1. POLITICS AND PARTIES STATE OER POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS & A GUIDE FOR COLLABORATIVE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT TJ Bliss, Ph.D. - Idaho Department of Education

2. Education Is Sharing the technical argument for Open Educational Resources (OER)

3. Teachers Share With Students knowledge and skills feedback and criticism encouragement

4. Students Share With Teachers questions assignments evidence of learning

5. If There Is No Sharing there is no education

6. Successful Educators share most effectively with their 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 Enables what to do? Copyright Forbids

30. use copyright to enforce sharing

31. The 5Rs of OER Reuse – copy verbatim Redistribute – share with others Revise – adapt and edit Remix – combine with others Retain – make, own, & control copies

33. Over 500 Million Items using CC licenses at end of 2012

35. The “Open” in OER free permission to do the 5Rs

36. Internet Enables OER Allows sharing and educating at unprecedented scale

37. TJ Bliss & Susan Patrick TJ Bliss, DeLaina Tonks, & Susan Patrick

39. Objectives  Understand benefits of OER  Understand OER Policy strategies/models  Evaluate recommendations for OER policy  Generate list of OER policy needs  Begin plan for collaborative OER development

40. Benefits of OER

42. OER Policy Strategies Creation Adoption Access

43. Washington

44. Virginia

45. Utah

46. OER Policy Strategies Creation Adoption Access

47. Texas

48. OER Policy Strategies Creation Adoption Access

49. Maine

50. Other State OER Initiatives

51. Barriers to OER Policy

52. Opportunities for OER Policy

53. Policy Implications for OER

54. OER Policy Recommendations  Allow for open licensing of resources created using public funds (moral imperative)  Standardize licensing (use Creative Commons)  Make sure OER are allowed and included on approved curriculum lists  Increase flexibility in instructional materials budgets  Establish OER quality evaluation processes  Include OER in PD programs and policy  Support OER specialist positions  Fund digital devices

55. Policy P’s and Q’s  Policies should solve problems, not create them  Copyright hygiene  Level  RTTT  Utah  Mountain Heights Academy (OHSU)

58. Success depends on a lot of advance preparation and consideration. Ready, set, go! CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy >

59. Think outside the box and consider a variety of partnerships. Potential Partnerships CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy > AP File

60. Ensuring you and partner organizations are on the same page is priceless! Shared Vision and Values CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy > AP File CC-BY Nanette Saylor VISION BOARD

61. Adjusting expectations appropriately is critical to solid collaboration. Expectations CC_BY Phil Kalina CC-BY John Lester You want to be this guy > Not this guy > AP File CC-BY Nanette Saylor VISION BOARD CC-BY Roland Tangloa

62. Best Practices Checklist  Identify need  Identify players  Identify plan  Manage Project  Identify results  Identify elements of quality content  Recruit roles  Select governance model  Identify assets  Agree on content license  Identify content creation tasks

63. Questions? TJ Bliss, Ph.D. Director of Assessment and Accountability Idaho Department of Education tjbliss@sde.idaho.gov (208) 332-6842