Next Generation TextBooks

CK-12 FoundationJune 2009

www.ck12.org

Mission Statement

Create an online collaborative environment to produce free and Open textbooks

that are aligned to curriculum guidelines and can be customized for individualized needs

About CK-12

CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in

the U.S. and worldwide. Using an open-content, web-based collaborative model termed the “FlexBook,” CK-12 intends to

pioneer the generation and distribution of high quality educational content that will serve both as core text as well as

provide an adaptive environment for learning.

Organization - Product - License

content for K-12

flexbooks

CC-BY-SA

Heavy Backpacks

Pimp My Lunch: Zits Cartoon Series by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman [Copyright 2005]

Monolithic Books

Up-to-date

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Up-to-date

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The Cost

college store numbers are averages & reflect the most current 2004-2005 data gathered by the national Association of College Stores. Publisher numbers are estimates based on data provided bythe Association of American Publishers.

2006 by the National Association Of College Stores

Publisher’sCost/Income

65.1

StoreOperations

22.2

FreightExpenses

1

Authors Income

11.4

Personalized Problem Sets

For an ‘A’ student:

x3 – 729 = 0

While a ‘D’ student gets:

x3 – 8 = 0

Illustrations in the Past

And Now

• Access to Free Information

• Custom Content for All Students

• Aligned to Curriculum Standards

CK-12: Free TextBooks (FlexBooks)

• … original content, locked version + community contributions

• … re-purposeable for context

• … created from modules

• … based on curricular needs

• … online reader, print, books

Time Spent Preparing Lessons

Research

Synthesis

Customizing

Translating

Time Saved

Shared Research

Software Tools

One Size Does Not Fit All

• 50% or more of the students failing in the High School standardized testing for Math

• First used CMP, IMP and then chose standard publisher provider and still no difference

• Created their own content on “L Drive”

The Cost To Produce A TextBook

Can We Pay The Teachers Instead?

CK-12 Library

Commissioned Books• Math Grade 6

• Math Grade 7

• Math 8

• Algebra I

• Geometry

• Single Variable Calculus

• Trigonometry

• Math Analysis

• Probability and Statistics (AP)

• Engineering: An Intro for HS

• Life Science

• Earth Science

• Biology I

• VA Contemporary Physics Book

Donated Books• People's Physics Book• Electricity and Magnetism• Optics • The Modern Revolution in Physics • Conceptual Physics • Discover Physics

• Virtual Chemistry Version 2.1 Part I

• NanoSense• NanoLeap

Alignment To State Standards

• Initial outline pre-aligned to State standards

• Lesson objectives defined & standards covered

• Contents matched to State scope & sequence

Authoring & Review Process

recruitauthors

manuscript#2

review

domainexperts

publish

synthesize

manuscript#1

copy editing

share

Student Comments

“Examples motivate and grasp the interest of the student. CK12's textbooks are interesting, high

quality, and amazingly free of busywork a perfect combination for me and many others.”

- Bradley

• "For textbooks they’re pretty engaging, and I like how they walk you through everything.”

- Emily

FlexBook System Allows

1. Small content – Time bound

2. Different subjects

3. Different languages

4. Different levels of difficulty

5. Text + Notebook

Flex Your Own Books

Flexible OptionsPrint content at home or at school

Print and bind books with a professional vendor

A design to enhance bound books

A Flexbook 3 ring Binder

by ASU

College of Education• Dale Baker• Annapurna Ganesh• Tirupalavanam Ganesh• Janel White-Taylor

School of Engineering• Stephen Krause• Darryl Morrell• Chell Roberts

Ready for testing in the classroom

by Commonwealth of Virginia & CK-12 Foundation

• David Armstrong • Jim Batterson • Mark Clemente• Angela Cutshaw• Bruce Davidson • Mike Fetsko• Pranav Gokhale • Andy Jackson • Tapas Kar• Mark Mattson • Gregory Mulholland • Tom O’Neil • John Ochab • David Slykhuis• David Stern• Tony Wayne

VA Releases Open Source TextBook

• Goals for the pilot project :– Up-to-date content for Physics– Easily available at no cost– Value of the electronic book format– Further versions of the online FlexBook?– Project expanded to other subjects?

Blog Coverage

• “An open source textbook is more than a book”- Dana Blankenhorn, ZD Net

• ”What may be most remarkable here is the timeframe.”

• “And the resulting book can be updated, rewritten, on a regular schedule so it’s new with each school year.”

• “The contrast with current K-12 textbook acquisition methods is night-and-day. No multi-year lead times. No publisher control. And the approval process is also flexible. “

Blog Coverage

• ”Signs of a Significant Disruption in the Traditional Textbook Model” - Geoffrey H. Fletcher Published: February, 2009

• Virginia releases the first open-source textbook for public review- William Jackson, Mar 04, 2009

• ” The Virginia Physics FlexBook is an effort to update educational material more quickly than can be done with traditional textbooks. The typical review and procurement cycle of states and school systems, coupled with the several years it can take for changes to make their way into published texts, means that students in even the best schools could be using material that is a decade or more out of date. “

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