POLITICS AND PARTIES STATE OER POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS & A GUIDE FOR COLLABORATIVE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT TJ Bliss, Ph.D. - Idaho Department of Education

Education Is Sharing the technical argument for Open Educational Resources (OER)

Teachers Share With Students knowledge and skills feedback and criticism encouragement

Students Share With Teachers questions assignments evidence of learning

If There Is No Sharing there is no education

Successful Educators share most effectively with their students

Knowledge is Magical can be given without being given away

Physical Expressions Are Not to give a book you must give it away

Expressions Are Different To give a book you must give it away

When Expressions Are Digital they also become magical

E.g., Online Book We can all read simultaneously

An Indescribable Advance the first time in human history

Both Knowledge and Expressions can be given without being given away

Unprecedented Capacity we can share as never before

Unprecedented Capacity we can educate as never before

What Does “Share” Mean? online it means copy and distribute

Cost of “Copy” For one 250 page book: Copy by hand - $1,000 Copy by print on demand - $4.90 Copy by computer - $

Cost of “Distribute” For one 250 page book: Distribute by mail - $5.20 Distribute by Internet - $

Copy and Distribute are “Free” this changes everything

Educational Sharing also means adapting or editing

Sense-making, Meaning-making connecting to prior knowledge relating to past experience (in an appropriate language)

Digital Makes Editing “Free” editing a printed book or magazine is difficult and expensive

Free Copy, Distribute, Edit we can share as never before

Free Copy, Distribute, Edit we can educate as never before

Except We Can’t © forbids copying, distributing, and editing

© Cancels the Possibilities of digital media and the internet

Internet Enables what to do? Copyright Forbids

use copyright to enforce sharing

The 5Rs of OER Reuse – copy verbatim Redistribute – share with others Revise – adapt and edit Remix – combine with others Retain – make, own, & control copies

Over 500 Million Items using CC licenses at end of 2012

The “Open” in OER free permission to do the 5Rs

Internet Enables OER Allows sharing and educating at unprecedented scale

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Objectives  Understand benefits of OER  Understand OER Policy strategies/models  Evaluate recommendations for OER policy  Generate list of OER policy needs  Begin plan for collaborative OER development

Benefits of OER

OER Policy Strategies Creation Adoption Access

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Other State OER Initiatives

Barriers to OER Policy

Opportunities for OER Policy

Policy Implications for OER

OER Policy Recommendations  Allow for open licensing of resources created using public funds (moral imperative)  Standardize licensing (use Creative Commons)  Make sure OER are allowed and included on approved curriculum lists  Increase flexibility in instructional materials budgets  Establish OER quality evaluation processes  Include OER in PD programs and policy  Support OER specialist positions  Fund digital devices

Policy P’s and Q’s  Policies should solve problems, not create them  Copyright hygiene  Level  RTTT  Utah  Mountain Heights Academy (OHSU)

Success depends on a lot of advance preparation and consideration. Ready, set, go! CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy >

Think outside the box and consider a variety of partnerships. Potential Partnerships CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy > AP File

Ensuring you and partner organizations are on the same page is priceless! Shared Vision and Values CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy > AP File CC-BY Nanette Saylor VISION BOARD

Adjusting expectations appropriately is critical to solid collaboration. Expectations CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy > AP File CC-BY Nanette Saylor VISION BOARD CC-BY Roland Tangloa

Best Practices Checklist  Identify need  Identify players  Identify plan  Manage Project  Identify results  Identify elements of quality content  Recruit roles  Select governance model  Identify assets  Agree on content license  Identify content creation tasks

Questions? TJ Bliss, Ph.D. Director of Assessment and Accountability Idaho Department of Education (208)