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A SHIFT IN CONVERSATION.

What is open

education?

What can open

education be?

What can open do?

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ORGANIZE CONTENT INTO

COURSE CONTEXT

COMPLETE

COURSE

SOURCE CONTENT

ORGANIZE CONTENT INTO

COURSE CONTEXT

COMPLETE

COURSE

THAT WAS THEN.

STUDENT TRANSCRIPT

AP/CLEP EXAMS

WORK EXPERIENCE

PRIOR LEARNING

SAYLOR.ORG

THIS IS NOW.

Saylor.org Study

Professional

Advancement

Traditional Degree

SAYLOR.ORG AS EXAM PREPARATION

Credit-awarding

Exams

Placement Exams

1CLEP(College Level Examination Program)• 33 Subject Area Exams• Credit awarded at up to

2900 colleges and universities• $80/exam

Aligning 6 courses at Saylor.org:• United States History I• United States History II• Macroeconomics• Microeconomics• English Composition• Western Political

Thought

CONNECT STUDENTS TO CREDIT BY EXAM2

Excelsior College Partnership• “Recognizes learning whenever and

wherever it happens”• Students study (free) at Saylor.org

& take an Excelsior exam for transferable credit.

StraighterLine and Excelsior Partnerships• Exams at either are accepted for credit at over

1500 institutions.

• Students study (free) at Saylor.org & pay to take a StraighterLine or Excelsior exam for transferable credit.• $95 per U-Excel Exam (at Excelsior)• $19-$39 per exam + $99/month enrollment fee (at StraighterLine)

Saylor.org

Straighter-Line

CREDIT

Excelsior

Seeking NCCRS recommendation for:

• POLSC201: Intro to Western Political Thought• POLSC231: Intro to Western Politics• ME102: Mechanics I: Statics• BUS205: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business• BUS210: Corporate Communication Management• BIO102: Intro to Evolutionary and Ecological

Biology

National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS)• Recognized by over 1500 Cooperating

Colleges and Universities• Exams are proctored by Third Parties (e.g.

Proctor U)• Students pay $21.50 for proctor fees plus the

cost of two postage stamps for transcript!

OFFER CREDIT OURSELVES3

Saylor.org

$20-$95 / course$295 / semesterVS.

$941 / course*$4,706 / semester*

AND IF WHEN WE SUCCEED

*Numbers taken from the College Board: http://trends.collegeboard.org/downloads/College_Pricing_2011.pdf

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