Richard Baraniuk Rice University Open Access Education Building Communities and Sharing Knowledge

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motivation – 1999 difficult to connect across concepts, courses, grades, curricula –ex: mathematics <> engineering <> technology <> policy –K <> 12 <> college <> graduate school <> lifelong learning –curricular stove-piping –disintegration of ideas difficult to build communities, collaborations among experts, faculty, students –many potential authors shut out –inefficient: no economies of scale –glacial time scales of development and updating high cost and limited access of high-quality textbooks and learning materials

motivation – 1999 difficult to connect across concepts, courses, grades, curricula –ex: mathematics <> engineering <> technology <> policy –K <> 12 <> college <> graduate school <> lifelong learning –curricular stove-piping –disintegration of ideas difficult to build communities, collaborations among experts, faculty, students –many potential authors shut out –inefficient: no economies of scale –glacial time scales of development and updating high cost and limited access of high-quality textbooks and learning materials

motivation – 1999 difficult to connect across concepts, courses, grades, curricula –ex: mathematics <> engineering <> technology <> policy –K <> 12 <> college <> graduate school <> lifelong learning –curricular stove-piping –disintegration of ideas difficult to build communities, collaborations among experts, faculty, students –many potential authors shut out –inefficient: no economies of scale –glacial time scales of development and updating high cost and limited access of high-quality textbooks and learning materials

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vibrant interactive community connected innovative up-to-date inexpensive

>>> book shelf closed $ slow page [XML modules] interconnected global repository open source [Creative Commons license] free fast 1. liberate course materials

Connexions repository

textbook / course

personalized courses

reuse materials

author retains their copyright but opens access via open license

200+ million licenses text music audio images video art …

open access movement democratization – knowledge should be free and open to use and re-use draws inspiration from open-source software Linux, Apache, Mozilla, Firefox enabled by recent developments in info tech

2. invite participation 日本語 english Українська hausa français español لعربية inclusive communities grassroots networks organizations தமிழ

knowledge ecosystem 日本語 english Українська hausa français español لعربية தமிழ

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anyone can become an author…

create stanford illinois michigan wisconsin berkeley ohio state ga tech utep rice cambridge norway italy

create Catherine Schmidt-Jones 600,000+ page views per month many by US teachers and faculty but also Mongolia…

create Sunil Kumar Singh

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“For our teachers, one size never fits all” Jane Goodall International Spokesperson for TWB mix Teachers Without Borders

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growth Usage September k+ users 20 million hits 2.5m page views from 200 countries 250+ textbooks/courses/collections Lego modules (September 2007) 3000 in Science, Technology, Mathematics 1500 in Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Business from authors worldwide in English, Spanish, French, German Italian, Portuguese, Finnish Chinese, Japanese, Thai Vietnamese …

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anyone can print their own textbook

print customized textbooks modular authored by community continuously updated personalized on assembly published on demand low cost ex: 300 page hardbound textbook for $25, not $125 (under $15 for 1000+) sustainability revenue

long tail publishing publish on demand changes the economics of publishing disintermediation “Craig’s List-ization” long tail $ Harry Potter Connexions

university presses closed, downsized, restructured Rice University Press (closed – 1996) University of Idaho Press (closed) Northeastern University Press (closed) University of Georgia Press (downsized) University of Iowa Press (downsized) University of Washington Press (downsized) Texas Tech University Press (downsized) Stanford University Press (restructured) University of Michigan Press (restructured)

rice university press Rice University Press reopened and reinvented as all digital press within Connexions (2007) RUP collaborations/joint publications –Stanford University Press –Smithsonian Press –Long Tail Press –University of Michigan Press –Chicago University Press –Columbia University Press –Texas Medical Center –National Academies –Carnegie Foundation –Hewlett Foundation

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quality control inclusive, open-contribution policy

quality control inclusive, open-contribution policy

quality control inclusive, open-contribution policy PLAGIARIZED!

quality control inclusive, open-contribution policy

quality control Connexions: inclusive open-contribution policy how to find high quality materials? what is quality? who decides? who is the expert? must be scalable peer reviewWikipedia bloggers

lenses social software for quality control inspiration: cnx.org/lenses/ johnDoe msu.edu/cnx IEEE.org/cnx

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CNX current initiatives open-source tools XML authoring, course-building, quality control lenses, printing distributed and federated repositories (CNX as a platform) outreach USA, Latin America, China (OOPS), Japan (TI), Vietnam (VEF) North Korea (PUST) content projects K-12 textbooks and teacher materials “top 10” community college courses open textbooks for colleges worldwide university press consortium corporate knowledge management, education, and training

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textbook pipeline authoring editing quality control publishing distribution

open education ecosystem authoring editing quality control publishing distribution feedback peers users learning

Web 1.0OER 1.0 broadcast access Web 2.0OER 2.0 remix community Web 3.0OER 3.0 feedback intelligent

Web 1.0OER 1.0 broadcast access Web 2.0OER 2.0 remix community Web 3.0OER 3.0 feedback intelligent

Web 1.0OER 1.0 broadcast access Web 2.0OER 2.0 remix community Web 3.0OER 3.0 feedback intelligent

increasing openness transparency

adding value publishers as RedHats adding value to open materials

hyperlocality the new newspaper industry 1. involve reader in every aspect of the process 2. hyperlocal editions Cincinnati Enquirer: from 1 metro edition to 270 niche publications w/ user generated content [Wired August 2007]

marthapedia “If you know how to take red wine out of a white cloth napkin better than I do, then that’s good to know. We’ll be editing user content and it won’t be as freewheeling as Wikipedia. You really have to monitor this.” [Wired August 2007]

dangers fragmentation due to incompatible IP technology

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