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Richard Baraniuk Rice University
The Open Education Movement: Transforming the Economics
and Ecology of Education
damianharvey.co.uk
Bonvin, Still Life with Book, Papers and Inkwell, 1876
motivation – 1999
difficult to connect across concepts, courses, grades, curricula
– ex: mathematics <> engineering <> technology <> policy– K <> 12 <> college <> graduate school <> lifelong learning
difficult to build communities, collaborations among experts, faculty, students– most potential authors shut out– glacial time scales of development and updating
high cost and limited access of high-quality textbooks and learning materials
vibrant interactivecommunityconnectedinnovativeup-to-date
inexpensive
createripmixburn
createripmixburn
vibrant interactivecommunityconnectedinnovativeup-to-date
inexpensive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
bookshelf
closed $
slow
page [XML modules]
interconnected global repositoryopen source [Creative Commons license]
freefast
1. liberate course materials
Connexions repository
textbook / course
personalized courses
reuse materials
authorretainstheircopyright
but opensaccessviaopenlicense
2. invite participation
日本語
english
Українська
hausa français
español
لعربية
inclusive communities
grassroots networks
organizations
தமி�ழ
textbook pipeline
authoring
editing
quality control
publishing
distribution
open education ecosystem
authoring
editing
quality control
publishing
distribution
feedbackpeersuserslearning
open access movement
createripmixburn
anyone can become an author…
create
stanfordillinois
michiganwisconsinberkeley
ohio statega tech
uteprice
cambridgenorway
italy
create
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
9 million page views to date
many byUS teachersand faculty
but alsoMongolia…
create
Sunil Kumar Singh
create
ripmixburn
anyone can translate, customize, …
rip
Univ. Texas-El Paso
rip
createrip
mixburn
assemble a customized course, …
createripmix
burn
anyone can print their own textbook
print customized textbooksmodularauthored by communitycontinuously updatedpersonalized on assemblypublished on demand
low costex: 600-page textbook for $31, not $131
sustainability revenue
print partner: QOOP.com
long tail publishing
publish on demand
changes the economics of publishing
disintermediation“Craig’s List-ization”
long tail
$
HarryPotter
Connexions
Connexions’ growth
Usage in October 2008
1 million users45 million hits
from 200 countries
380+ textbooks/courses/collections
7000+ Lego modules (October 2008)
4000 in Science, Technology, Mathematics3000 in Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Business
from authors worldwide
in English, Spanish, French, German Italian, Portuguese, Finnish Chinese, Japanese, Thai Vietnamese …
the road
createripmixburn
increasing openness
transparency
radiohead: in rainbows
adding value
“there’s plenty of room at the bottom”
publishers as redhat’s
adding value to open materials
print on demand
university presses
closed, downsized, restructured
Rice University Press (closed – 1996)
University of Idaho Press (closed)Northeastern University Press (closed)University of Georgia Press (downsized)University of Iowa Press (downsized)University of Washington Press (downsized)Texas Tech University Press (downsized)Stanford University Press (restructured)University of Michigan Press (restructured)
rice university press
Rice University Press reopened and reinvented as all digital press within Connexions (2007)
RUP collaborations/joint publications
– Stanford University Press– Smithsonian Press– Long Tail Press
– Mellon Foundation– Hewlett Foundation
$10 + shipping
marthapedia
“If you know how to take red wine out of a white cloth napkin better than I do, then that’s good to know.
We’ll be editing user content and it won’t be as freewheeling as Wikipedia. You really have to monitor this.”
[Wired August 2007]
quality
createripmixburn
quality control
must be scalable
peer reviewexclusive
communityinclusive
lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
cnx.org/lenses/johnDoe
univ.edu/cnx
IEEE.org/cnx
cnx.org/lenses
coming soon:
for-profit lens
for-profit lens
dangers
fragmentation due to incompatible
IP
technology
you!
createripmixburn
get involved!
adopt an open textbook for your course
mix your own customized textbook
contribute your knowledge to the commons
educate your colleagues re open access
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