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Putting the “Public” Back
in Public Higher Education
Open Education and the
Future of the UniversityCCBYSAND tim_d https://flic.kr/p/eJFr8
What is “Public” Education?
At one NH state university, only 9% of revenues come from the state
So really, what does it mean to be a public university?
Here is the beginning of my answer to that question.
New Flows Emerge In Private Colleges
corporate driven competencies alternative: can the public pay itself for what it needs?
CCBYNCSA Matt Shiffler https://flic.kr/p/o3zqtS
Public Colleges Turn to Private Enterprise
will these partnerships save public universities?
(Editorial Guess: No.)
CCBYNCSA Chris https://flic.kr/p/2jJZ2
Bottom Line
I am not a dean.
I am not an economist.
…so what can I contribute to the effort to revision and strengthen public
higher ed?
CCBYNC Bernard Horowitz https://flic.kr/p/frKz
#grateful
I am a teacher and a scholar.
• I teach courses and work with students.
• I do research and serve my profession.
What does it mean to do this publicly?
Effects of Textbook Prices
• 60% of students report not purchasing a required textbook because of cost, and 23% regularly go without books due to cost
• 50% of students report taking fewer courses due to textbook costs
• 14% have dropped a course and 10% have withdrawn from a course due to textbook costs
2012 Survey of 22,000 students, Florida Virtual Campus, comprised of the 12 universities and 28 colleges in the Florida state system.
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Square 1: Openly-Licensed Content(Public Domain Lit Shouldn’t Cost $87)
Collaboratively Built: Alums, Incoming Students, Professor
Constantly Evolving:
Students & Teachers
Add, Improve,
Share
Multim
edia Contributions
Interactive and Public Annotation
An Open “Textbook”Can Be:
• Interactive• Collaborative• Dialogic• Dynamic• Empowering• Contributory• Current• Accessible• Multimedia• Public• (Free)
Open Education
• Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Open Pedagogy• Open Access to
research
Open Pedagogy
• Improves access to education.• Treats education as a learner-driven
process.• Stresses community and
collaboration over content.• Connects the university to the wider
public.
Access• Save money on
textbooks, ok • But what other
barriers exist to access?• Digital divide• Universal
design• Trolling,
violence CCBY Jonathan Brodsky https://flic.kr/p/37z2C2
Learner-Driven
• (Texts)• Learning
Outcomes• Policies• Assignments• Feedback &
Grading
Value community
over content
Public Engagement
Blogs: Who is your work for?
PLNs: What can your work do?
ePorts: Who owns your work?
CCBYSA JusinC http://bit.ly/1W18JBe
OER Open Pedagogy Open Access
How does “open” affect
us as SCHOLARS?
CC BY Cable Green: http://www.slideshare.net/cgreen
What Will the Digital Age Enable?
Technology allows for efficient worldwide dissemination of research and scholarship. But closed distribution models can get in the way. Open access helps to fulfill the promise of the digital age.
~Jennifer Jenkins, Duke University Drawing: CC BY SA http://fav.me/d54zn82
to OPEN (vb.)• Challenge barriers to access. Be
honest and critical.• Center learners. Be radical and real.
• Facilitate connection. Be a sticky node, not a gate.
• Share research. Be generous and just.
CCBYSA Antonlobo http://bit.ly/24g4ZjO
OpenPubl
icThink about how we can:
• increase access to public higher education (OER)
• engage learners with the publics beyond the classroom
(OpenPed)• maximize our public impact
as a scholars (OA)
This is the case for public education.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License.
Robin DeRosa@actualham
