Richard Baraniuk Rice University The Open Education Movement: Transforming the Economics and Ecology of Education

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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

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vibrant interactive community connected innovative up-to-date inexpensive

>>> book shelf closed $ slow page [XML modules] interconnected global repository open source [Creative Commons license] free fast 1. liberate course materials

Connexions repository

textbook / course

personalized courses

reuse materials

author retains their copyright but opens access via open license

2. invite participation 日本語 english Українська hausa français español لعربية inclusive communities grassroots networks organizations தமிழ

textbook pipeline authoring editing quality control publishing distribution

open education ecosystem authoring editing quality control publishing distribution feedback peers users learning

open access movement

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create Catherine Schmidt-Jones 9 million page views to date many by US teachers and faculty but also Mongolia…

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create rip mix burn anyone can print their own textbook

print customized textbooks modular authored by community continuously updated personalized on assembly published on demand low cost ex: 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 $ Harry Potter Connexions

Connexions’ growth Usage in October million users 45 million hits from 200 countries 380+ textbooks/courses/collections Lego modules (October 2008) 4000 in Science, Technology, Mathematics 3000 in Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Business from authors worldwide in English, Spanish, French, German Italian, Portuguese, Finnish Chinese, Japanese, Thai Vietnamese …

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increasing openness transparency

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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

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CCOTP Foothill-De Anza Community College Siyavula

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]

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quality control must be scalable peer review exclusive community inclusive

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

dangers fragmentation due to incompatible IP technology

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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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