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Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Open Education

[email protected]: @cgreen

Shifting your District to Open Educational Resources with

Meredith JacobAssistant Director, PIJIP at American University

[email protected]: @meredithjacob

Jane ParkDirector of Platforms & Partnerships

[email protected]: @janedaily

Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Slides, notes, references:

http://www.slideshare.net/cgreen

Copyright&

Fair Use

(Why Copyright is the default and why both matter to K12)

InternetEnables

CopyrightForbids

Open Educational Resources

Any kind of teaching materials – textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans,

videos, readings, exams

Open Educational Resources

(1) Free and unfettered access, and(2) Free copyright permissions to

engage in the 5R activities

open ≈ free

free is assumed online

open > free

open = free + permissions

The 5Rs

retain is fundamental

retain is prerequisite

to revise and remix

watch out for publisher “artificial scarcity” models

“Faux-pen” (aka “open washing”)

1. Free (possibly gated) access

2. All rights reserved (or stronger)

Cost to Students

Permissions to Teachers

and Students

Commercial Textbooks Expensive Restrictive

Library Resources Free Restrictive

Open Educational Resources Free 5Rs

Nonprofit organizationOpen copyright licenses

Founded in 2001Operates worldwide

Teams in 85 countries

Step 1: Choose Conditions

Attribution

ShareAlike

NonCommercial

NoDerivatives

Step 2: Receive a License

most freedom

least freedomNot OER

OER

puts the “open” in OER

How is OERchanging K12 education?

WA State and K-12 Districts together spend $130M/year

on 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• Books are (on average) 7-10 years out of date• Paper only / no digital versions.• Students can’t write / highlight in books• Students can’t keep books at end of year• All rights reserved… teachers can’t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• Parents often pay for lost paper books…

http://k12oercollaborative.org

Leicester City Council / CC BY 4.0

http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/ls/open-education/

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How is OERchanging higher

education?

Washington Community Colleges

English Composition I

• 62,000+ enrollments / year• x $128 textbook

• ≈ $8 Million every year

opencourselibrary.org

$32M saved in 2 years+ $25M in 2015-2016

The Z-DegreeREMOVING TEXTBOOK COSTS AS A BARRIER TO STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH AN OER-BASED CURRICULUM

Decreased cost to graduate by 25%

Increased pedagogical flexibility

Improved course completion rates

OER Potential in U.S. Higher Education:Save Students: Billions / year

If every:

Open textbook saves $128 per course / student

How can OERbenefit your

Schools?

Increase Equity

All students have access to high quality learning materials that have the most up-to-date and relevant content because OER can be freely copied and distributed to anyone.

Save Money

Switching to OER enables schools to repurpose funding spent on static

textbooks for other pressing needs.

Replacing just one textbook can free up tens of thousands of dollars available for other purposes.

Open Textbook Savings Calculators

http://openedgroup.org/calculatorhttp://lumenlearning.com/oer-adoption-impact-calculator/

Open Textbooks have saved students:

with an additional $53 million projected through academic year 2015/16

Keep Content Relevant, Effective & High Quality

Traditional textbooks are perpetually outdated, forcing districts to re-invest

to replace them.

CC licenses allow educators to maintain the quality and relevance of their OER

through continuous updates.

Empower Teachers

OER empower teachers as creative professionals by giving them the ability to adapt and customize

learning materials to meet the needs of their students without breaking

copyright laws.

How do I share?

Do I own the copyright? If yes, I as the rights holder can choose to share under a CC license.

If not, what rights do I have to clear?

Whose permission do I have to seek to share the work more liberally under CC license terms?

Clear the rights.

My district has a website where we share our materials (see link)

My district has a preferred LMS where we share our materials (see link)

My district doesn’t have a central site… Can you recommend one?

Where do I share?

wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking

Microsoft Docs.com IOER (Illinois Open

Educational Resources) Edmodo Spotlight Amazon Education OER Commons Other platforms: What do I

look for?

#GoOpen Platforms

Edmodo:

Amazon:

Easy to add a CC license Resources are clearly marked

with a CC license notice You can search/filter

resources by license or usage rights

You can download the resource in editable formats

What to look for

How do I attribute?

Title Author Source (URL) License

Name + link, eg. CC BY linked to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

TASL

wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking

What can K-12 Superintendents, Principals, &

Curriculum Directors do to support OER?

Raise awareness of the existence of OER and the benefits for your students, teachers and parents.

Institutional & district support for adaptation and adoption to ensure successful adoption of OER.

Funding (talk with your State Legislature) to support the development or redevelopment of OER curriculum.

Partner with other States / Districts (e.g., K12 OER Collaborative)

Institutional policies concerning OER should be developed and disseminated to help raise awareness, dispel myths, and to encourage members of the K-12 community to adopt OER & open educational practices.

The creation and adaptation of OER should be appropriately recognized as curricular innovation and service to the academic profession during the promotion process.

Money is Shifting to Open

• Governments• Foundations• Open license requirements

on grants and contracts…

Publicly funded resources should be openly licensed resources.

Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Open Education

[email protected]: @cgreen

Shifting your District to Open Educational Resources with:

Meredith JacobAssistant Director, PIJIP at American University

[email protected]: @meredithjacob

Jane ParkDirector of Platforms & Partnerships

[email protected]: @janedaily

11 Peer Reviewed Studies: OER Outcomes vs. Traditional Textbooks

http://openedgroup.org/

48,623 Students


93% Same or Better Outcomes


9 Peer Reviewed Studies of Perceptions of OER Quality


4,510 Professors and Students


35%Better

15%Worse


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