8. Handwriting Printing Press Internet
Copying
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy
Distributing
a book
$1000s per
copy
$1s per copy $0.0001s per
copy
11. • Make and own copiesRetain
• Use in a wide range of waysReuse
• Adapt, modify, and improveRevise
• Combine two or moreRemix
• Share with othersRedistribute
The 5Rs
19. What’s happening
around the world?
A lot… and I can’t come close to
listing all of the excellent OER
projects in 20 min.
Let’s talk about the trends…
20. Global OER Strategic Discussions
oerstrategy.org
join us: Friday, 16 Oct: 11:00
“OER: Mainstreaming and the Moonshot”
28. Lumen Learning
$ Cut total spend on
textbooks by 90%
Measurable
increase (5-10%)
in student success
Open licensing
of all new content
Data-driven
course updates
Smooth faculty
transition to
open content
Student access
to materials
from day 1
41. OER Potential in U.S. Higher Education:
Save Students: Billions / year
If every:
Open textbook saves $128 per course / student
42. 65%
of students decided against buying a
required textbook because of cost
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
43. 50%
of students said that cost of
textbooks impacted how many and
which classes they took
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market
44. 82%
of students felt they would do
significantly better in a course if
textbook was available for free
US PIRG Report, 2014
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/fixing-broken-textbook-market