The global classroom: Towards an open 1st year of study

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Festival of learning Anthony Mackintosh Wayne Mackintosh The Global Classroom: Towards an Open 1 st Year of Study (A little unplugged)

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Festival of learning

Anthony Mackintosh

Wayne Mackintosh

The Global Classroom: Towards an Open 1st Year of Study(A little unplugged)

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Confirming sources

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CollabOERate

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Don't mention the “R” word

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Wanna cuppa?

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Australian OERu leaders

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Thought experiment ...

If all the courses you teach were available as free, high-quality online courses on the Internet with options for formal academic credit ….

– How would that impact on your institutional strategy and teaching practices at Curtin University?

Introduction ...

The OER Foundation

The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that provides leadership, networking and support for educators and educational institutions to achieve their objectives through open education.

“OER is a sustainable and renewable resource”

Creative Commons New Zealand

Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand (CCANZ) is the guardian of the New Zealand Creative Commons licences that enable the voluntary sharing of copyright material in Aotearoa. CCANZ is a kiwi remix on an international movement toward open access licensing and are here to support the use Creative Commons licences in New Zealand.

A return to tradition?

WE MUST BE FREE

WE MUST BE OPEN

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Share, Remix, Reuse“Legitimate plagiarism? ”

A few observations about the future ...

Crossroads for online futures

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It's dangerous to predict the future but …

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The risky business of predictions

“Thirty years from now the big university campuses will be relics. Universities won't survive. It's as large a change as when we first got the printed book.”

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Peter Drucker, Forbes, 1997

How many universities are going to be around in 2027?

Crossroads for online futures

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Researching the the future is hard but …

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Scenario planning and predictability

Should we in HE buy into the disruptiveinnovation rhetoric …?

Disruptive innovation?

WE MUST BE FREE

WE MUST BE OPEN

The fundamentals stay the same … just the way we do business changes.”

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June 22, 2009, Kodak announced Kodachrome would no longer be manufactured.

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Innovation & new technology

Ice harvesting

Once the largest industry in AmericaIn 1850 – invention of “artificial” ice makers

Open Education

Ice harvesting or new innovation?

Is HE poised for a Napster moment …?

i.e. the moment we realise all the content needed for learning is openly accessible for all

Growth isn't a sustainable model

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RecycleReduceReuse

Demand Price

Success Public funding

#Feesmustfall

FreeEducation

Do only the rich deserve education?

#Millionstudentmarch

Tuition­free public college

Cancellation of all student debt

$15 Minimum wage for campus workers

Our resonant value proposition ...

The OERu value proposition

“It was also quite freeing not to be tied to a textbook and able to follow what I

wanted to learn about and what I wantedto write about”

Absurdity of copyright in a digital world ...

Copying is not theft

“If I steal your bicycle you'll have to take the bus.But if I make a copy, there is one for both of us!

Question Copyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4

Appropriating the public domain

Your copyRIGHT

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+3000 years old

Sharing knowledge freely2008 Bourewa excavationsDirected by Prof Patrick Nunn

P. Nunn

Unpacking the “open” in open education ...

“The opposite of open is not closed, the opposite of open is broken.”

Cable Green

Can I mention the “M” word?

Credible credentials?

DS106 “Day of the MOOC Poster” by David Kernohan

No Academic Credit“You agree not to accept credit for completing a course unless you have earned a Course Certificate (or other equivalent Coursera credential) for that course.”Specialisations on the new platform“If you do not earn your Course Certificate within 180 days, your registration will expire and you will need to pay to re-register for the course.”

Fiscally sustainable?

Open education

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Open learning

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open Educational Practices (OEP)

Open Access (OA)

Open Policy

Open licensing

Open philanthropy

Open source software

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Defining OER

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Retain

Reuse

Revise

Remix

Redistribute

The problem ...

Unsatisfied demand for HE

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100 million additional placesBy 2025

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BIG vision for a small charity

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But what if ...

Institutions assembled only 2 courses from OER

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Agreed to provide assessment services for formal credit

The OERu model ...

Smart philanthropy

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Giving is receivingParallel learning universe|New business

The OERu concept

Adapted from Taylor 2007

Free learning opportunities for all students worldwide

OER & the sustainable disaggregation of services

Traditional tertiary education package OERu package

The business of open

Cost levers for OERu

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MarginalCost=ZERO

Collaborative development=Cheaper the going it alone

Open business models

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OERF OERu Partners

Market Public HE institutions Learners excluded from formal sector

Revenue Membership feesSocial capital

Assessment fees

Value Affordable education Community serviceLong tail

OERu fiscal sustainability

OER is a renewable & sustainable resource

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James Woolley http://www.flickr.com/photos/xtrato/6159728957

How do we achieve sustainable OER projects?

How will your institution remain sustainablewithout OER?

OERu free 1st year of study …

Nascent landscape of the free 1st year of study

The OERu free 1st year of study

14 Confirmed OERu courses for MVP

Learning in a digital age

Creating sustainable futuresPrinciples of ManagementPrinciples of MarketingCorporate communication

Introduction to Psychology 1

Regional relations in Asia and the PacificIndigenous AustraliaArt appreciation and techniquesIntroduction to Critical Reasoning

Introduction to research methods in Psychology

Introduction to businessIntroduction to operations managementIntroduction to customer centred business

Certificate of General Studies

Certificate of Higher Education

Unplugging this prezi ...

Open planning

The OERu planning framework

Next steps …

Recurrent cost recouped

No new money required

OERu is low cost, low risk But high IMPACT innovation

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Next steps …Calibrating sustainable innovation …

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Free learning for all students worldwide

“This is not theoretical speculation,it is entirely viable.” Jim Taylor AM

You are free to join us ...

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