a world view of open resources

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.

Questions?

Tom Caswellcaswell.tom@gmail.com