SIPX is a cloud-based service that helps manage and share digital course materials. It saves students money by recognizing subscribed content and handles copyright permissions. SIPX provides instructors and students with easy access to course readings and analytics. Libraries can use SIPX to increase access to subscribed content and provide guidance to faculty on copyright and resources for online courses. Data on SIPX-supported MOOCs found most common readings were from journals and books from various publishers. Engagement was highest for instructor-generated materials and universally accessible content.

1. Libraries as Participants in Online Learning
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Franny Lee
Co-Founder & Vice President Business Development
franny@sipx.com

2. What is SIPX?
A cloud-based web service for managing and
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sharing digital course materials
– Fast and easy set up of course readings, giving real-time
information to the course creator
– Save students money – Technology recognizes and applies
schools’ subscribed journals and books (20-35% savings)
– Fully copyright compliant; manages royalty payments and
permissions at scale
– Flexibly imbeds into digital platforms and existing school
workflows
– Delivers new benefits such as granular analytics and
unbundled purchasing

3. SIPX Intersects Content
Trends, Higher Education
Needs and the Digital Future
• Comprehensive content coverage
• Empower teachers and students
with unbundled choices
• Apply contextual access and pricing
• Open up valuable new data
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Unique perspective
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Educators
Librarians
and
subscribed
resources
Platforms
and MOOC
Providers
Copyright
Agents
Publishers
and
Creators
Schools
and
Bookstores
Open Sources (Open
Access, HathiTrust, CC)
Students

4. SIPX: Instructor experience
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Simple user
experience
Instant price
information and
options on open
or free choices
for students to
make informed
selections
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5. SIPX: Student experience
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A la carte or full cart purchase
When library subscriptions are recognized
Price: $0.00
Students can purchase readings
individually or all at once, and only
pay for what they use
Alternatively, schools can be
invoiced for students’ purchases

6. SIPX: Integration into today’s teaching tools
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Learning Management System
Teacher’s own website or wiki
MOOC

7. Needs and workflows differ per school
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SIPX’s flexible technology supports wide range of uses
– Faculty Campus-Wide Use (LMS integration)
– Library Course Reserves
– Distance and Online Learning
– Continuing Studies with Mixed Matriculation
– Bookstores
– MOOCs
– A La Carte Options

8. Common opportunities for libraries
– Widely leverage subscription holdings to create cost
savings for students and departments
– Give faculty guidance on relevant open resources
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• BUT faculty’s expectation today is that the experience must be as
easy as a Google search
– Give course creators guidance on copyright and content
issues, preparation timelines, recommended
resources/vendor services when setting up online learning
projects
– Participate in professor- or institution-created resources to
explore revenue opportunities and sustainability in online
learning
– Participate in assessment and how libraries can draw
content data back in for collections and other purposes

9. Creating an online learning project…
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Funding
Grants,
department/progr
am budgets
Platform and
technology
Website creation,
graphic design
Educators
Instructional Designers
Program Leads
Pedagogy, lecture
lessons and
assignments
Content and copyright issues
Video assets and
preparations
Scripts, rehearsals,
camera and filming,
lighting, sound
TA support
Student attention and
interaction, grading
Administration
IP ownership, legal
issues and approvals,
school policies
Outcomes/ass
essment
methodology

10. Data set – SIPX-supported MOOCs
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Course
Level
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Courses
Run To Date
(2013-2014)
Institutions Supported MOOC
Platforms
Disciplines
30
20 New
10 Re-runs
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Stanford
UT Austin
University of Melbourne
University of Glasgow
Harvard
Case Western University
Metropolitan Museum of Art
WellesleyX
HarvardX/MITX
TuftsX
4
edX
Coursera
NovoEd
FutureLear
n
Including:
Computer Science
History
Philosophy
Nutrition
Sociology
Education
Health
Business
Materials Science
…
Zero-dollar Paid Readings TOTAL
2013 4,462 10,024 14,486
2014 (as at Nov 3/14) 21,211 12,479 33,690
TOTAL 25,673 22,503 48,176
Transaction
Level

11. Characteristics of content selected by MOOCs
Readings per MOOC
• Range: From 1 reading to 24 readings
• Median: 9.5 readings (average 12 readings)
Type of reading (complete academic independence to instructor)
• 36% from journals; 63% from books
• Selected from 53 different publishers and 5 independent authors
• Self-generated readings used in 3 MOOCs (course notes, eBook)
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12. Engagement from students
Factors that have affected engagement in readings:
• How readings are presented in the course by the instructor
• Instructor-generated materials were highest performing in a course
• Price – universal cost-accessibility
- 2566 discounted transactions
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from developing nations and
academic affiliations
- 124 transactions covered by
purchaser’s school’s
subscriptions

13. Visibility on your campus’ content behaviors
Completes the picture of subscribed and non-subscribed
content usage, and where usage occurs, on your campus
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14. – Early in the maturity cycle, survey stage only
– Rare that nothing happens next
– Common that course makes adjustments or
improvements and continues forward in some form:
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– School gauges motivation to allocate more resources
to MOOCs or new types of online learning projects
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What happens next?
• General observations:
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15. Extension to other types of online learning
Identify successful elements and adapt for:
- Distance education
- Continuing studies
- Corporate training
- Multi-campus/multi-school/international collaborations
- Undergraduate preparation courses
Asking new questions: (from UT Austin post-MOOC survey)
Helpfulness of Course Features to Students
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Students’ Goals
Students Measuring Success
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Vice President, Business Development
Co-Founder
SIPX, Inc.
855 El Camino Real
Suite 13a-139
Palo Alto, CA 94301
franny@sipx.com
www.sipx.com