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A World View of Open Resources
Teacher Librarian SummitNCCE 2012Seattle, WA
Tom CaswellOpen Education Policy Associate
State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
The Internet changes everything
Anyone can create and deliver almost anything to anyone for almost no cost.
Internet + Digital Resources + Open License
Cape Town Open Education Declaration
“…we have an opportunity to dramatically improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world through freely available, high-quality, locally relevant educational and learning opportunities.”
September 2007
Where do we start?
Strategic Technology Plan
Strategy I: Create a single, system-wide suite of online teaching and learning tools that provides all Washington students with easy access to “anywhere, anytime” learning.
http://www.sbctc.edu/general/a_strategictechplan.aspx
SBCTC Open Policy All digital software, educational
resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.
http://www.sbctc.edu/general/admin/Tab_9_Open_Licensing_Policy.pdf
June 2010
Textbook Affordability
English Composition I
50,000+ enrollments / year x $100 textbook $5+ Million every year
Textbook Affordability
Watch. Practice.Learn almost anything for free.
The Open Course LibraryFunded: $1.2 million
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Washington State Legislature
Goals of the Open Course Library
Design and share 81 high enrollment, gatekeeper coursesImprove course completion ratesLower textbook costs for students (<$30)Provide new resources for faculty to use in their coursesFully engage our colleges in the global open educational
resources discussion.
81 courses = 411,133 enrollments / yearTextbook savings up to $41M+ in / year How much could you be saving your students?
Completion rates may also increase when all students can afford course materials(See Student PIRGs 2011 report: “High Prices Prevent College Students from Buying Assigned Textbooks”)
Potential Savings
Phase 1: 42 courseshttp://opencourselibrary.orghttp://saylor.org
Phase 2 : 39 coursesAvailable Spring 2013
Open Course Library
The first 42 courses were released October 31, 2011
Over 80 media mentions worldwide
Over 25,000 visits from 125 countries to
http://opencourselibrary.org
Why?
In the first year, students will save
$1.1 million in textbook costs
That’s more than we spent to develop the courses…
Finding Open Resources
Where can I search specifically for K-12 Open Educational
Resources?• ck12.org • oercommons.org/oer• curriki.org
Explore resources in a particular grade or subject? Post questions, comments, or links to the wiki.
