Dr. Cable Green irector of Open Education [email protected]twitter: @cgreen Shifting your District to Open Educational Resource with Meredith Jacob Assistant Director, PIJIP at American University [email protected]twitter: @meredithjacob Jane Park Director of Platforms & Partnerships [email protected]twitter: @janedaily
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Copyright&
Fair Use
(Why Copyright is the default and why both matter to K12)
InternetEnables
CopyrightForbids
Open Educational Resources
Any kind of teaching materials – textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans,
videos, readings, exams
Open Educational Resources
(1) Free and unfettered access, and(2) Free copyright permissions to
engage in the 5R activities
open ≈ free
free is assumed online
open > free
open = free + permissions
The 5Rs
retain is fundamental
retain is prerequisite
to revise and remix
watch out for publisher “artificial scarcity” models
“Faux-pen” (aka “open washing”)
1. Free (possibly gated) access
2. All rights reserved (or stronger)
Cost to Students
Permissions to Teachers
and Students
Commercial Textbooks Expensive Restrictive
Library Resources Free Restrictive
Open Educational Resources Free 5Rs
Nonprofit organizationOpen copyright licenses
Founded in 2001Operates worldwide
Teams in 85 countries
Step 1: Choose Conditions
Attribution
ShareAlike
NonCommercial
NoDerivatives
Step 2: Receive a License
most freedom
least freedomNot OER
OER
puts the “open” in OER
How is OERchanging K12 education?
WA State and K-12 Districts together spend $130M/year
on textbooks and the results are:
• Books are (on average) 7-10 years out of date• Paper only / no digital versions.• Students can’t write / highlight in books• Students can’t keep books at end of year• All rights reserved… teachers can’t update• Parents often pay for lost paper books…
The Z-DegreeREMOVING TEXTBOOK COSTS AS A BARRIER TO STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH AN OER-BASED CURRICULUM
Decreased cost to graduate by 25%
Increased pedagogical flexibility
Improved course completion rates
OER Potential in U.S. Higher Education:Save Students: Billions / year
If every:
Open textbook saves $128 per course / student
How can OERbenefit your
Schools?
Increase Equity
All students have access to high quality learning materials that have the most up-to-date and relevant content because OER can be freely copied and distributed to anyone.
Save Money
Switching to OER enables schools to repurpose funding spent on static
textbooks for other pressing needs.
Replacing just one textbook can free up tens of thousands of dollars available for other purposes.
with an additional $53 million projected through academic year 2015/16
Keep Content Relevant, Effective & High Quality
Traditional textbooks are perpetually outdated, forcing districts to re-invest
to replace them.
CC licenses allow educators to maintain the quality and relevance of their OER
through continuous updates.
Empower Teachers
OER empower teachers as creative professionals by giving them the ability to adapt and customize
learning materials to meet the needs of their students without breaking
copyright laws.
How do I share?
How do I share?
Do I own the copyright? If yes, I as the rights holder can choose to share under a CC license.
If not, what rights do I have to clear?
Whose permission do I have to seek to share the work more liberally under CC license terms?
Clear the rights.
My district has a website where we share our materials (see link)
My district has a preferred LMS where we share our materials (see link)
My district doesn’t have a central site… Can you recommend one?
Where do I share?
wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking
Microsoft Docs.com IOER (Illinois Open
Educational Resources) Edmodo Spotlight Amazon Education OER Commons Other platforms: What do I
look for?
#GoOpen Platforms
Docs:
IOER:
Edmodo:
Amazon:
Easy to add a CC license Resources are clearly marked
with a CC license notice You can search/filter
resources by license or usage rights
You can download the resource in editable formats
What to look for
How do I attribute?
Title Author Source (URL) License
Name + link, eg. CC BY linked to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
TASL
wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking
What can K-12 Superintendents, Principals, &
Curriculum Directors do to support OER?
Raise awareness of the existence of OER and the benefits for your students, teachers and parents.
Institutional & district support for adaptation and adoption to ensure successful adoption of OER.
Funding (talk with your State Legislature) to support the development or redevelopment of OER curriculum.
Partner with other States / Districts (e.g., K12 OER Collaborative)
Institutional policies concerning OER should be developed and disseminated to help raise awareness, dispel myths, and to encourage members of the K-12 community to adopt OER & open educational practices.
The creation and adaptation of OER should be appropriately recognized as curricular innovation and service to the academic profession during the promotion process.
Money is Shifting to Open
• Governments• Foundations• Open license requirements
on grants and contracts…
Publicly funded resources should be openly licensed resources.