23. Connexions (cnx.org)
non-profit open education platform
founded 10 years ago
connecting ideas
900 open textbooks/courses
15000 Lego modules
free on-line
low-cost in print
24. Connexions (cnx.org)
non-profit open education platform
founded 10 years ago
connecting people
contributors worldwide
in many languages
usage per month:
1.2 million unique users
58 million hits
from 190 countries
25. some Connexions partners
Community College Open Textbook Project
100+ CC’s in USA and Canada
developing a suite of free open textbooks
Government of Vietnam
developing new curriculum at 40 universities
Siyavula / Shuttleworth Foundation
complete K-12 curriculum for South Africa
IEEE
educational outreach in electrical engineering
quality review of open materials
26. efficient
stanford
illinois
michigan
wisconsin
berkeley
ohio state
ga tech
utep
rice
cambridge
norway
italy
29. unexpected consequences
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
private music teacher, USA
music theory textbooks
15 million uses to date
Sunil Kumar Singh
engineer and parent, India
physics textbook
4 million uses to date
38. OE legislation
US state e-textbook initiatives
in CA, VA, WA, …
US President Obama’s AGI
$50m for community college
open textbooks
Open College Textbook Act, US Senate (Durbin)
textbooks and learning materials a public good;
materials developed with government support
(NSF, NIH, DOE, …) to be OE
Dutch Wikiwijs project (OE mandate)
39. sustainability
Q: is OE financially sustainable?
Q: is the status quo sustainable?
textbook prices have risen
4x faster than inflation
for well over a decade
publishers are pricing themselves
out of the market
41. sustainability
Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with
for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities
to add value to OERs and
sustain the community
42. sustainability
Q: is OE financially sustainable?
A: OE (can be) compatible with
for-profit publishing
enables commercial entities
to add value to OERs and
sustain the community
51. OE opportunities
outreach – access to all
free on-line
low-cost in print
never out-of-print
supports (in)formal learning
inreach – owned by all
more diverse materials
community involvement
teacher/faculty involvement
ecosystem
continuously updated
customizable, translated
high-quality
based on open standards