Higher education is experiencing a "crisis of cost." Open Educational Resources are positioned to be an important part of the solution. This presentation contains seven reasons that OER are here to stay and challenges campus stores to embrace the opportunity and drive OER adoptions.
OER and The Economies of Sale - MACS 2014Charles Key
This presentation, given to the 2014 fall meeting of the Michigan Association of College Stores, provides an overview of the argument for Open Educational Resources and how college stores can participate.
(1) Digital technologies are expanding access to education by making educational resources available online and globally. This allows for new forms of collaboration and learning.
(2) Open educational resources (OER) like online courses, textbooks, and learning objects are being shared openly online. This benefits students by lowering costs and giving educators new options for building learning experiences.
(3) For higher education to stay relevant, it needs to embrace openness and sharing of educational content through practices like adopting open textbooks. This will better serve students and allow education to keep pace with changes in technology and society.
Thinking About Open: Heriot Watt University (30 April 2015) OEPScotland
Slides for the OEPS Thinking About Open workshop held at Heriot-Watt University on 30 April 2015.
Facilitators: Bea de los Arcos and Beck Pitt
You can also watch Martin's keynote here: https://youtu.be/AYQ1Y-2KXZs
Pedagogy, Technology, & the Future of Higher Education - USNH ATI 2015Scott Robison
This document provides an overview of topics that will be covered at an upcoming conference on technology and education called ATI. It discusses using digital tools and open educational resources to improve and expand learning opportunities for students. Specific technologies mentioned include learning management systems, wearable devices, drones, and hyperloops. The document emphasizes using technology to realize educators' visions for their courses rather than focusing on the technologies themselves. It also discusses the benefits of open educational resources in increasing access and affordability for students and their positive impacts on learning outcomes. The conference aims to encourage collaboration between educators and students and consideration of how technology can help higher education better serve the public good.
This document discusses how digital technologies are changing education by making information more accessible and collaborative. It notes that we are in a time of technological and economic transformation where knowledge is becoming more networked and digitized. Examples are given of how participatory web tools, eLearning, open educational resources, and shared digital content can help prepare students for new types of jobs and problems. The document advocates for making more educational resources openly licensed and freely available through platforms like open courseware to reduce costs for students and leverage global collaboration.
The Landscape of Open Educational ResourcesNicole Allen
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and efforts to increase their adoption and use. It provides examples of organizations that are creating and sharing OER, including open textbooks and online courses. It also describes a startup company called Lumen Learning that provides support for institutions and faculty to adopt OER, with the goals of reducing costs for students and improving educational outcomes.
OER and The Economies of Sale - MACS 2014Charles Key
This presentation, given to the 2014 fall meeting of the Michigan Association of College Stores, provides an overview of the argument for Open Educational Resources and how college stores can participate.
(1) Digital technologies are expanding access to education by making educational resources available online and globally. This allows for new forms of collaboration and learning.
(2) Open educational resources (OER) like online courses, textbooks, and learning objects are being shared openly online. This benefits students by lowering costs and giving educators new options for building learning experiences.
(3) For higher education to stay relevant, it needs to embrace openness and sharing of educational content through practices like adopting open textbooks. This will better serve students and allow education to keep pace with changes in technology and society.
Thinking About Open: Heriot Watt University (30 April 2015) OEPScotland
Slides for the OEPS Thinking About Open workshop held at Heriot-Watt University on 30 April 2015.
Facilitators: Bea de los Arcos and Beck Pitt
You can also watch Martin's keynote here: https://youtu.be/AYQ1Y-2KXZs
Pedagogy, Technology, & the Future of Higher Education - USNH ATI 2015Scott Robison
This document provides an overview of topics that will be covered at an upcoming conference on technology and education called ATI. It discusses using digital tools and open educational resources to improve and expand learning opportunities for students. Specific technologies mentioned include learning management systems, wearable devices, drones, and hyperloops. The document emphasizes using technology to realize educators' visions for their courses rather than focusing on the technologies themselves. It also discusses the benefits of open educational resources in increasing access and affordability for students and their positive impacts on learning outcomes. The conference aims to encourage collaboration between educators and students and consideration of how technology can help higher education better serve the public good.
This document discusses how digital technologies are changing education by making information more accessible and collaborative. It notes that we are in a time of technological and economic transformation where knowledge is becoming more networked and digitized. Examples are given of how participatory web tools, eLearning, open educational resources, and shared digital content can help prepare students for new types of jobs and problems. The document advocates for making more educational resources openly licensed and freely available through platforms like open courseware to reduce costs for students and leverage global collaboration.
The Landscape of Open Educational ResourcesNicole Allen
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and efforts to increase their adoption and use. It provides examples of organizations that are creating and sharing OER, including open textbooks and online courses. It also describes a startup company called Lumen Learning that provides support for institutions and faculty to adopt OER, with the goals of reducing costs for students and improving educational outcomes.
This document provides information about an opportunity to attend the Wifi: Depot Banquet with the password "depot255". It discusses how work created with support from a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant must be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. "OPEN" Consortia will support all DOL TAACCCT grantees. It also discusses the growth of tertiary education enrollment and projections, challenges of accommodating more students, and how open educational resources can help address these challenges by reducing costs.
