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Richard BaraniukRice University
Connexions and
The Open Education Revolution
crises in education
stovepipes/silos
crises in education
poor access to high-qualitymaterials and teaching (esp. cost)
stovepipes/silos
crises in education
stovepipes/silos
poor access to high-qualitymaterials and teaching
educators cut off from key stakeholders
crises in education
stovepipes/silos
poor access to high-qualitymaterials and teaching
inefficient content development processes
educators cut off from key stakeholders
knowledge forms a network
art history
linguistics
proteomics
algebrageometry
nanotubes
knowledge forms a network
networks enable new means to produce and exploit knowledge
open standards for networks of knowledge
open education
OE
OEenablers
enabler 1: technology
Web/XML
common framework for sharing
Internet
virtually free communicationvirtually free collaborationvirtually free distributionvirtually infinite, permanent storage
OE – primordial state
textbook/monograph/journal
reuse materials
personalized learning
enabler 2: new IP
intellectual propertyand copyright
make content safe to share
common legal vocabulary
inspiration: open-source software (Linux)
author retains their copyright
… but opens access to all via an open license
with certain provisions
1 billion+ licensed
works
textmusicaudio
imagesvideoart …
today’s education pipeline
authoringediting
peer reviewpublishing
distribution
lecturingtesting
graduatingaccrediting
open education ecosystem
feedbacklecturing
testing
graduating
accrediting
distribution
publishing
peer review
editing
authoring
OEexamples
Connexions (cnx.org)
usage per month:2.2 million unique users100 million hitsfrom 190 countries
non-profit open education platform founded 11 years ago
1000 open textbooks/courses17000 Lego modules
from contributors worldwide in many languages
free on-linelow-cost in printePub for iPad
• 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)
Community College Open Textbook Project100+ CC’s in USA and Canada
developing a suite of free open textbooks
Government of Vietnamdeveloping new curriculum at 40 universities
Siyavula / Shuttleworth Foundationcomplete K-12 curriculum for South Africa
IEEEquality review of open materials
some Connexions partners
efficient
stanfordillinois
michiganwisconsinberkeley
ohio statega tech
uteprice
cambridgenorway
italy
accessible
unexpected consequences
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
private music teacher, USA
music theory textbooks
Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India
physics textbook
unexpected consequences
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
private music teacher, USA
music theory textbooks15 million uses to date
Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India
physics textbook4 million uses to date
outreach
outreach
inreach
OEtechnology
interactivity
see
do
interactivity
see
do
semantic / active content
Mathematics Markup Language (MathML)
rhaptos• Connexions’ platform• open source, open standards• plone + numerous other tools• internationalization in planning stage (OSI)• enterprise Rhaptos just released; can install locally
OEqualitycontrol
quality control
must be scalable
peer reviewexclusive
communityinclusive
lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
IEEE.org/cnx
lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
cnx.org/lenses/johnDoe
ncpea.net/cnxIEEE.org/cnx
OEsustainability
Q: is OE financially sustainable?
sustainability
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
computer hardware and software
textbooksmusic
newspapers
Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities to add value to OERs andsustain the community
sustainability
Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities to add value to OERs andsustain the community
sustainability
OElegislation
OE legislation
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, …
OEopportunities
OE opportunities
outreach – access to all
inreach – owned by all
quality-driven ecosystem
open education opportunities
open accessfree on-linelow-cost in printnever out-of-print high-qualitycontinuously updatedtranslateddemocratic
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
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)
Richard [email protected]
