richard baraniuk rice university the past, present and future of open educational resources
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Richard BaraniukRice University
The Past, Present and Future
of Open Educational Resources
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create
share
usefreely
re-useopenly
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create
share
usefreely
re-useopenly
vibrantinteractivecommunityconnectedinnovativeup-to-dateefficienteffective
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create
share
usefreely
re-useopenly
vibrantinteractivecommunityconnectedinnovativeup-to-dateefficienteffective
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create share
use re-usefreely openly
why? today’s textbooks/courses lock up educational ideas
– closed copyrights – closed formats
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create
share
usefreely
re-useopenly
vibrantinteractivecommunityconnectedinnovativeup-to-dateefficienteffective
open education
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today’s textbook pipeline
authoring
editing
quality control
publishing
distribution
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open education ecosystem
authoring
editing
quality control
publishing
distribution
feedbackpeersuserslearning
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OEenablers
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enabler 1: technology
Web/XML
common framework for sharing
Internet
virtually free distribution
virtually infinite, permanent storage
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ecosystem – primordial state
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textbook / course
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personalized textbooks
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enabler 2: new IP
intellectual propertyand copyright
make content safe to share
common legal vocabulary
inspiration: open-source software
(Linux)
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authorretainstheircopyright
but opensaccessviaopenlicense
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500+ million licensed works
textmusicaudioimagesvideoart …
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OEexamples
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Connexions (cnx.org)
usage per month:1.7 million unique users77 million hitsfrom 190 countries
non-profit open education platform founded 11 years ago
1000 open textbooks/courses16000 Lego modules
from contributors worldwide in many languages
free on-linelow-cost in print
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Community College Open Textbook Project100+ CC’s in USA and Canada
developing a suite of free open textbooks
Government of Vietnamdeveloping new curriculum at 40 universities
Siyavula / Shuttleworth Foundationcomplete K-12 curriculum for South Africa
IEEEquality review of open materials
some Connexions partners
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efficient
stanfordillinoismichigan
wisconsinberkeley
ohio statega tech
uteprice
cambridgenorwayitaly
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accessible
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unexpected consequences
Catherine Schmidt-Jones private music teacher, USA
music theory textbooks15 million uses to date
Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India
physics textbook4 million uses to date
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outreach
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outreach
inreach
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open education opportunities
open accessfree on-linelow-cost in printnever out-of-print high-qualitycontinuously updatedtranslateddemocratic
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OEsustainability
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Q: is OE financially sustainable?
Q: is the status quo sustainable?
textbook prices have risen 4x faster than inflation for well over a decade
publishers are pricing themselves
out of the market
sustainability
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computer hardware and software
textbooksmusic
newspapers
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Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities to add value to OERs andsustain the community
sustainability
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Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities to add value to OERs andsustain the community
sustainability
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OElegislation
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OE legislation
education is a public good
USA state e-textbook initiatives in CA, VA, WA, …
USA President Obama DOE initiatives $50m for community college open textbooks
USA Open College Textbook Act, US Senate
Netherlands Wikiwijs project
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OErecommendations
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capetowndeclaration.org
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recommendations
invest in prototype projects– open up current and future government-sponsored educational materials
adopt truly open intellectual property– not all open licenses are “open”– ex: prefer CC-By
build on existing technology– do not reinvent the wheel; adopt emerging standards
support quality control – engage existing institutions in review of OERs
learn from others’ successes and failures– several other countries are engaging in OE