Creative Commons and the Department of Labor US$2 Billion Grant ProgramCable Green
The document discusses the Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN) which will provide services to support Department of Labor TAACCCT grantees in meeting grant requirements. OPEN will help grantees license work created with grant funds under a Creative Commons license, apply learning science principles to develop open educational resources, and provide professional development opportunities regarding open policies and content development. The timeline indicates that Wave 1 of TAACCCT grants was launched in February 2014 and the OPEN kick-off event was in May 2014, with each grant wave lasting three years.
http://net.educause.edu/eliweb119 (recording here too - though I'm not sure if Educause requires you be an ELI member to see it - I think it will be open - hope so :)
Join Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, as they moderate this webinar with Cable Green, PhD, Director of Global Learning, Creative Commons. Cable Green, Director of Global Learning @ Creative Commons, will discuss how, if we are smart, we will use today's technical and legal tools to build and share high quality, affordable educational resources with everyone who wants to learn. The combined forces of digital content, the Internet and the effect of Moore's law push the cost of storing, replicating and distributing educational materials, once created, to near zero. Open licensing allows this content to be reused, revised, remixed and redistributed so others may localize, customize, translate, and (most important) collect and share open data on the effectiveness of the educational resources to continuously improve their quality. Cable will also discuss how open policies, once adopted, make sustainability a non-issue and ensure publicly funded educational resources are open educational resources.
This document discusses developing a culture of open education in Washington State by sharing educational resources openly through creative commons licensing. It notes that high textbook costs reduce access to higher education, costing full-time students $1000 per year. It proposes creating an Open Course Library with 81 high-enrollment courses that are openly licensed and cost less than $30 per textbook to improve completion rates and engage in the global open education discussion. The document raises questions about the efficiencies if all publicly funded educational content was openly accessible.
This document summarizes a presentation about the BC Open Textbook Project. The project aims to connect the expertise, programs and resources of BC post-secondary institutions under a collaborative framework. It has three phases: 1) Launch open textbooks in high-enrollment subjects, 2) Adapt existing open textbooks to the BC context, and 3) Create new open textbooks from scratch. The project expects to improve access to education by reducing student costs and improve learning outcomes. It also enables faculty collaboration on open educational resources.
This document provides an overview of open educational resources (OER) in K-12 education and their future directions. It discusses how OER can help address the growing demand for education globally in a more affordable and sustainable way. Key points include:
- Nearly one third of the world's population is under 15 and demand for education is growing rapidly but accommodating this growth poses major challenges.
- OER are teaching, learning and research materials that can be freely used, modified, and shared. They have the potential to significantly reduce education costs while improving access.
- Adopting OER requires changing educational culture and practices, but offers benefits like increased choice, affordability for students, and efficient use of
Qatar University Technology Enabled Learning and OpennessPaul_Stacey
The document discusses open licensing and open educational resources (OER). It describes how Creative Commons licenses allow creators to easily share their work legally while retaining copyright. OER are teaching resources that can be freely used and modified, as outlined by the 5R framework of reuse, revise, remix, retain, and redistribute. The document advocates for open policies and practices in education to increase access to knowledge and collaboration.
Higher Education in Perpetual Beta: eLearning, Open Educational Resources, CT...Cable Green
1. The document discusses higher education's transition to online learning and open educational resources. It argues that technology is transforming how students learn and that open resources can increase access to education.
2. The document proposes a technology plan for Washington community and technical colleges to leverage technology across the system through shared online applications and services. This would provide equitable access to resources while increasing efficiency.
3. The plan's vision is for the colleges to be leaders in using technology to improve learning through student-centric and innovative applications, while being accountable and affordable.
What if knowledge was free? : Open Educational Resources and their place in o...Heather Seibert-Jenks
Open Education Resources (OERs) are becoming more common throughout educational institutions, however, there is still a need for conversation and to promote the free resources that are available. OERs can be used as an outreach tool for patrons to gain access to works and materials that may only be available through a paid educational institution, school or for profit entities.
Keynote ACE / UPCEA (San Diego) #sols14Cable Green
This document presents the business and policy case for open educational resources (OER). It discusses the growing global demand for higher education and rising student debt levels, as well as how digital technologies allow for near-zero marginal costs of copying and distributing educational content. OER such as open textbooks, courseware, and other materials are presented as a way to increase access and affordability for students. The document outlines several open policy proposals, such as requiring openly licensed materials from publicly funded education projects. It argues that when the cost of sharing educational resources is near zero, educators and governments have an ethical obligation to share such resources openly to maximize social impact and return on investment.
Open learning in higher education an institutional approachBrian Murphy
The vaue of open learning can be a conflict within higher education instituions. This presentation is the result of an instituional review and research on the open education movement in higher education, given greater impetus by the advent of the MOOC. The journey of exploring MOOCs resulted, ironically, in an enhanced apreciation of OERs and revised strategic thinking of their impact for teaching and research, especially when viewed as a vehicle of co-creation between staff and students. Once value is attached, the principle becimes embedded and accepted rarher than an additional burden of academic endeavour; and the door is opened to the business case for systems, investment and development as well as academic development, support, reward and recognition.
