The document discusses developing a culture of open education in Washington State by sharing educational resources openly. It notes that high textbook costs reduce access to higher education, with students spending $1,000 per year on average. For example, 50,000 students taking English Composition I each year at $100 per textbook amounts to over $5 million spent. Washington aims to create an Open Course Library with 81 high-enrollment courses available for less than $30 per textbook to improve completion rates and access. A new state policy also requires all digital educational resources created with public grants to use open licensing. The document questions what efficiencies could result if all publicly funded educational content was openly accessible.

1. Developing a Culture of
Sharing & Receiving:
Open Education in
Washington State

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8. http://techplan.sbctc.edu
“We will cultivate the culture and
practice of using and contributing to
open educational resources.”

9. The high cost of textbooks has
reduced Washington citizens’
access to higher education.
Full-time students spend approximately
$1,000 on textbooks every year.
College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)

10. English Composition I
• 50,000+ enrollments / year
• x $100 textbook
•= $5+ Million every year

11. • Open Course Library
– designing and sharing 81 highest enrollment
courses
– for face-to-face, hybrid and/or online delivery
– to improve course completion rates
– lower textbook costs for students (<$30)
– provide new resources for faculty to use in their
courses
– for our college system to fully engage the
global open educational resources discussion.
opencourselibrary.org

12. New State Board “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.

13. Questions
• What if all publicly funded
educational content was open
access?
• What kind of efficiencies could
higher education yield?
• Simple idea: public access to
publicly funded educational

14. Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and
Career Training Grants Program
• $2 Billion US Department of Labor
Grant
• All $2B of programs / courses produced
must be openly licensed (CC BY)
– All Schools, Colleges, Universities can
download, modify and use any of it!
• Simple idea: public access to publicly
funded educational materials.

16. Dr. Cable Green
Director of Global Learning
cable@creativecommons.org
twitter: cgreen