1. The OER Landscape and the Context for Open Textbooks: The Flyover Catherine M. Casserly, Ph.D. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation January 15, 2008
Dr. Kanter came up with this title – which is quite appropriate since I have always referred to OER as something Hewlett is building while in flight
Hewlett funded OER since 2001 – MIT OCW first grant – now over 170 institutions worldwide in OCWC– more successful than we could ever imagined
Including SOFIA courses
Active portfolio of 60 grants – many grantees in this room – active portfolio of 40 million

2. Hewlett’s Involvement in OER
Equalize Access to Knowledge for All
Build Infrastructure
Transform Teaching and Learning
Demonstrate Value of OER
second phase of work
Two explicit goals, the first to achieve the second
First – knowledge is a public good, value of access/www and technology provide an extraordinary opportunity; harness the power of the web
Transform teaching and learning – focus on pedagogy; high demand areas not a pipeline of supply
Shift focus to second goal – where open textbooks comes in – three areas of focus
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3. Three great strengths of OER
Open (Free) for all on the web
Open for downloading, using and reusing:
Personalization, cooperation, cultural and linguistic appropriateness (ADA compliant)
This enhances collaboration, fosters creativity and provides the opportunity to rapidly loop and improve materials via many small contributions
Valued access, high quality 3

4. Differentiate instruction Motivate and engage Inquiry-based
Transform Teaching and Learning: (1) Research and Development of Open Participatory Learning Environments
Differentiate instruction
Motivate and engage
Inquiry-based
Deepen learning
Significant effect on student outcomes
Understand the role of social media in learning
Participatory learning environments

5. Transform Teaching and Learning: Open Participatory Learning Environments
Stat Tutor from Carnegie Mellon Accelerate Learning Time by Half
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6. Transform Teaching and Learning: Open Participatory Learning Environments
Gulf of Maine Research Institute - Vital Signs
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7. Transform Teaching and Learning: Open Participatory Learning Environments
Gulf of Maine Research Institute - Vital Signs
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8. Immersive and engaging Balance ability and challenge Incentives
Transform Teaching and Learning: (2) Game-based Environments for Teaching Complex Learning
Open code to content
Immersive and engaging
Balance ability and challenge
Incentives
Extensible
Build a theoretical framework for open game-based learning
Teaching complex learning

9. Transform Teaching and Learning: Game Based Environments
Open Language Learning Initiative
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10. Transform Teaching and Learning: (3) Open Textbooks
Free/low cost in print form
Immersive/interactive
Embedded assessments
Games
The textbook/course continuum
When is a textbook a course?
When is a course a textbook?
Open textbooks – vision
Want efficiencies and economies of scale
Interactive, videos – not as passive recipients – want students analyzing, creating, collaborating, continually assessing their learning
Faculty – localizing content as appropriate for their students
Open textbooks as a disruptive technology
Open for modification and change - adaption
Last bullet Jia and Gary did a nice job framing this in their paper

11. Transform Teaching and Learning: Open Textbooks
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12. Networks/ Partnerships Intellectual Property
Infrastructure
Core Agencies
Networks/ Partnerships
Intellectual Property
Guidelines
Sustainability
Research
Metrics
Pam to add