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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/
CC BY-SA
72 Creative Commons “Affiliate” Teams
OLPC and FOSS@RIT--Education innovation the open source way By: opensourcewayhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4863541086/sizes/o/in/photostream/
CC BY-SA
CC BY-NC-SA
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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
massive change By: sookie http://www.flickr.com/photos/sookie/31219031
CC BY
• 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”
