture to Open as Default
http://techplan.sbctc.edu
“We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources.”
But using open educational resources – and
contributing to them – requires significant
change in the culture of higher education. It
requires thinking about content as a common resource that raises all
boats when shared. (p.11)
English Composition I
• 55,000+ enrollments / year
• x $175 textbook
• = $9.6+ Million every year
English Composition I
• 55,000+ enrollments / year
• x $175 textbook
• = $9.6+ Million every year
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Does it make any sense WA State and K-12 Districts together spend $130M/yearon textbooks and the results are:• Books are (on average) 7-10 years out
of date• Paper only / no digital versions.• Students can’t write / highlight in
books• Students can’t keep books at end
of year• All rights reserved… teachers can’t
update
You are not alone.
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U.S. House Appropriations Committee draft FY2012 Labor, Health and Human Services funding bill
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available by this Act for the Department of Labor may be used to develop new courses, modules, learning materials, or projects in carrying out education or career job training grant programs unless the Secretary of Labor certifies, after a comprehensive market-based analysis, that such courses, modules, learning materials, or projects are not otherwise available for purchase or licensing in the marketplace or under development for students who require them to participate in such education or career job training grant programs.
http://appropriations.house.gov/UploadedFiles/FY_2012_Final_LHHSE.pdf
U.S. House Appropriations Committee draft FY2012 Labor, Health and Human Services funding bill
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available by this Act for the Department of Labor may be used to develop new courses, modules, learning materials, or projects in carrying out education or career job training grant programs unless the Secretary of Labor certifies, after a comprehensive market-based analysis, that such courses, modules, learning materials, or projects are not otherwise available for purchase or licensing in the marketplace or under development for students who require them to participate in such education or career job training grant programs.
http://appropriations.house.gov/UploadedFiles/FY_2012_Final_LHHSE.pdf
Defeate
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H.R. 3699
"No Federal agency may adopt, implement, maintain, continue, or otherwise engage in any policy, program, or other activity that -- (1) causes, permits, or authorizes network dissemination of any private-sector research work without the prior consent of the publisher of such work; or (2) requires that any actual or prospective author, or the employer of such an actual or prospective author, assent to network dissemination of a private-sector research work."
H.R. 3699
"No Federal agency may adopt, implement, maintain, continue, or otherwise engage in any policy, program, or other activity that -- (1) causes, permits, or authorizes network dissemination of any private-sector research work without the prior consent of the publisher of such work; or (2) requires that any actual or prospective author, or the employer of such an actual or prospective author, assent to network dissemination of a private-sector research work."
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But even better, the bill sponsor said:
• "As the costs of publishing continue to be driven down by new technology, we will continue to see a growth in open access publishers.
• This new and innovative model appears to be the wave of the future. The transition must be collaborative, and must respect copyright law and the principles of open access.
• The American people deserve to have access to research for which they have paid.
http://maloney.house.gov/press-release/issa-maloney-statement-research-works-act
“The American people deserve to
have access to research for which they have paid.”
http://maloney.house.gov/press-release/issa-maloney-statement-research-works-act
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• Efficient use of public funds to increase student success and access to quality educational materials.
• Everything else (including all existing business models) is secondary.
Only ONE thing Matters:
the opposite of open isn’t “closed”
the opposite of open is “broken”
Attribution: John Wilbanks
