Goldilocks and the 13 Repositories Finding the Perfect Fit Jacky Hood, Open Education Program Manager Coordinator, Open Doors Group Co-Director, College Open Textbooks November 7, 2011

A new quest for Goldilocks Goldilocks is no longer looking for a chair, bed, or porridge. She is seeking an open educational resource (OER) repository that is a perfect fit. Bears lurk in these Internet woods. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolldreamer/5919885358/ CC BY NC SA

THESE BEARS MAY LOOK FRIENDLY BUT…. Open educational resources are here, there, and everywhere One person’s ideal repository is another’s dead end. Many lists, not so many repositories Most open textbooks are on single-book sites… Pictures licensed for reuse by Mariah

Poll: Are you also Looking for an oer repository that fits you well? Yes, for OER materials I and my students can use Yes, for a place to store OER materials I create Yes, for both No. I am just ‘window shopping Trying on shoes CC BY NC by Michael D. Dunn http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/470415573/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Some criteria for choosing an open repository Type Licensing Disciplines Quality Format Print Options Ease of Use licensed reuse benny's photostream

Criteria options Type Licensing Disciplines Quality Format Nuggets, Textbooks, Ancillaries, Complete Courses Licensing CC BY perhaps with SA, NC, ND; also PD, custom, others Disciplines Humanities, Science, Math, Social Science, Language, etc. Quality Authoritative source, reviews (criteria, depth, by whom) Format O/S, Browser, Downloaded, Mobile Devices. Cost. Print options Self-printing, print-on-demand, pre-printed. Binding & cost. Ease of use Tradeoff between adopter, student, and author

Size Search tools Authoring tools Communities Business model Many other criteria Size Search tools Authoring tools Communities Business model Sustainability model Feedback mechanism Accessibility Cost

Three groups of repositories Textbooks Courseware Crowd-Sourced or K-12 Connexions OCW Consortium WikiBooks Orange Grove Texts+ NROC Hippocampus CK12 FlatWorld Knowledge Sofia Curriki Lulu Saylor Foundation Global Text Project Open Learn

Three Major repositories

Rice University Connexions Type Textbooks, Resources, Courses Licensing CC BY only Disciplines Academic Quality High; some reviewed Format XML Print options PDF, bound Ease of use Students OK; adopters need training Funded by grants and consortium fees 19,367 modules in 1,167 collections http://www.cnx.org

FlatWorld Knowledge Type Textbooks Licensing CC BY NC Disciplines Math, Econ, Business Quality High Format Proprietary Print options Self-print and bound Ease of use Moderately complex for adopters and users; authors by invitation and contract only For-profit business model similar to open source software vendors Give away textbooks and sell ancillaries and support Invited named authors paid royalties for bound copies and ancillaries www.flatworldknowledge.com

Global Text Project Affiliated with the University of Georgia Type Textbooks, Licensing CC BY 3.0 Disciplines Business, Computing, Education, Health, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences Quality High Format Created in Open Office; converted to PDF Print options Paper and CD or DVD Ease of use High but limited flexibility Affiliated with the University of Georgia Grant funded by Jacobs Foundation http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/books

New Kids on the block http://www.elevenlearning.com/ http://www.textbookequity.com/ http://www.elevenlearning.com/

Poll: which Repositories have you visited? Connexions FlatWorld Knowledge Global Text Project Lulu OCW Orange Grove Saylor Foundation Others Question mark made of puzzle pieces by Horia Varlan

Many lists are not repositories College Open Textbooks (COT) Advanced Technological Education Applied Math and Science Education Repository OER Commons Student PIRGS MERLOT Photo licensed for reuse by J T’s photostream

Lists can provide reviews and information. Example from COT Art and Contemporary Critical Practice: Reinventing Institutional Critique (CC-BY-NC-ND) Art History (CC-BY-SA) Digital Foundations (CC-BY-NC) Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite (CC-BY-NC) History of New Media (CC-BY-SA) Open Content Photography Program NR Remix Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy (CC-BY-NC) Smart History* (Nominated for the 2010 "Texty" Award; now part of Khan Academy) Visual Communication Design (CC-NC-BY-SA) *Peer Reviewed

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