Richard Baraniuk Rice University Connexions and The Open Education Revolution

crises in education stovepipes/silos

crises in education poor access to high-quality materials and teaching (esp. cost) stovepipes/silos

crises in education stovepipes/silos poor access to high-quality materials and teaching educators cut off from key stakeholders

crises in education stovepipes/silos poor access to high-quality materials and teaching inefficient content development processes educators cut off from key stakeholders

knowledge forms a network art history linguistics proteomics algebra geometry nanotubes

knowledge forms a network networks enable new means to produce and exploit knowledge

open standards for networks of knowledge

open education OE

OE enablers

enabler 1: technology Web/XML common framework for sharing Internet virtually freecommunication virtually free collaboration virtually free distribution virtually infinite, permanent storage

OE – primordial state

textbook/monograph/journal

reuse materials

personalized learning

enabler 2: new IP intellectual property and copyright make content safe to share common legal vocabulary inspiration:open-source software (Linux)

author retains their copyright …but opens access to all via an open license with certain provisions

1 billion+ licensed works text music audio images video art …

today’s education pipeline authoring editing peer review publishing distribution lecturing testing graduating accrediting

open education ecosystem feedback lecturing testing graduating accrediting distribution publishing peer review editing authoring

OE examples

Connexions (cnx.org) usage per month: 2.2 million unique users 100 million hits from 190 countries non-profit open education platform founded 11 years ago 1000 open textbooks/courses Lego modules from contributors worldwide in many languages free on-line low-cost in print ePub for iPad

55 faculty adoptions across USA in customized versions in CNX Approved by California Free Digital Textbook Initiative (met 19/19 standards) free online: 2 million uses to date iPad/iPhone/Android via ePub $26.31 in print (627 pages)

Community College Open Textbook Project 100+ CC’s in USA and Canada developing a suite of free open textbooks Government of Vietnam developing new curriculum at 40 universities Siyavula / Shuttleworth Foundation complete K-12 curriculum for South Africa IEEE quality review of open materials some Connexions partners

efficient stanford illinois michigan wisconsin berkeley ohio state ga tech utep rice cambridge norway italy

accessible

unexpected consequences Catherine Schmidt-Jones private music teacher, USA music theory textbooks Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India physics textbook

unexpected consequences Catherine Schmidt-Jones private music teacher, USA music theory textbooks 15 million uses to date Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India physics textbook 4 million uses to date

outreach

inreach

OE technology

interactivity see do

interactivity see do

semantic / active content Mathematics Markup Language (MathML)

rhaptos Connexions’ platform open source, open standards plone + numerous other tools internationalization in planning stage (OSI) enterprise Rhaptos just released; can install locally

OE quality control

quality control must be scalable peer review exclusive community inclusive

lenses social software for quality control inspiration:

lenses social software for quality control inspiration: IEEE.org/cnx

lenses social software for quality control inspiration: cnx.org/lenses/ johnDoe ncpea.net/cnx IEEE.org/cnx

OE sustainability

Q: is OE financially sustainable? sustainability

Q: is OE financially sustainable? Q: is the status quo sustainable? textbook prices have risen 4x faster than inflation for well over a decade publishers are pricing themselves out of the market sustainability

computer hardware and software textbooks music newspapers

Q: is OE financially sustainable? A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing enables commercial entities to add value to OERs and sustain the community sustainability

Q: is OE financially sustainable? A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing enables commercial entities to add value to OERs and sustain the community sustainability

OE legislation

education is a public good US state e-textbook initiatives in CA, VA, WA, … US President Obama DOE initiatives $50m for community college open textbooks US Open College Textbook Act, US Senate Netherlands Wikiwijs project many more initiatives in Brazil, Poland, …

OE opportunities

outreach – access to all inreach – owned by all quality-driven ecosystem

open education opportunities open access free on-line low-cost in print never out-of-print high-quality continuously updated translated democratic

EPISD opportunities Connexions platform in production mode (100M hits/month) Collaborative infrastructure for authoring and customization Print-on-demand (even in-house) Lenses for quality control Rich meta data for linking in standards and tests Q/A data base, Learning Machines

EPISD/CNX Moving Forward (2 November 2010) CONTENT: Identify areas where the existing textbook is not aligned with actual needs of EPISD –Need overarching plan of how CNX will be used at EPISD –Specific possible content projects (need to ensure focus and what could be boot-strapped sooner rather than later):  Upcoming language arts adoption (65% to-be-adopted textbook + 35% EPISD generated content)?  Language arts writing modules  Biology/algebra, Chemistry/geometry/math models, Physics/algebra II interconnections  New STEM/CTE TECH: Spec out technology that is available and what new is needed –Aligning content with standards and tests –Print-on-demand in-house at EPISD –Lenses –Linking proprietary publisher-generated content with CNX content LEGAL: Ensure future contracts with publishers allow local printing and co-mingling with other content LEGISLATIVE: Work with Texas Legislature for funding and to mandate this approach in the future FUND RAISING: Secure funding from NSF, DOE, foundations (Gates, Hewlett, …) [set up points of contact between Rice/EPISD] COLLABORATIONS: Local community colleges (dual credit materials)

Richard Baraniuk