Goldilocks and the 13 RepositoriesFinding the Perfect Fit
Jacky Hood, Open Education Program ManagerCoordinator, Open Doors Group
Co-Director, College Open Textbooks
November 7, 2011
A NEW QUEST FOR GOLDILOCKS
Goldilocks is no longer looking for a chair, bed, or porridge.
She is seeking an open educational resource (OER) repository that is a perfect fit.
Bears lurk in these Internet woods.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolldreamer/5919885358/ CC BY NC SA
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Open educational resources are here, there, and everywhere
One person’s ideal repository is another’s dead end.
Many lists, not so many repositories
Most open textbooks are on single-book sites…
THESE BEARS MAY LOOK FRIENDLY BUT….
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Yes, for OER materials I and my students can use
Yes, for a place to store OER materials I create
Yes, for both No. I am just
‘window shopping
POLL: ARE YOU ALSO LOOKING FOR AN OER REPOSITORY THAT FITS YOU WELL?
Trying on shoes CC BY NC by Michael D. Dunn http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/470415573/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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Type Licensing Disciplines Quality Format Print Options Ease of Use
SOME CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING AN OPEN REPOSITORY
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licensed reuse benny's photostream
Type Nuggets, Textbooks, Ancillaries, Complete Courses
Licensing CC BY perhaps with SA, NC, ND; also PD, custom, others
Disciplines Humanities, Science, Math, Social Science, Language, etc.
Quality Authoritative source, reviews (criteria, depth, by whom)
Format O/S, Browser, Downloaded, Mobile Devices. Cost.
Print options Self-printing, print-on-demand, pre-printed. Binding & cost.
Ease of use Tradeoff between adopter, student, and author
CRITERIA OPTIONS
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MANY OTHER CRITERIA
Size Search tools Authoring tools Communities Business model
Sustainability model Feedback
mechanism Accessibility Cost
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Textbooks Courseware Crowd-Sourced or K-12
Connexions OCW Consortium WikiBooks
Orange Grove Texts+ NROC Hippocampus CK12
FlatWorld Knowledge Sofia Curriki
Lulu Saylor Foundation
Global Text Project Open Learn
THREE GROUPS OF REPOSITORIES
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THREE MAJOR REPOSITORIES
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Type Textbooks, Resources, Courses
Licensing CC BY only
Disciplines Academic
Quality High; some reviewed
Format XML
Print options PDF, bound
Ease of use Students OK; adopters need training
Funded by grants and consortium fees
19,367 modules in 1,167 collections
http://www.cnx.org
RICE UNIVERSITY CONNEXIONS
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Type Textbooks
Licensing CC BY NC
Disciplines Math, Econ, Business
Quality High
Format Proprietary
Print options Self-print and bound
Ease of use Moderately complex for adopters and users; authors by invitation and contract only
For-profit business model similar to open source software vendors
Give away textbooks and sell ancillaries and support
Invited named authors paid royalties for bound copies and ancillaries
www.flatworldknowledge.com
FLATWORLD KNOWLEDGE
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Type Textbooks,
Licensing CC BY 3.0
Disciplines Business, Computing, Education, Health, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences
Quality High
Format Created in Open Office; converted to PDF
Print options Paper and CD or DVD
Ease of use High but limited flexibility
Affiliated with the University of Georgia
Grant funded by Jacobs Foundation
http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/books
GLOBAL TEXT PROJECT
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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
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http://www.textbookequity.com/ http://www.elevenlearning.com/
POLL: WHICH REPOSITORIES HAVE YOU VISITED? Connexions FlatWorld Knowledge Global Text Project Lulu OCW Orange Grove Saylor Foundation Others
Question mark made of puzzle pieces by Horia Varlan
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College Open Textbooks (COT) Advanced Technological Education Applied Math and Science Education
Repository OER Commons Student PIRGS OER Commons MERLOT
MANY LISTS ARE NOT REPOSITORIES
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LISTS CAN PROVIDE REVIEWS AND INFORMATION. EXAMPLE FROM COT
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*Peer Reviewed
WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HELP
http://opendoorsgroup.org http://collegeopentextbooks.org
Join us at http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com
Contact me at [email protected] or +1 650-323-6509 Pacific Time Zone
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