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and summarizes some of the key findings from an OECD/CERI study on OER. It finds that while the number of OER initiatives is growing, there is still conceptual ambiguity around what constitutes an OER. Preliminary results suggest that typical OER users are well-educated individuals, and that lack of time and reward systems are barriers to wider involvement. Proponents argue that open sharing of educational resources can increase access to knowledge and support academic values.
The document discusses the growth of eLearning and open education in Washington community and technical colleges. It notes that eLearning enrollments increased 31% between 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, accounting for 58% of total enrollment growth. Open education aims to increase access and completion through affordable openly licensed educational resources like an Open Course Library of 81 high-enrollment courses costing students less than $30 for textbooks. The benefits of open education include improved completion rates, lower costs, and engaging in the global discussion of open educational resources.
SEEC, (a consortia of universities with experience and expertise with recognising learning through academic credit in non-traditional contexts) have regular Networks of Practice meetings for members. These slides are what I plan to use to get the debate off to a lively start.
GOING OPEN: The Case for OER & Open PoliciesCable Green
This document discusses the case for open educational resources (OER) and open policies. It notes that textbook costs have risen much faster than inflation and tuition, putting financial pressure on students. OER provide free and openly licensed alternatives to traditional textbooks. They can be customized, translated, and made accessible. The document advocates for publicly funded educational resources to be openly licensed as well. It provides examples of open policies from the White House and California community colleges. Overall, the document makes the argument that OER and open policies can help reduce costs for students and increase access to educational materials.
How Open Textbooks, Resources & MOOC's are Changing EducationPaul_Stacey
Open educational resources (OER), open textbooks, and massive open online courses (MOOCs) are changing education. OER include learning materials that are freely available under open licenses allowing reuse, revision, remixing, and redistribution. Open textbooks are openly licensed textbooks available online for free or low cost. MOOCs make university-level courses available to a worldwide online audience for free. However, MOOCs vary in their openness regarding policies, content, pedagogy, and student work. OER, open textbooks, and open pedagogies promote sharing and collaboration in education.
Impact and Opportunity of OER - A DOL TAACCCT Case StudyPaul_Stacey
The document discusses opportunities for open educational resources (OER) through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grants from the Department of Labor. It notes that TAACCCT grants totaling $2 billion over 4 years aim to prepare workers for high-skill jobs and require all materials be openly licensed. This represents the largest OER initiative. Services are described to help grantees meet requirements around licensing, accessibility, online learning, and using data for continuous improvement. Examples of consortium projects and an OER course development process are also provided.
Beyond Free: How Open Textbooks Can Improve Learning, Build Community & Empow...Clint Lalonde
This document summarizes a presentation about open educational resources and the BC Open Textbook Project. The presentation discusses the high costs of textbooks for students and how open textbooks can help by giving students day-one access to customizable resources that improve learning outcomes. The BC Open Textbook Project aims to create 40 open textbooks in high-enrollment subjects to increase access to post-secondary education and give faculty more control over instructional materials. Faculty review and adapt existing open textbooks to fit their needs and share them openly.
Open Education: The Business andPolicy Case for OERCable Green
This document discusses the business and policy case for open educational resources (OER). It notes that the number of students in tertiary education is growing rapidly and accommodating this growth would require building many new universities. OER provide a way to increase access to education at low cost since copying and distributing digital resources approaches zero cost. It outlines several benefits of OER including customization, affordability, and translation. Research shows that when the cost of sharing information is near zero, there is an ethical obligation to share and governments should require publicly funded resources be openly licensed. Studies also found students prefer and perform as well or better in courses using open textbooks compared to traditional textbooks. The document argues for policies that promote efficient use of public funds
The document summarizes key points from a social media workshop held in February 2011. It discusses why some hotels do not adopt social media, citing lack of knowledge on where to start, limited budgets, and past failed attempts. It then provides statistics on social media platforms and their growth. The remainder of the document offers advice on developing a social media strategy and provides examples of how hotels can leverage different social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
The document provides an overview of advertising opportunities on the Mail Online media platform. It highlights engagement and reach statistics that demonstrate the Mail Online's highly receptive audience. It then outlines various channel breakdowns targeting different demographics. Finally, it shares three case studies that show increased branding metrics and returns on investment for advertisers using the Mail Online.
This document provides information about an opportunity to attend the Wifi: Depot Banquet with the password "depot255". It discusses how work created with support from a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant must be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. "OPEN" Consortia will support all DOL TAACCCT grantees. It also discusses the growth of tertiary education enrollment and projections, challenges of accommodating more students, and how open educational resources can help address these challenges by reducing costs.
