A World View of Open Resources

A World View of Open Resources

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  A World Viewof Open Resources Teacher Librarian Summit NCCE 2012 Seattle, WA Tom Caswell Open Education Policy Associate State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
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  The Internet changeseverything Anyone can create and deliver almost anything to anyone for almost no cost. Internet + Digital Resources + Open License
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  September 2007 Cape Town Open Education Declaration “…we have an opportunity to dramatically improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world through freely available, high-quality, locally relevant educational and learning opportunities.”
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  Where do westart?
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  Strategic Technology Plan  Strategy I: Create a single, system-wide suite of online teaching and learning tools that provides all Washington students with easy access to “anywhere, anytime” learning.  http://www.sbctc.edu/general/a_strategictechplan.aspx
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  June 2010 SBCTC Open Policy All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.  http://www.sbctc.edu/general/admin/Tab_9_Open_ Licensing_Policy.pdf
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  Textbook Affordability English Composition I 50,000+ enrollments / year x $100 textbook $5+ Million every year
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  Textbook Affordability
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  Watch. Practice. Learn almostanything for free.
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  The Open CourseLibrary Funded: $1.2 million  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation  Washington State Legislature
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   Goals ofthe Open Course Library  Design and share 81 high enrollment, gatekeeper courses  Improve course completion rates  Lower textbook costs for students (<$30)  Provide new resources for faculty to use in their courses  Fully engage our colleges in the global open educational resources discussion.
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  Potential Savings 81 courses = 411,133 enrollments / year  Textbook savings up to $41M+ in / year  How much could you be saving your students?  Completion rates may also increase when all students can afford course materials (See Student PIRGs 2011 report: “High Prices Prevent College Students from Buying Assigned Textbooks”)
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  Open Course Library  Phase 1: 42 courses  http://opencourselibrary.org  http://saylor.org  Phase 2 : 39 courses  Available Spring 2013
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  The first 42courses were released October 31, 2011 Over 80 media mentions worldwide Over 25,000 visits from 125 countries to http://opencourselibrary.org
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  Why? In thefirst year, students will save $1.1 million in textbook costs That’s more than we spent to develop the courses…
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  Finding Open Resources
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  Where can Isearch specifically for K-12 Open Educational Resources? • ck12.org • oercommons.org/oer • curriki.org Explore resources in a particular grade or subject? Post questions, comments, or links to the wiki.
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  Questions? Tom Caswell caswell.tom@gmail.com