UNESCO 2012 OER Global Congress (Cable's slides)

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The Obviousnessof Open Policy

Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Global Learningcable@creativecommons.or

g@cgreen

OER are teaching, learning, and research

materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been

released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing

by others.

Children Reading Pratham Books and Akshara By Ryan Lobo http://www.flickr.com/photos/prathambooks/3291617463 CC BY

Cost of “Copy”

For one 250 page book:

• Copy by hand - $1,000

• Copy by print on demand - $4.90

• Copy by computer - $0.00084

CC BY: David Wiley, BYU

Cost of “Distribute”

For one 250 page book:

• Distribute by mail - $5.20• $0 with print-on-demand (2000+ copies)

• Distribute by internet - $0.00072

CC BY: David Wiley, BYU

Copy and Distribute are “Free”

This changes everything…

CC BY: David Wiley, BYU

Creative Beauty at Creative Commons By: Kristina Alexandersonhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/6051120264/

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72 Creative Commons “Affiliate” Teams

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Partner with Governmentswho care about:

(a) efficient use of national / provincial tax

dollars; (b) saving students money;

(c) increasing access to education

• Efficient use of public funds to increase student success and access to quality educational materials.

• Everything else (including all existing business models) is secondary.

Only ONE thing Matters:

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the opposite of open isn’t “closed”

the opposite of open is “broken”

Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Global Learning

cable@creativecommons.orgtwitter: cgreen

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