Open content refers to educational resources that can be freely used, modified, and shared. It aims to improve access to education and reduce costs. Open content resources follow the four R's of reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute. Common misconceptions are that open content is always free or the same as open source. In reality, open content has significant implications by lowering education costs while increasing access to materials. Examples of open content include resources on sites like iTunes U, Khan Academy, and NASA. However, concerns remain around issues like globalization, attribution, and exploitation of open content.

1. OPEN CONTENT
By Stefan Hudson

2. WHAT IS IT

3. OPEN CONTENT IS…
“Working to improve the affordability and effectiveness of
education for everyone.”
-David Wiley
 A network…
 Endless ever expanding resource libraries
 Free of charge
 .

4. THE 4 R’S
 Reuse
 Revise
 Remix
 Redistribute

5. MISCONCEPTIONS
Open content is not…
 “Free content”
Or
 “Open Source”
It does not mean…
 Teachers just using Google
 Everything on the internet is fair-game

6. RELEVANCY
 Big implications
 Reduces costs of education for both students and
teachers
 Increases the amount of and access to source materials
 An emergent technological approach to suit a
technological age.
“Open content in it’s most positive form is community
driven and intrinsically self improving.”
-Matt Federoff
“In the digital future, textbooks are history.”
-The New York Times

7. EXAMPLES

8. IN PRACTICE
Itunes U
Khan Academy
NASA
PBS: Teachers Domain
Gooru
Teachnology
MERLOT
Sharemylesson
Open clip art

9. FURTHER READING
To be honest most of the articles were well useless
With exception to:
Open Resources: Transforming the Way Knowledge Is Spread
“universities do not hold the monopoly on information
anymore,”
80 Open Education Resource (OER) Tools for
Publishing and Development Initiatives

10. CONCERNS

11. GLOBALIZATION
 Who is writing history?
 Will Open Content homogenize culture?

12. BLOGGERIA™
 “Information is everywhere; the challenge is to
make effective use of it.”

13. LEECHING
 The Open Content model depends on creativity
to work effectively
 Will Open Content’s convenience be exploited?

14. ATTRIBUTIONS
NMC Horizon Report 2013 K-12 Edition
Open Resources: Transforming the Way Knowledge
Is Spread
go.nmc.org/openre
Matt Federoff: The Open Content Revolution
Youtube user: ACU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyOZx4fe_8
Clip art used from OpenClipart.com
Photo of Frankenstein by Flickr user: e r j k p r u n c z y k