Open Education
OER advantages and what happens next.
Billy Meinke / @billymeinke
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Creative Commons (CC)
Creative Commons
is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
Copyright and the Web
(One has moved forward, the other hasn't)
Digital content is different
(Things do not work as pictured.)
Cost of a 250-page book
copy by hand - $250
print on demand - $25
make an online copy - $0.0008
ship a print copy - $5
distribute an online copy - $0.0007
-D. Wiley @opencontent
What's the workaround for restrictive copyright when you want to share?
(Enter: open content)
CC Licenses
Provide a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions for creative work.
Creators choose the terms
attribution | sharealike | noncommercial | noderivs
Some rights are reserved, but sharing is made easy.
(and creators always get attribution)
License suite
- CC BY
- CC BY-SA
- CC BY-NC
- CC BY-ND
- CC BY-NC-SA
- CC BY-NC-ND
(public domain dedication)
Layers of a license
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legal code
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human readable deed
-
metadata
Make your Intentions Clear
Searchable on the Web
What does this mean for education?
(We have an enormous opportunity at hand)
Open Educational Resources (OER)
"OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others."
-Hewlett Foundation
UNESCO, OECD, + others
Open Educational Resources
CK-12
Standards-aligned, many digital formats + print available
OpenStax College
(Rice University)
Print on demand at low cost, has saved students $2.3+ million
More
OER Advantages
Broaden access to education
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Extend the reach of public investment
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Inspire innovation in technology and pedagogy
Broaden access to education (1/2)
Broaden access to education (2/2)
EXTEND REACH OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT (1/2)
The Multiplier Effect
(Policy scales)
Extend reach of public investment (2/2)
To ensure that Federal investment of these funds has as broad an impact as possible and to encourage innovation in the development of new learning materials.
US$2bn over 4 years
* Healthcare * Information Technology * Advance Manufacturing *
* Transportation * Energy *
Inspire new Technologies & pedagogies (1/3)
Students as
learners
and
co-creators
INSPIRE NEW TECHNOLOGIES & PEDAGOGIES (2/3)
Borrow from the Open Source Community
Fork it, fix it, send a pull request and move forward.
INSPIRE NEW TECHNOLOGIES & PEDAGOGIES (3/3)
Education + Research
What happens to education as research opens up?
(Learners can go as deep as they wish to.)
Attributions
Elements by Ivan Colic from the Noun Project
Globe by Lorenzo Baldini on the Noun Project