Creative Commons and the Department of Labor US$2 Billion Grant ProgramCable Green
The document discusses the Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN) which will provide services to support Department of Labor TAACCCT grantees in meeting grant requirements. OPEN will help grantees license work created with grant funds under a Creative Commons license, apply learning science principles to develop open educational resources, and provide professional development opportunities regarding open policies and content development. The timeline indicates that Wave 1 of TAACCCT grants was launched in February 2014 and the OPEN kick-off event was in May 2014, with each grant wave lasting three years.
http://net.educause.edu/eliweb119 (recording here too - though I'm not sure if Educause requires you be an ELI member to see it - I think it will be open - hope so :)
Join Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, as they moderate this webinar with Cable Green, PhD, Director of Global Learning, Creative Commons. Cable Green, Director of Global Learning @ Creative Commons, will discuss how, if we are smart, we will use today's technical and legal tools to build and share high quality, affordable educational resources with everyone who wants to learn. The combined forces of digital content, the Internet and the effect of Moore's law push the cost of storing, replicating and distributing educational materials, once created, to near zero. Open licensing allows this content to be reused, revised, remixed and redistributed so others may localize, customize, translate, and (most important) collect and share open data on the effectiveness of the educational resources to continuously improve their quality. Cable will also discuss how open policies, once adopted, make sustainability a non-issue and ensure publicly funded educational resources are open educational resources.
This document discusses developing a culture of open education in Washington State by sharing educational resources openly through creative commons licensing. It notes that high textbook costs reduce access to higher education, costing full-time students $1000 per year. It proposes creating an Open Course Library with 81 high-enrollment courses that are openly licensed and cost less than $30 per textbook to improve completion rates and engage in the global open education discussion. The document raises questions about the efficiencies if all publicly funded educational content was openly accessible.
This document summarizes a presentation about the BC Open Textbook Project. The project aims to connect the expertise, programs and resources of BC post-secondary institutions under a collaborative framework. It has three phases: 1) Launch open textbooks in high-enrollment subjects, 2) Adapt existing open textbooks to the BC context, and 3) Create new open textbooks from scratch. The project expects to improve access to education by reducing student costs and improve learning outcomes. It also enables faculty collaboration on open educational resources.
This document provides an overview of open educational resources (OER) in K-12 education and their future directions. It discusses how OER can help address the growing demand for education globally in a more affordable and sustainable way. Key points include:
- Nearly one third of the world's population is under 15 and demand for education is growing rapidly but accommodating this growth poses major challenges.
- OER are teaching, learning and research materials that can be freely used, modified, and shared. They have the potential to significantly reduce education costs while improving access.
- Adopting OER requires changing educational culture and practices, but offers benefits like increased choice, affordability for students, and efficient use of
Qatar University Technology Enabled Learning and OpennessPaul_Stacey
The document discusses open licensing and open educational resources (OER). It describes how Creative Commons licenses allow creators to easily share their work legally while retaining copyright. OER are teaching resources that can be freely used and modified, as outlined by the 5R framework of reuse, revise, remix, retain, and redistribute. The document advocates for open policies and practices in education to increase access to knowledge and collaboration.
Higher Education in Perpetual Beta: eLearning, Open Educational Resources, CT...Cable Green
1. The document discusses higher education's transition to online learning and open educational resources. It argues that technology is transforming how students learn and that open resources can increase access to education.
2. The document proposes a technology plan for Washington community and technical colleges to leverage technology across the system through shared online applications and services. This would provide equitable access to resources while increasing efficiency.
3. The plan's vision is for the colleges to be leaders in using technology to improve learning through student-centric and innovative applications, while being accountable and affordable.
What if knowledge was free? : Open Educational Resources and their place in o...Heather Seibert-Jenks
Open Education Resources (OERs) are becoming more common throughout educational institutions, however, there is still a need for conversation and to promote the free resources that are available. OERs can be used as an outreach tool for patrons to gain access to works and materials that may only be available through a paid educational institution, school or for profit entities.
Keynote ACE / UPCEA (San Diego) #sols14Cable Green
This document presents the business and policy case for open educational resources (OER). It discusses the growing global demand for higher education and rising student debt levels, as well as how digital technologies allow for near-zero marginal costs of copying and distributing educational content. OER such as open textbooks, courseware, and other materials are presented as a way to increase access and affordability for students. The document outlines several open policy proposals, such as requiring openly licensed materials from publicly funded education projects. It argues that when the cost of sharing educational resources is near zero, educators and governments have an ethical obligation to share such resources openly to maximize social impact and return on investment.
Open learning in higher education an institutional approachBrian Murphy
The vaue of open learning can be a conflict within higher education instituions. This presentation is the result of an instituional review and research on the open education movement in higher education, given greater impetus by the advent of the MOOC. The journey of exploring MOOCs resulted, ironically, in an enhanced apreciation of OERs and revised strategic thinking of their impact for teaching and research, especially when viewed as a vehicle of co-creation between staff and students. Once value is attached, the principle becimes embedded and accepted rarher than an additional burden of academic endeavour; and the door is opened to the business case for systems, investment and development as well as academic development, support, reward and recognition.
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and summarizes some of the key findings from an OECD/CERI study on OER. It finds that while the number of OER initiatives is growing, there is still conceptual ambiguity around what constitutes an OER. Preliminary results suggest that typical OER users are well-educated individuals, and that lack of time and reward systems are barriers to wider involvement. Proponents argue that open sharing of educational resources can increase access to knowledge and support academic values.
