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Cable Gree presentation at OER-Brazil conference, June 9th 2011TRANSCRIPT
Developing a Culture of Sharing &
Receiving: Open Education in Washington State
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http://techplan.sbctc.edu
“We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources.”
The high cost of textbooks has reduced Washington citizens’ access to higher education.
Full-time students spend approximately $1,000 on textbooks every year.
College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)
English Composition I
• 50,000+ enrollments / year
• x $100 textbook
• = $5+ Million every year
• Open Course Library– designing and sharing 81 highest
enrollment courses– for face-to-face, hybrid and/or online
delivery– to improve course completion rates– lower textbook costs for students (<$30)– provide new resources for faculty to use
in their courses– for our college system to fully engage the
global open educational resources discussion.
opencourselibrary.org
• 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.
New State Board “Open” Policy
• What if all publicly funded educational content was open access?
• What kind of efficiencies could higher education yield?
• Simple idea: public access to publicly funded educational materials.
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• $2 Billion US Department of Labor Grant
• All $2B of programs / courses produced must be openly licensed (CC BY)– All Schools, Colleges, Universities can
download, modify and use any of it!
• Simple idea: public access to publicly funded educational materials.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College andCareer Training Grants Program
