OER presentation and call to action done for CCSSO Innovation Lab Network ICCS Pre-Conference on Open Educational Resources Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 Seattle

1. Paul Stacey
Response, Synthesis & Call for Action
1. Case study response
for: 2. Finding/sourcing OER
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Implementing the Common Core Standards (ICCS) 3. OER examples
Pre-conference on Open Educational Resources 4. Strategies & policies
Seattle, Wednesday, 15-Aug-2012
5. Pre-discussion scenario

2. • RFP for common core ELA & Math pre-kindergarten to grade 12 – ended up with PreK to grade 5
• Creative Commons licensed as OER
• Leverage work already in the public domain that are free and publicly available & align/scale them for use
state wide – Libraries, Museums, TV stations, …
• RFP includes teaching and learning professional development around common core and resources
• Use of data to improve instruction – ensure rigorous conversations around student achievement
• Voluntary adoption

3. • Legislature direction – common core creates opportunity to develop library of high quality openly
licensed K-12 courseware
• Free of charge – cost savings (not reason to reduce/cut funding) - allow redeployment of funding to
other needed things
• OER more up-to-date and broader selection of material
• Develop library of openly licensed courseware aligned to common core – not develop new
• Advertise/talk to school districts about availability of OER – increase awareness
• Voluntary adoption
• Work collaboratively with other states
• Very inclusive - Course syllabus, modules, textbooks, assessments, videos, simulations, labs …

4. • Out of Print – Re-imagining the Textbook – digital, open, case studies on 4 states, states with policy
changes, federal support of digital/open content, factors in implementing (funding for broadband &
devices, policies, prepared educators, open approach to IP, quality, leadership), 5 recommendations
– available next 2-3 weeks
• State Education Policy Center (SEPC) – 3areas, instructional resources, broadband, assessment –
open in Oct 2012

5. Finding/Sourcing OER

10. http://oercommons.org

11. Foundation Funded OER
http://www.curriki.org http://www.ck12.org http://www.khanacademy.org/
http://cnx.org
http://www.hippocampus.org/
http://nextgenlearning.org
http://ocw.mit.edu

12. Publicly Funded OER
http://www.doleta.gov/TAACCCT
http://wikiwijsinhetonderwijs.nl/over-wikiwijs/english

13. https://p2pu.org/en/groups/pd-on-p2pu-oer-in-k-12/
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/117659

14. Policies 2012 WORLD OER CONGRESS
UNESCO, PARIS, JUNE 20-22, 2012
OER DECLARATION
a. Support the use of OER through
the revision of policy regulating
higher education
b. Contribute to raising awareness
of key OER issues
c. Review national ICT/connectivity
strategies for Higher Education
d. Consider adapting open licensing
frameworks
e. Consider adopting open format
standards
f. Support institutional investments
in curriculum design
g. Support the sustainable
production and sharing of
learning materials
h. Collaborate to find effective ways
to harness OER

15. Policies
• Public funding results in a public good
• Capitalize on new business models
– Digital copying & distribution cost = ~$0
– You can share and still have the
resource yourself
– Consortia vs. autonomy
• RFP’s & new funding incentivize reuse
of existing OER and/or existing ed
material conversion to OER
• RFP’s & new funding require Creative
Commons licenses
http://oerpolicies.org
• Policies allow teachers to share
curriculum materials under open
Creative Commons licenses

16. Strategies
• Adopt open policy
• Implement open practices – national, states, districts, schools,
teachers, students, …
• Finding & evaluating OER – use portals to to accumulate, organize,
and distribute content
• Remixing & publishing your own OER – create online communities for
teachers to collaborate, research and share resources
• Evolve instructional design and pedagogical methods to leverage OER
• Use Creative Commons licenses
• Integrate with tablet/iPad and other device adoptions
• Quality – adopt quality rubrics & showcase examples that meet
technical, pedagogical, and academic quality
• Assessment – assess OER impact (increased access, learning
outcomes, completion/graduation rates, cost savings, …)

17. Call To Action Scenario
• 45 US states and three US territories have adopted common core standards
for Math and Language Arts.
• Collectively need common core aligned textbooks and supplemental
materials.
• So what if there was money to RFP for all of the needed common core
aligned textbooks and supplemental materials?
• The RFPs would be open and competitive... so the commercial sector could
also participate. The best bid for the best product at the best price would win.
• All textbooks and curriculum created with these funds would be licensed
Creative Commons Attribution or Public Domain
• States and school districts could have open access to no-cost, state-of-the-
art, common core aligned materials.
• All use would be optional so no one can say "this is a national curriculum
being forced upon us."
• Licenses allow all to reuse, revise or remix the content.
• Questions: Policy implications? Impact on Teacher Practice? Adjudication of
quality? (Who funds? What exactly is being funded? Commitment to adopt?
Role of DoE, States and other organizations (CCSSO, iNACOL, Achieve,
SEDTA, …)? Evergreen/updating process beyond initial production? …)

18. Opportunities for cross-state work?
• Sharing
• Co-development
• Collection of model policies and legislation
• Professional learning
• Examining quality

19. Top technical assistance needs for your state?
1. Awareness for policy makers?
2. Messaging and outreach
3. Professional learning for teachers and other leaders?
4. Legislative, model policy supports?
5. Analysis of current instructional materials environment
and opportunities?
6. Help building a coalition?
7. Organizing digital OER for access and discoverability?
8. Textbook adoption and distribution policies?
What form might that take?
1. Consulting?
2. Speakers for In-state convening?

20. Paul Stacey
Response, Synthesis & Call for Action
• Case study response
• Finding/sourcing OER
• OER examples
• Strategies & policies
• Pre-discussion scenario
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Senior Project Manager
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pstacey@creativecommons.org
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