The document discusses the growth of eLearning and open education in Washington community and technical colleges. It notes that eLearning enrollments increased 31% between 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, accounting for 58% of total enrollment growth. Open education aims to increase access and completion through affordable openly licensed educational resources like an Open Course Library of 81 high-enrollment courses costing students less than $30 for textbooks. The benefits of open education include improved completion rates, lower costs, and engaging in the global discussion of open educational resources.
SEEC, (a consortia of universities with experience and expertise with recognising learning through academic credit in non-traditional contexts) have regular Networks of Practice meetings for members. These slides are what I plan to use to get the debate off to a lively start.
GOING OPEN: The Case for OER & Open PoliciesCable Green
This document discusses the case for open educational resources (OER) and open policies. It notes that textbook costs have risen much faster than inflation and tuition, putting financial pressure on students. OER provide free and openly licensed alternatives to traditional textbooks. They can be customized, translated, and made accessible. The document advocates for publicly funded educational resources to be openly licensed as well. It provides examples of open policies from the White House and California community colleges. Overall, the document makes the argument that OER and open policies can help reduce costs for students and increase access to educational materials.
How Open Textbooks, Resources & MOOC's are Changing EducationPaul_Stacey
Open educational resources (OER), open textbooks, and massive open online courses (MOOCs) are changing education. OER include learning materials that are freely available under open licenses allowing reuse, revision, remixing, and redistribution. Open textbooks are openly licensed textbooks available online for free or low cost. MOOCs make university-level courses available to a worldwide online audience for free. However, MOOCs vary in their openness regarding policies, content, pedagogy, and student work. OER, open textbooks, and open pedagogies promote sharing and collaboration in education.
Impact and Opportunity of OER - A DOL TAACCCT Case StudyPaul_Stacey
The document discusses opportunities for open educational resources (OER) through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grants from the Department of Labor. It notes that TAACCCT grants totaling $2 billion over 4 years aim to prepare workers for high-skill jobs and require all materials be openly licensed. This represents the largest OER initiative. Services are described to help grantees meet requirements around licensing, accessibility, online learning, and using data for continuous improvement. Examples of consortium projects and an OER course development process are also provided.
Beyond Free: How Open Textbooks Can Improve Learning, Build Community & Empow...Clint Lalonde
This document summarizes a presentation about open educational resources and the BC Open Textbook Project. The presentation discusses the high costs of textbooks for students and how open textbooks can help by giving students day-one access to customizable resources that improve learning outcomes. The BC Open Textbook Project aims to create 40 open textbooks in high-enrollment subjects to increase access to post-secondary education and give faculty more control over instructional materials. Faculty review and adapt existing open textbooks to fit their needs and share them openly.
Open Education: The Business andPolicy Case for OERCable Green
This document discusses the business and policy case for open educational resources (OER). It notes that the number of students in tertiary education is growing rapidly and accommodating this growth would require building many new universities. OER provide a way to increase access to education at low cost since copying and distributing digital resources approaches zero cost. It outlines several benefits of OER including customization, affordability, and translation. Research shows that when the cost of sharing information is near zero, there is an ethical obligation to share and governments should require publicly funded resources be openly licensed. Studies also found students prefer and perform as well or better in courses using open textbooks compared to traditional textbooks. The document argues for policies that promote efficient use of public funds
The document summarizes key points from a social media workshop held in February 2011. It discusses why some hotels do not adopt social media, citing lack of knowledge on where to start, limited budgets, and past failed attempts. It then provides statistics on social media platforms and their growth. The remainder of the document offers advice on developing a social media strategy and provides examples of how hotels can leverage different social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
The document provides an overview of advertising opportunities on the Mail Online media platform. It highlights engagement and reach statistics that demonstrate the Mail Online's highly receptive audience. It then outlines various channel breakdowns targeting different demographics. Finally, it shares three case studies that show increased branding metrics and returns on investment for advertisers using the Mail Online.
This ppt describes the framework for teachers to consider when infusing technology in the classroom in order to facilitate second language learning...especially with ELLs
How to build a successful e-mail marketing campaign - Suzanna Chaplin & Warri...auexpo Conference
This document provides an overview of how to build a successful email marketing campaign. It discusses topics like creative design, sending strategy, frequency, mobile optimization, subject lines, targeting, retargeting, and optimization. Case studies are presented on campaigns for Tesco Kitchens, Matalan, and Drink Aware that analyze metrics like open rates, click-through rates, and conversions to optimize performance. The key lessons are around testing different elements, considering mobile, analyzing all metrics, segmenting lists based on behavior, and tailoring strategies for different audiences.
This document provides a guide for entertainment farming and agri-tourism business management. It discusses
having things for visitors to see like educational tours featuring crop art, historical re-creations, and natural farm
features. It also discusses having things for visitors to do such as processing demonstrations and festivals/special
events. Finally, it discusses having things for visitors to buy like food, beverages and souvenirs at farm stands.
Este documento presenta cuatro circuitos eléctricos en serie y paralelo y solicita simplificarlos calculando la resistencia total, voltaje total, corriente total y potencia total para cada circuito.
