Introduction to OER - Workshop
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The document discusses the transformative potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in education, emphasizing the ability to freely copy, distribute, and edit educational materials, which significantly lowers costs and expands access. It outlines various state and institutional policies promoting OER and the necessity for empirical research to validate claims about its effectiveness. The content highlights the need for educators to navigate copyright issues while fostering a culture of sharing and collaboration in educational settings.
Introduction to OER - Workshop
- 1. Open Educational Resources learning materials for all students TJ Bliss John Hilton David Wiley This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
- 2. Education Is Sharing the technical argument
- 3. Teachers Share With Students knowledge and skills feedback and criticism encouragement
- 4. Students Share With Teachers questions assignments tests
- 5. If There Is No Sharing there is no education
- 6. Successful Educators share most completely with the most students
- 7. Knowledge is Magical can be given without being given away
- 8. Physical Expressions Are Not to give a book you must give it away
- 9. Expressions Are Different To give a book you must give it away
- 10. When Expressions Are Digital they also become magical
- 12. E.g., Online Book We can all read simultaneously
- 13. An Indescribable Advance the first time in human history
- 14. Both Knowledge and Expressions can be given without being given away
- 15. Unprecedented Capacity we can share as never before
- 16. Unprecedented Capacity we can educate as never before
- 17. What Does “Share” Mean? online it means copy and distribute
- 18. Cost of “Copy” For one 250 page book: • Copy by hand - $1,000 • Copy by print on demand - $4.90 • Copy by computer - $0.00084
- 19. Cost of “Distribute” For one 250 page book: • Distribute by mail - $5.20 • Distribute by Internet - $0.00072
- 20. Copy and Distribute are “Free” this changes everything
- 21. Educational Sharing also means adapting or editing
- 22. Sense-making, Meaning-making connecting to prior knowledge relating to past experience (in an appropriate language)
- 23. Digital Makes Editing “Free” editing a printed book or magazine is difficult and expensive
- 24. Free Copy, Distribute, Edit we can share as never before
- 25. Free Copy, Distribute, Edit we can educate as never before
- 26. Except We Can’t © forbids copying, distributing, and editing
- 27. © Cancels the Possibilities of digital media and the internet
- 28. Internet Copyright Enables Forbids what to do?
- 30. use copyright to enforce sharing
- 31. The 4Rs Reuse – copy verbatim Redistribute – share with others Revise – adapt and edit Remix – combine with others
- 33. Over 400 Million Items using CC licenses at end of 2010
- 35. The “Open” in OER free permission to do the 4Rs
- 36. Internet OER Enables Allows sharing and educating at unprecedented scale
- 37. OER Policies state, institution, district, school
- 39. Higher Ed. State Policies A.B. 577 (CA) – Open Education Resource Centers H.B. 1025 (WA) - Disclosure of course content information H.B. 1946 (WA) - Re: sharing of instructional and other resources H.B. 4058A (OR) – Call for study of ways to reduce textbook costs H.B. 5201 (FL) – Promote use and distribution of OER H.R. 1464 (US Congress) – Requires fed agencies collaborate on OER K12 State Policies Georgia Virtual Learning OER terms of use (GA) H.B. 2336 (WA) – Form advisory committee on state-led OCW H.B. 2337 (WA) – Creation of state-led OCW H.B. 6 (TX) – Instructional Materials Allotment L.D. 569 (ME) – Establishes clearinghouse for info on use of OER (K12) Rule R277-111 (UT) – Educators may use CC license on materials produced (K12) S.B. 6231 (WA) – Appropriation of textbook funds to OER development (K12) H.B. 1941 (VA) - Permission for state employees to use CC licenses H.B. 2488 (TX) – Relating to OER adoption in public schools S.B. 6460 (WA) – Requires model policy for open licensing of courseware
- 40. Utah R277-111-3. Educators Sharing Materials. A. Utah educators may share materials for noncommercial use that educators have developed primarily for use in their own classes, courses or assignments. B. Utah educators may only share materials that they developed personally and may not unilaterally share materials that were purchased or developed by or on behalf of their public employer or the State. C. Utah educators may only share materials that are consistent with R277-515 Utah Educator Professional Standards. For example, educators may not share materials that advocate illegal activities or that are inconsistent with their legal and role model responsibilities as public employees and licensed educators. D. Utah educators may share materials under a Creative Commons License and shall be personally responsible for understanding and satisfying the requirements of a Creative Commons License. E. The presumption of this rule is that materials may be shared. The presumption is that Utah educators need not seek permission from their employers to share personally-developed materials. However public school employers may provide notice to employees that materials developed with public school funds or during public school employment must be reviewed by the employer prior to sharing or distribution. F. Public educators may not sell teacher curriculum materials developed in whole or in part with public education funds or developed within the employee's scope of employment to Utah educators.
- 41. Funding OER Development it’s not free
- 43. Institutional Leadership open courseware (OCW)
- 45. OER Initiatives state, institution, district
- 46. OER Initiatives
- 47. OER Business Models the biggest challenge?
- 50. Lots of “Hype” About OER OER will save the world! OER save students money! Students learn more from OER!
- 51. From Rhetoric to Results We have to answer these questions with high quality empirical research
- 52. Open Education Group openedgroup.org
- 53. COUP Framework A comprehensive framework for asking questions about the practical impacts of open educational resources
- 54. COUP Framework • Cost savings • Outcomes in student learning • Use by teachers and learners • Perceptions of OER among users
- 55. Cost and Outcomes The Utah Open Textbook Project
- 56. Utah Open Textbook Project 6000 students, 25 teachers High school science classrooms Adapted CK12.org textbooks > 95% printed books
- 58. $11.4 2 Annual Cost Per Textbook $4.99
- 60. * Difference in CRT Scores From Year(s) Before to Year(s) After * % Proficiency Mean Change: +5.9% * * Teacher
- 63. Revise / Remix Behavior FWK provides editing tools to help faculty build custom books
- 66. Project Kaleidoscope 8 community colleges and 4-year schools California to New York
- 67. Project Kaleidoscope Cross-institutional faculty teams Aggregate OER-based textbook replacements 11 courses, 9,000 students in 2011-2012
- 68. Teacher Perceptions of Kaleidoscope OER Quality
- 69. Student Perceptions of Kaleidoscope OER Quality
- 70. COUP Framework • Cost savings • Outcomes in student learning • Use by teachers and learners • Perceptions of OER among users
- 71. Future OER Research what do we still need to know?
- 72. Locating and Identifying OER where, what, how?
- 73. www.google.com/advanced_search? www.oercommons.org www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/ www.curriki.org www.merlot.org
Editor's Notes
- #10: CC By Photo by David Wiley
- #12: CC By Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/gianvc/3544738106/
- #39: The following states have passed some policies or regulations related to OER.
- #57: Slimmed down books to 200-300 pages. Focused, aligned, streamlined, but sufficient coverage.
- #59: Printed and shipped about 3000 books this year.