How OER Scales the Student-

Teacher Relationship,

NOT the Classroom

Nick Ducoff, VP ContentNovember 8, 2013

The Internet disrupts all (yes I said disrupts)The Internet disrupts all (yes I said disrupts)

Except for textbooks

College Textbooks

CPI

3x

http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf

Did you like your life better before this?

Did you like your life better before this?

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Image: flickr user ginnerobot

Life has been like this since the 1400’s

Image: flickr user francisco_osorio

Students demand a better learning experience

1on1 Teacher

1 to 20 Classroom

1 to 200 Lecture Hall

1 to 200,000 MOOC

PersonalizedAdaptive

Competency-based

One-size fits allLinear path

Bigger microphone

Scaling the Classroom

Scaling education the right way:

Scale the teacher!

Boundless is designed to support teachers not

replace them

Students

OER + technology bridges the student gap

Technology

OER

Git-based OER hub

Actively helping students learn

OERTechnol

ogyStudent

s

Fully adaptive to the student’s needs

Reading states, spaced-repetition and interactive quizzes

Curated OER + SmartNotes in over 20 subjects

Free! or $19.99

88% of students get grade they want or higher

Limited; online versions of textbooks

Handful of large contributors; decentralized

Helping students save money O

ER

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Bound

less

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OER

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It all starts with OER!It all starts with OER!

Delivering a better learning experience

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$110 million

$1.1 billion

Sources: Crunchbase, Wikipedia

It should be OER + tech, not OER vs. tech

Questions?