richard baraniuk rice university connexions and the open education revolution
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Richard BaraniukRice University
Connexions and
The Open Education Revolution
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crises in education
stovepipes/silos
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crises in education
poor access to high-qualitymaterials and teaching (esp. cost)
stovepipes/silos
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crises in education
stovepipes/silos
poor access to high-qualitymaterials and teaching
educators cut off from key stakeholders
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crises in education
stovepipes/silos
poor access to high-qualitymaterials and teaching
inefficient content development processes
educators cut off from key stakeholders
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knowledge forms a network
art history
linguistics
proteomics
algebrageometry
nanotubes
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knowledge forms a network
networks enable new means to produce and exploit knowledge
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open standards for networks of knowledge
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open education
OE
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OEenablers
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enabler 1: technology
Web/XML
common framework for sharing
Internet
virtually free communicationvirtually free collaborationvirtually free distributionvirtually infinite, permanent storage
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OE – primordial state
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textbook/monograph/journal
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reuse materials
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personalized learning
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enabler 2: new IP
intellectual propertyand copyright
make content safe to share
common legal vocabulary
inspiration: open-source software (Linux)
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author retains their copyright
… but opens access to all via an open license
with certain provisions
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1 billion+ licensed
works
textmusicaudio
imagesvideoart …
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today’s education pipeline
authoringediting
peer reviewpublishing
distribution
lecturingtesting
graduatingaccrediting
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open education ecosystem
feedbacklecturing
testing
graduating
accrediting
distribution
publishing
peer review
editing
authoring
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OEexamples
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Connexions (cnx.org)
usage per month:2.2 million unique users100 million hitsfrom 190 countries
non-profit open education platform founded 11 years ago
1000 open textbooks/courses17000 Lego modules
from contributors worldwide in many languages
free on-linelow-cost in printePub for iPad
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• 55 faculty adoptions across USA in 2010
• 6 customized versions in CNX
• Approved by California Free Digital Textbook Initiative (met 19/19 standards)
free online: 2 million uses to date
iPad/iPhone/Android via ePub
$26.31 in print(627 pages)
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Community College Open Textbook Project100+ CC’s in USA and Canada
developing a suite of free open textbooks
Government of Vietnamdeveloping new curriculum at 40 universities
Siyavula / Shuttleworth Foundationcomplete K-12 curriculum for South Africa
IEEEquality review of open materials
some Connexions partners
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efficient
stanfordillinois
michiganwisconsinberkeley
ohio statega tech
uteprice
cambridgenorway
italy
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accessible
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unexpected consequences
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
private music teacher, USA
music theory textbooks
Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India
physics textbook
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unexpected consequences
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
private music teacher, USA
music theory textbooks15 million uses to date
Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India
physics textbook4 million uses to date
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outreach
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outreach
inreach
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OEtechnology
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interactivity
see
do
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interactivity
see
do
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semantic / active content
Mathematics Markup Language (MathML)
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rhaptos• Connexions’ platform• open source, open standards• plone + numerous other tools• internationalization in planning stage (OSI)• enterprise Rhaptos just released; can install locally
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OEqualitycontrol
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quality control
must be scalable
peer reviewexclusive
communityinclusive
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lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
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lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
IEEE.org/cnx
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lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
cnx.org/lenses/johnDoe
ncpea.net/cnxIEEE.org/cnx
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OEsustainability
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Q: is OE financially sustainable?
sustainability
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Q: is OE financially sustainable?
Q: is the status quo sustainable?
textbook prices have risen 4x faster than inflation for well over a decade
publishers are pricing themselves out of the market
sustainability
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computer hardware and software
textbooksmusic
newspapers
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Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities to add value to OERs andsustain the community
sustainability
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Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities to add value to OERs andsustain the community
sustainability
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OElegislation
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OE legislation
education is a public good
US state e-textbook initiatives in CA, VA, WA, …
US President Obama DOE initiatives $50m for community college open textbooks
US Open College Textbook Act, US Senate
Netherlands Wikiwijs project
many more initiatives in Brazil, Poland, …
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OEopportunities
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OE opportunities
outreach – access to all
inreach – owned by all
quality-driven ecosystem
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open education opportunities
open accessfree on-linelow-cost in printnever out-of-print high-qualitycontinuously updatedtranslateddemocratic
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EPISD opportunities
Connexions platform in production mode (100M hits/month)
Collaborative infrastructure for authoring and customization
Print-on-demand (even in-house)
Lenses for quality control
Rich meta data for linking in standards and tests
Q/A data base, Learning Machines
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EPISD/CNX Moving Forward (2 November 2010)
• CONTENT: Identify areas where the existing textbook is not aligned with actual needs of EPISD
– Need overarching plan of how CNX will be used at EPISD– Specific possible content projects (need to ensure focus and what could be boot-strapped
sooner rather than later): Upcoming language arts adoption (65% to-be-adopted textbook + 35% EPISD
generated content)? Language arts writing modules Biology/algebra, Chemistry/geometry/math models, Physics/algebra II
interconnections New STEM/CTE
• TECH: Spec out technology that is available and what new is needed– Aligning content with standards and tests– Print-on-demand in-house at EPISD– Lenses– Linking proprietary publisher-generated content with CNX content• LEGAL: Ensure future contracts with publishers allow local printing and co-mingling with
other content• LEGISLATIVE: Work with Texas Legislature for funding and to mandate this approach in the
future • FUND RAISING: Secure funding from NSF, DOE, foundations (Gates, Hewlett, …) [set up
points of contact between Rice/EPISD]• COLLABORATIONS: Local community colleges (dual credit materials)
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