Dr. Barbara Kurshan Executive Director Global Education & Learning Community

The Future of Education Where Knowledge is Not Proprietary

How Open is Open? Can you collaboratively develop curricula? Can you and should you trust the community?

The Education Divide Education makes a measurable and positive difference Universal Access is Needed Quality education Curricula & Instructional Materials Qualified Instructors

Internet - The Great World Equalizer Eliminates economic & structural barriers –Access to information anywhere in the world –With eBay, sellers have global reach without distributor costs Open Source—the hallmark of the “Participation Age” –Networks of people interact to solve problems Create meaningful content, connections & relationships Free & continuously improving IP Linux, Apache, Wikipedia –Challenges proprietary IP of the “Information Age”

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Linear Knowledge Space Random Knowledge Space Knowledge Space

Education Errors Classrooms are the primary delivery device Teachers are “sages on stages” instead of “guides on the side Students are products instead of partners Stakeholders do not need to be connected 100% of the time Words and text have a monopoly on literacy Testing will tell us what is happening and who is succeeding

Dangerous Ideas Transformative Tipping Point Big Ideas Disruptive Change Changing education and learning

Ways to Change Education Digital Storytelling Open-source textbooks Online Learning Open Source Curricula

What is Open Source? Open source refers to software that is created by a development community rather than a single vendor Programmed by volunteers from many organizations Free and available to anyone who would like to use it

Open Source Curricula Open learning requires access to quality curricula that is provided free and created and validated by the community Defined learning objectives Scope & sequence for instruction Lesson plans Textbooks & other instructional materials Teacher Training Student assessment Correlated to standards and frameworks

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Who is Curriki? The first and only all-embracing Internet site for Open Source Curricula (OSC) –Single repository for validated curricula –Support & aggregate the work of others –Review & comments by subject matter experts –Curricula freely accessible through well-publicized portal Founded by Sun Microsystems in 2004 Created an independent 501(c)(3) in 2006

Our Solution and Our Strategy Solution The best source of world-class learning—any curriculum, just a click away. Strategy Create a Portal Build a Community of Educators Build a Repository of Open Source Curricula Engage a Global Community

Calculus Open-source textbooks Digital Storytelling Show Me the Future

Build a Community of Educator Volunteers Ministries of Education & Volunteers build OSC 1.Define Objectives 2.Define Pedagogy 3.Define components to be in the course 4.Search repository for content (viewable or editable) 5.View, create, edit 6.Community review 7.Publish/Collaborate 8.Test effectiveness 9.Continuous loop back to 1

How Open is Open? Can you collaboratively develop curricula? Can you and should you trust the community?

Though it will require a sustained & persistent effort, the time is now to build a digital crossroads among those who can teach & those who want to learn. Together we can eliminate the Education Divide. The Time is Now

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