This document contains examples of series, parallel, and mixed circuits. For the series circuit, it provides the total voltage, individual resistor voltages and currents, and calculates the total resistance. For the parallel circuit, it calculates the individual currents and total resistance. For the mixed circuit, it calculates the total currents using the equivalent resistances.
Driving adoptions through communities of practiceCharles Key
This document summarizes presentations from an Open Education Week event about driving adoptions of open educational resources (OER) through communities of practice. It describes communities of practice at College Open Textbooks focusing on open textbooks, and examples of communities in water technology, developmental mathematics, American government, and educational psychology that have collaborated to develop open educational resources.
Este documento presenta cuatro circuitos eléctricos en serie y paralelo y solicita simplificarlos calculando la resistencia total, voltaje total, corriente total y potencia total para cada circuito.
Este documento presenta cuatro circuitos eléctricos en serie y paralelo y solicita simplificarlos calculando la resistencia total, voltaje total, corriente total y potencia total para cada uno.
This document contains examples of series, parallel, and mixed circuits. For a series circuit, it provides the total voltage, individual resistor voltages and currents based on given resistances. For a parallel circuit, it shows how to calculate the total resistance and individual currents. For a mixed circuit, it demonstrates calculating the total current through different sections of the circuit based on the resistances in each part.
Landing Page Success Story: How We Increased SEOmoz's Sales by 170%auexpo Conference
This document summarizes how SEOmoz grew its sales by 170% through testing and optimizing its website and marketing processes. It outlines the steps taken, including surveying customers to understand objections, testing different pages and offers through split testing, writing targeted emails, and optimizing the sales funnel. The goal is to explain the process used so others can apply it to grow their own businesses.
The document discusses the architecture and performance optimizations of NU.nl, the largest Dutch news website. It describes how NU.nl evolved from static HTML pages to a more dynamic site using a custom content management system built with PHP and MySQL. To improve performance, NU.nl implemented a layer of Varnish caching proxies, used Memcache, and generated pre-rendered HTML. It also utilized code sharing between sites and globalization techniques to support multiple language versions like the German Dnews.de site.
The 1986 Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon was caused by nearly 2 million tons of carbon dioxide suddenly erupting from the lake. Over 1700 people and 3000 livestock were killed after the heavy CO2 gas sank along the ground and suffocated everyone in a 17km radius. Survivors reported feeling unwell and losing consciousness with burns on their skin. The CO2 gas was released from the deep crater lake after possibly an underwater landslide disturbed the layers of gas-saturated water and allowed the heavy carbon dioxide to flood the surrounding areas.
WiMAX Networks was once popular in 2009 and quickly faded away.
The case examined in 1 of Pakistan WiMAX operators showed how the network failed to meet customer expectation
The document summarizes key points from a presentation given by Carolina Rossini on open educational resources (OER) at an event in Monterrey, Mexico in June 2014. Some of the main topics covered include:
- The growing demand for higher education globally and challenges of accommodating more students
- Issues of student debt and the perceived value of education
- Challenges facing education systems in the global south such as growing student numbers, financial pressures, and graduate employability
- Brazil's focus on digital inclusion and access to knowledge through open licensing of educational resources
- The "4R" freedoms of OER - reuse, revise, remix, redistribute
- How open licensing and interoperability can enable
Latest developments in open source educational materials including open textbooks. Special talk given to Douglas College Faculty of Science and Technology at their 2012 Christmas Luncheon.
How Open Educational Resources and Digital Technologies are Changing Higher E...Tom Caswell
This document discusses how open educational resources (OER) and digital technologies can help break the "iron triangle" of higher education by lowering costs, increasing access, and maintaining quality. It outlines the current challenges of high textbook costs and limited access to education. By adopting open licenses for publicly-funded educational content and sharing resources through initiatives like Open Course Library, institutions can leverage digital technologies to improve affordability and scalability while benefiting students. The goal is to explore more sustainable models for higher education using open, networked approaches.
Updated Keynote Slides (November, 2014)Cable Green
This document summarizes Dr. Cable Green's presentation on open education and the case for open educational resources (OER). Some key points from the presentation include:
- Rising costs of higher education and student debt are putting pressure on the traditional education system and accessibility of education. OER can help address these issues by reducing costs.
- Technological advances have reduced the cost of copying and distributing digital content to nearly zero, challenging traditional business models of content industries like textbooks. OER take advantage of these new affordances.
- Many successful open projects exist like Wikipedia, open educational resources, and open access policies that maximize public access to publicly funded research. These examples demonstrate the potential of open approaches.
Open Access Week: College of Du Page KeynoteUna Daly
Open Access Week keynote for In Service Day at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Choose Generation Open: Transforming Teaching and Learning with Open Educational Resources with Una Daly, Community College Director at the Open Education Consortium and Kate Hess, Faculty Librarian, at Kirkwood College, Iowa.
