1. Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
Peter Levy
Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
November 2, 2007

2. The Education Divide
Access to education separates those with opportunity from those without hope.

3. Challenges High cost of today’s instructional materials
Expensive publishing process
Complex distribution system
Quality instruction produced by instructional experts not easily disseminated
Sharing of ideas not easily facilitated or expensive

4. Internet - Global Information Equalizer
Information access anywhere in the world
Web 2.0—participatory
Networks of people interact and provide feedback
Open Source

5. What is Open Source Software?
Open source refers to software that is created by a development community rather than a single vendor
Programmed by volunteers
Free and available to anyone

6. What Does This Mean for Education?
High quality content can now be made widely available for free
Users can now create and improve, not just consume content
Content can now be collaboratively developed by the community
(both locally and globally)

7. What Does This Mean for Publishers?
New opportunities to engage audiences and build awareness of curricular expertise
New opportunities to leverage this expertise to build extensive professional services businesses
New platform for truly customized content development (aligned to district standards and priorities)

8. Who is Curriki? Open Source Curricula + Wiki = Curriki
The first Internet destination for Open Source Curricula (OSC)
Single repository for validated curricula
Review & comments by subject matter experts
Incubated inside Sun Microsystems in 2004
Completely independent 501(c)(3) in 2006

9. Curriki’s Mission & Promise
Our Mission:
To Eliminate the Education Divide
Our Promise:
Every student and educator will have access to quality curricula aligned to frameworks to support learning

10. Free, online curricula created & 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

11. Technology Makes Teaching and Learning an Engaging Process
Teachers and Students
Create
Publish original curriculum
Edit, Comment, Revise
Publish derivative curriculum

12. Curriki’s Strategy Build a repository of OSC
Build a suite of easy-to-use
Collaboration tools
Publishing templates
Install robust quality control
Establish a community of educators
Engage partners to participate in local and global projects

13. Build a Repository of Curricula
Initial focus K-12
Science, Math, Language Arts, Technology, Languages
Users create and contribute content
Partners share content include core instruction, lesson plans, activities, video and more
Provide database of assets to use, create and enhance curricula

14. Full Math Courses

15. Engaging & Visual

16. Suite of Easy-to-Use Tools
Users contribute & create the repository
Create content in 1 of 5 easy to use templates
Lesson plan
Activity
Assessment
Textbook
Blank (highly flexible)
Customize other member’s content
Create your own collections by assembling resources from repository

17. New Member’s Home Page

18. New ‘My Curriki’ and Profile

19. My Curriki ‘My Collections’ ‘My Blogs’ and ‘My Contributions’

20. View Collections of Resources 1

21. View Collections of Resources 2

22. Edit WIKI asset in the NEW “Currikulum Builder”

23. Robust Quality Control
Three tiered review protocol:
Partner or “Premium Content”
Curriki Approved (4 levels from “basic” to “complete”)
Not Yet Reviewed
“Curriki Review Status” tied to every asset
Opportunity for the community to comment

24. Who are the Reviewers? Partnership with AARP/ NRTA
Partnerships with other associations of subject matter experts
Universities/Schools of Education
Select members of the community

25. Establish a Community of Educators
Partner organizations build and review curriculum
Post curriculum or projects online
Collaborate on curriculum
Communicate to define group projects and activities
Review and validate content

26. The Curriki Community is Truly Global
South Africa UK
Indonesia
India
Canada
UNESCO

27. Our Community Should Include You
Market dynamics in publishing, like music and other industries, are changing
Publishers have expertise that will continue to be in demand
How you interact and engage your customers is evolving

28. Our Community Should Include You
Post content in the Curriki repository
Customize your content using the Curriki toolset
Cross-sell other products/professional services

29. The Time is Now 29