1. 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

2. 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.
CC BY NC SA

3. 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…
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4. 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

5. Some criteria for choosing an open repository
Type
Licensing
Disciplines
Quality
Format
Print Options
Ease of Use
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6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Three Major repositories

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. 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

15. Many lists are not repositories
College Open Textbooks (COT)
Advanced Technological Education
Applied Math and Science Education Repository
OER Commons
Student PIRGS
MERLOT
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16. 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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