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A World View of Open Resources
1. A World View of Open Resources
Teacher Librarian Summit
NCCE 2012
Seattle, WA
Tom Caswell
Open Education Policy Associate
State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
2. The Internet changes everything
Anyone can create and
deliver almost anything to
anyone for almost no cost.
Internet + Digital
Resources +
Open License
3. September 2007
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.”
5. 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
6. June 2010
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
7. Textbook Affordability
English Composition I
50,000+ enrollments / year
x $100 textbook
$5+ Million every year
12. The Open Course Library
Funded: $1.2 million
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Washington State Legislature
13. Goals of the Open Course Library
Design and share 81 high enrollment, gatekeeper courses
Improve course completion rates
Lower textbook costs for students (<$30)
Provide new resources for faculty to use in their courses
Fully engage our colleges in the global open educational
resources discussion.
14. Potential Savings
81 courses = 411,133 enrollments / year
Textbook 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”)
15. Open Course Library
Phase 1: 42 courses
http://opencourselibrary.org
http://saylor.org
Phase 2 : 39 courses
Available Spring 2013
16. 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
17. Why?
In the first year, students will save
$1.1 million in textbook costs
That’s more than we spent to develop the
courses…
19. 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.
Through a match from the Gates Foundation and the State Legislature, the Open Course Library initiative was created. The goals of the Open Course Library are to: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
Through a match from the Gates Foundation and the State Legislature, the Open Course Library initiative was created. The goals of the Open Course Library are to: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