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1 Richard Baraniuk Rice University Connexions and The Open Education Revolution

2 crises in education stovepipes/silos

3 crises in education poor access to high-quality materials and teaching (esp. cost) stovepipes/silos

4 crises in education stovepipes/silos poor access to high-quality materials and teaching educators cut off from key stakeholders

5 crises in education stovepipes/silos poor access to high-quality materials and teaching inefficient content development processes educators cut off from key stakeholders

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7 knowledge forms a network art history linguistics proteomics algebra geometry nanotubes

8 knowledge forms a network networks enable new means to produce and exploit knowledge

9 open standards for networks of knowledge

10 open education OE

11 OE enablers

12 enabler 1: technology Web/XML common framework for sharing Internet virtually freecommunication virtually free collaboration virtually free distribution virtually infinite, permanent storage

13 OE – primordial state

14 textbook/monograph/journal

15 reuse materials

16 personalized learning

17 enabler 2: new IP intellectual property and copyright make content safe to share common legal vocabulary inspiration:open-source software (Linux)

18 author retains their copyright …but opens access to all via an open license with certain provisions

19 1 billion+ licensed works text music audio images video art …

20 today’s education pipeline authoring editing peer review publishing distribution lecturing testing graduating accrediting

21 open education ecosystem feedback lecturing testing graduating accrediting distribution publishing peer review editing authoring

22 OE examples

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24 Connexions (cnx.org) usage per month: 2.2 million unique users 100 million hits from 190 countries non-profit open education platform founded 11 years ago 1000 open textbooks/courses 17000 Lego modules from contributors worldwide in many languages free on-line low-cost in print ePub for iPad

25 55 faculty adoptions across USA in 2010 6 customized versions in CNX Approved by California Free Digital Textbook Initiative (met 19/19 standards) free online: 2 million uses to date iPad/iPhone/Android via ePub $26.31 in print (627 pages)

26 Community College Open Textbook Project 100+ CC’s in USA and Canada developing a suite of free open textbooks Government of Vietnam developing new curriculum at 40 universities Siyavula / Shuttleworth Foundation complete K-12 curriculum for South Africa IEEE quality review of open materials some Connexions partners

27 efficient stanford illinois michigan wisconsin berkeley ohio state ga tech utep rice cambridge norway italy

28 accessible

29 unexpected consequences Catherine Schmidt-Jones private music teacher, USA music theory textbooks Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India physics textbook

30 unexpected consequences Catherine Schmidt-Jones private music teacher, USA music theory textbooks 15 million uses to date Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India physics textbook 4 million uses to date

31 outreach

32 inreach

33 OE technology

34 interactivity see do

35 interactivity see do

36 semantic / active content Mathematics Markup Language (MathML)

37 rhaptos Connexions’ platform open source, open standards plone + numerous other tools internationalization in planning stage (OSI) enterprise Rhaptos just released; can install locally

38 OE quality control

39 quality control must be scalable peer review exclusive community inclusive

40 lenses social software for quality control inspiration:

41 lenses social software for quality control inspiration: IEEE.org/cnx

42 lenses social software for quality control inspiration: cnx.org/lenses/ johnDoe ncpea.net/cnx IEEE.org/cnx

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45 OE sustainability

46 Q: is OE financially sustainable? sustainability

47 Q: is OE financially sustainable? Q: is the status quo sustainable? textbook prices have risen 4x faster than inflation for well over a decade publishers are pricing themselves out of the market sustainability

48 computer hardware and software textbooks music newspapers

49 Q: is OE financially sustainable? A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing enables commercial entities to add value to OERs and sustain the community sustainability

50 Q: is OE financially sustainable? A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing enables commercial entities to add value to OERs and sustain the community sustainability

51 OE legislation

52 education is a public good US state e-textbook initiatives in CA, VA, WA, … US President Obama DOE initiatives $50m for community college open textbooks US Open College Textbook Act, US Senate Netherlands Wikiwijs project many more initiatives in Brazil, Poland, …

53 OE opportunities

54 outreach – access to all inreach – owned by all quality-driven ecosystem

55 open education opportunities open access free on-line low-cost in print never out-of-print high-quality continuously updated translated democratic

56 EPISD opportunities Connexions platform in production mode (100M hits/month) Collaborative infrastructure for authoring and customization Print-on-demand (even in-house) Lenses for quality control Rich meta data for linking in standards and tests Q/A data base, Learning Machines

57 EPISD/CNX Moving Forward (2 November 2010) CONTENT: Identify areas where the existing textbook is not aligned with actual needs of EPISD –Need overarching plan of how CNX will be used at EPISD –Specific possible content projects (need to ensure focus and what could be boot-strapped sooner rather than later):  Upcoming language arts adoption (65% to-be-adopted textbook + 35% EPISD generated content)?  Language arts writing modules  Biology/algebra, Chemistry/geometry/math models, Physics/algebra II interconnections  New STEM/CTE TECH: Spec out technology that is available and what new is needed –Aligning content with standards and tests –Print-on-demand in-house at EPISD –Lenses –Linking proprietary publisher-generated content with CNX content LEGAL: Ensure future contracts with publishers allow local printing and co-mingling with other content LEGISLATIVE: Work with Texas Legislature for funding and to mandate this approach in the future FUND RAISING: Secure funding from NSF, DOE, foundations (Gates, Hewlett, …) [set up points of contact between Rice/EPISD] COLLABORATIONS: Local community colleges (dual credit materials)

58 Richard Baraniuk richb@cnx.org


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