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1. The Economies of Sale
The Emerging Market for OER
CAMEX 2014
Charles Key
Open Doors Group
March 7, 2014
www.opendoorsgroup.org
2. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
3. Charles Key
Open Doors Group
Director of Adoptions, College Open Textbooks, and Grants
charles.key@opendoorsgroup.org
http://www.opendoorsgroup.org
http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org
4. Open Doors Group (ODG) is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to
Increase access to education by lowering barriers for all learners. We
are active in a wide range of activities, including our major projects:
• College Open Textbooks
• Communities
• MOOCs
• ODG Consulting
College Open Textbooks (COT)
• Online ‘referatory’ of over 750 open and affordable textbooks,
primarily for two-year college level courses
• Active online community of over 1500 members
• Twenty Communities of Practice organized around specific academic
disciplines or interests.
We advocate for the adoption of OER as well as Affordable CARR
5. The Point Is…
• Higher ed is in a “cost crisis”
• Digital technology has changed the equation
for creating, storing, and communicating
information
• OER are an increasingly important part of the
solution
• Campus stores can thrive in this environment
6. The Problem
A crisis in higher education caused by
rapidly increasing costs, leading to
decreased access and compromised
learning outcomes.
7. The Rising Cost of Everything
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
10. Textbook Cost as a % of Tuition
Average annual cost of tuition and fees
• Public two-year college (in state): ~$3000
• Public four-year college (in state): ~$8500
Average annual cost of books and supplies
• Public college: ~$1200
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/26/pf/college/college_tuition_cost
http://www.studentpirgs.org/campaigns/sp/make-textbooks-affordable
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/college-costs/college-costs-faqs
https://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_payarticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=10064
11. The Cost Disparity at 2-Year Colleges: Take 2
Community college in-state tuition: $46/unit
Cost of two 4-unit courses: $368
Organic Chemistry by Janice Smith: $195
Study Guide & Solutions Manual: $126
Students tell College Open Textbooks:
It’s not uncommon for the cost of
textbooks to double the cost of tuition
at the 2-year college level.
Calsidyrose by Curiosities
CC BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calsidyrose/4686098399/in/photostream/
12. The Effect
60%+ do not purchase textbooks at
some point due to cost
35% take fewer courses due to
textbook cost
31% choose not to register for a
course due to textbook cost
23% regularly go without
textbooks due to cost
14% have dropped a course
due to textbook cost
10% have withdrawn from a
course due to textbook cost
Source: 2012 student survey by Florida
Virtual Campus
www.projectkaleidoscope.org
14. The Response
Entrepreneurs view market inefficiencies as
opportunities. The convergence of the cost crisis,
the digital revolution and new technologies is
causing a fundamental shift in the way we view
and provide education.
17. “MOOC, every letter is negotiable” by Mathieu Plourde CC BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/8620174342/sizes/l/in/photostream/
18. What are Open Educational Resources?
“OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that
reside in the public domain or have been released under
an intellectual property license that permits their free
use and re-purposing by others.
Open educational resources include full courses, course
materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests,
software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques
used to support access to knowledge."
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
19. How Do You Know If It's Open?
The 4-R’s Framework
Reuse
Revise
Remix
Redistribute
21. Open ≠ Free
There is an inherent cost to produce and maintain content.
This is independent of whether the producer charges the
consumer for its use.
22. 7 Reasons Why OER Aren’t Going Away
1.Savings
2.Improving Quality
3.Technology
4.Governmental Policy
5.Licensing Infrastructure
6.Academic Freedom
7.Open Movement
23. How Much Can Be Saved?
Higher Ed Savings Estimates
$116.60 (Tacoma Community College 2013)
$107.34 (Student PIRGs 2010)
$101.69 (Student PIRGs 2011)
$95.95 (Student PIRGs 2013)
$90.61 (Project Kaleidoscope 2013)
Average Savings: $100/student/class
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YikQJFigkv_AMmOw0C_E6i53UQ8UbAuDxnsZrIzfiFU/edit
http://www.studentpirgs.org/reports/cover-cover-solution
http://www.studentpirgs.org/resources/cost-analysis-open-course-library
http://www.studentpirgs.org/resources/updated-cost-analysis-open-course-library to be published
24. How Much Has Been Saved in Higher Ed?
Students Served
Total students served: 771,263
Total potential savings: $75M+
http://www.slideshare.net/txtbks/billion-dollar-keynote
25. The Quality Issue
People intuitively feel that the more you pay for something, the
higher its quality (“You get what you pay for”)
There’s a growing body of evidence that learning outcomes are
as good or better when using OER than when using traditional
commercial materials.
26. Studies Suggest…
CMU Open Learning Initiative
A 2011 independent study of an OLI statistics course showed that OLI students
performed as well or better than students in traditional instructor-led classes.
South Florida College
Students using OpenStax physics textbook saw scores on concept inventory tests rise
30% over scores from the previous five years.
Houston Community College
In 2011, 690 psychology students using a free, online textbook had improved learning
outcomes in three areas.
Scottsdale Community College
A 2012 study found that math students in classes using OER had comparable overall
grades and completion rates to students from previous, non-OER classes.
http://oli.cmu.edu/get-to-know-oli/see-our-proven-results/
http://chaos.open.ac.uk/evidence/impact-of-openstax-textbook-on-physics-students-south-florida-college/
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680513.2012.716657#.UxQEqONdVuI
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1523/2652
27. Curated Repositories
Washington State Open Course Library
Florida Orange Grove
University of Minnesota Open Textbook Library
BCcampus Collection
OpenStax College
California Digital Open Source Library
29. How Technology Influences Cost
For One 250 Page Book
Cost to Copy
• By hand:
$1,000
• By print-on-demand:
$4.90
• By computer:
$0.00084
•
Cost to Distribute
• By mail:
$5.20
• By print-on-demand:
$0
• By internet:
$0.00072
CC BY: David Wiley, BYU
30. Production of Quality Content is Within Anyone’s Reach
Music
Video
Social Media
Websites
Magazines
Books
31. Governmental Policy
Summary of Current and Proposed Policy Initiatives
Related to Open Education and Resources
Source: Creative Commons OER Policy Registry
48 Total Initiatives
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Policy_Registry
32. Licensing of Open Content
GNU General Public License
A free, copyleft license for software and other
kinds of works.
Creative Commons Licenses
A set of six licenses for creative works.
Lots of Others
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
35. A Notable Ancestor of OER
• Founded in 1985 by Richard Stallman
• Promotes the universal freedom to create, modify and
distribute computer software
• Pioneered Copyleft, a license which offers the right to
distribute copies and modified versions of work, while
requiring that the same rights be maintained in the
copied work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation
36. And Another…
Linux
• A Unix-compatible open operating system
• A study of the Debian 4.0 release estimated
and equivalent development cost of:
• 73,000 person-years
• $8.6B
(Open ≠ Free)
“Tux” by Larry Ewing, Simon Budig, and Anja Gerwinski
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
37. The Epitome of Open Content
The English version contains nearly 4.5M articles
“Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the
accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation
finds. ”
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, on Open Content:
“…we’ve chosen the free licensing model because that
empowers anybody to take our content and do
anything they like with it…”
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Size_of_English_Wikipedia_in_August_2010_(L).svg
38. Business Models for OER
The early model: No-cost content, pay for services and upgrades
• Special formats
• Printed matter
Sustainability has been hard to come by
• Flat World Knowledge, an early leader in professional-grade
open textbooks, has retreated and is now Affordable CARR
• Boundless offers some no-cost content, but most is low-cost
The Wikipedia model hasn’t yet worked for OER
39. Business Models
Prominent Models
• Government/System Supported
• For-Profit Publishers
• College/Department
• Individual Authors
• Student Fees
New work by new digital-only providers with low
overhead
• NACS reports that 77 cents of the textbook
dollar goes to publisher overhead.
The software industry has shown that consumers
are willing to pay for packaging and convenience
40. There’s Money to be Made Selling Free Content
The content is free, the packaging is not.
http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/RHAT/2991989334x0x657207/97DF4F83-606D-4AC5-9153-0B7B49C558CC/SEC-RHAT-1193125-13-173724.pdf
43. …So Little Information
Surveys consistently show that educators who want to
explore OER don’t know where to go
• Wide range of sources, from individual authors to
curated repositories
• No easy way to locate them
• OER producers lack the marketing budgets to get the
information to consumers
Many interested educators don’t understand licensing issues
No database of adoptions data so that educators can find out
what peers are using
44. Partnerships Will Be Key
Faculty
Libraries
Administration
Printers
Stores
Authors/Publishers
Students
Information Providers
45. Print-On-Demand
75-80% of students still want a printed copy, even when
digital media is available
Offers a tangible way to participate when OER is used
Solves a persistent problem for retailers: inventory control
Bonus: Interest in self-publishing is booming
47. Learn More About OER
• Follow the links in this presentation
• www.collegeopentextbooks.org
• www.collegeopentextbooks.ning.com
• Monthly webinars at CCCOER
http://oerconsortium.org/
48. Open Doors Group Can Help
A Community of Practice for Campus Stores
If there is enough interest, College Open Textbooks will
create a Community of Practice to support campus stores
The CoP will be a social network group open to all who are
interested in sharing information, expertise, ideas, best
practices, and lessons learned around the subject of
helping campus stores thrive in the new education
environment
Interested?
Contact charles.key@opendoorsgroup.org
49. ODG Consulting
ODG Consulting is a team of educational and technical experts dedicated
to expanding educational opportunities for all learners. The ODG
Consulting staff have expertise and skills in a range of areas including
open and affordable textbooks and other Open Educational Resources
(OER), licensing, digital and print publishing, tools, and courseware.
We have a wide range of product offerings including advising,
presentations, surveys, research and analysis, pilots, project
management, introductions, marketing plans, workshops, and more.
Please check our web page for additional information.
To find out more about how ODG Consulting can help you develop
affordable and innovative solutions that provide increasing access to
education, contact jim.huether@opendoorsgroup.org.
http://www.opendoorsgroup.org/projects/odg-consulting/
50. Contact
Charles Key
Open Doors Group
Director of Adoptions, College Open Textbooks, and Grants
charles.key@opendoorsgroup.org
http://www.opendoorsgroup.org
http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org