Presentation prepared for Curtin University 2016 Festival of Learning

1. Festival of learning
Anthony Mackintosh
Wayne Mackintosh
The Global Classroom:
Towards an Open 1st
Year of Study
(A little unplugged)

2. 2
Confirming sources
pavlova n.(Cookery) a meringue cake topped with whipped cream
and fruit [named after Anna Pavlova (1885­1931), Russian
ballerina]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_pavlova.jpg
Wikipedia logo is a Tradmark of the WIkimedia Foundation
Country of origin:
New Zealand
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CollabOERate
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ofsmallthings/7834790174
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christmas_pavlova.jpg
Wikipedia logo is a Tradmark of the WIkimedia Foundation

3. Don't mention the “R” word
G Wilson https://flic.kr/p/AHm8Kd
Marc Mongenet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_zealand_flag_300.png
Wanna cuppa?
Marc https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiff_Castle_rugby_ball_2015_RWC.jpg
A Massie https://www.flickr.com/photos/amassie/21391939030/
G Wilson https://flic.kr/p/AHm8Kd

4. Australian OERu leaders
Public domain flags sourced from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_sovereign_state_flags
Institutional logos are all rights reserved and used under provisions of fair dealing during live presentation.

5. Thought experiment ...
If all the courses you teach were available as free, high-
quality online courses on the Internet with options for
formal academic credit ….
– How would that impact on your institutional strategy
and teaching practices at Curtin University?

6. Introduction ...

7. The OER Foundation
The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation
is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that
provides leadership, networking and support for
educators and educational institutions to achieve
their objectives through open education.
“OER is a sustainable
and renewable
resource”

8. Creative Commons New Zealand
Creative Commons Aotearoa New
Zealand (CCANZ) is the guardian of
the New Zealand Creative Commons
licences that enable the voluntary
sharing of copyright material in
Aotearoa. CCANZ is a kiwi remix on
an international movement toward
open access licensing and are here
to support the use Creative
Commons licences in New Zealand.

10. A return to tradition?
WE MUST BE FREE
WE MUST BE OPEN
Woodleywonderworks, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/1291468732/
Share, Remix, Reuse
“Legitimate plagiarism? ”

11. A few observations about the future ...

12. Crossroads for online futures
Dominic Alves http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/1127762669/
It's dangerous to predict the future but …
Slide

13. The risky business of predictions
“Thirty years from now the big university
campuses will be relics. Universities won't
survive. It's as large a change as when we
first got the printed book.”
Peter Drucker image is all rights reserved and used for illustration purposes during live presentation – See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Drucker-portrait-bkt_1014.jpg
Peter Drucker, Forbes, 1997
How many universities are going to be around in 2027?

14. Crossroads for online futures
Dominic Alves http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/1127762669/
Researching the the future is hard but …
Slide

15. Scenario planning and predictability

16. Should we in HE buy into the disruptive
innovation rhetoric …?

17. Disruptive innovation?
WE MUST BE FREE
WE MUST BE OPEN
The fundamentals
stay the same … just
the way we do
business changes.”
Kungfuman http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kodachrome_200.jpg
June 22, 2009, Kodak
announced Kodachrome
would no longer be
manufactured.
Findicons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camera_Icon.png

18. ElementaryTechTeacher, http://www.flickr.com/photos/7855946@N08/3264547221/
Innovation & new technology
Ice harvesting
Once the largest industry in America
In 1850 – invention of “artificial” ice makers
Open Education
Ice harvesting or new innovation?

19. Is HE poised for a Napster moment …?
i.e. the moment we realise all the content
needed for learning is openly accessible
for all

20. Growth isn't a sustainable model
Mathew Bedworth https://flic.kr/p/eGLy7V
Eric Kounce - Public domain http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Texas_Pumpjack.JPG
Jon Radoff http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koru_Unfurling.JPG
Recycle
Reduce
Reuse
Demand Price
Success Public funding

21. #Feesmustfall
Free
Education
Do only the rich deserve education?

22. #Millionstudentmarch
Tuition­free public college
Cancellation of all student debt
$15 Minimum wage for campus workers

23. Our resonant value proposition ...

24. The OERu value proposition

25. “It was also quite freeing not to be tied
to a textbook and able to follow what I
wanted to learn about and what I wanted
to write about”

26. Absurdity of copyright in a digital world ...

27. Copying is not theft
“If I steal your bicycle you'll have to take the bus.
But if I make a copy, there is one for both of us!
Question Copyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4

28. Appropriating the public domain
Your copyRIGHT
Statute of Queen Anne
1709
© University of Auckland, Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Photographic Archive Al
+3000 years old

29. Sharing knowledge freely
2008 Bourewa excavations
Directed by Prof Patrick Nunn
P. Nunn

30. Unpacking the “open” in open education ...
“The opposite of open is not closed,
the opposite of open is broken.”
Cable Green

31. Can I mention the “M” word?
Credible credentials?
DS106 “Day of the
MOOC Poster” by
David Kernohan
No Academic Credit
“You agree not to accept credit for
completing a course unless you have
earned a Course Certificate (or other
equivalent Coursera credential) for that
course.”
Specialisations on the new platform
“If you do not earn your Course
Certificate within 180 days, your
registration will expire and you will need
to pay to re-register for the course.”
Fiscally sustainable?

32. Open education
https://pixabay.com/en/summertime-summer-umbrella-vacation-875473/
Open learning
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open Educational Practices (OEP)
Open Access (OA)
Open Policy
Open licensing
Open philanthropy
Open source software
https://pixabay.com/en/umbrella-rain-weather-colorful-681892/

33. Defining OER
Pink Sherbet Photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/233228813/
Fdecomite: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdecomite/2361500377/in/photostream/
Free PLUS 5R permissions
Retain
Reuse
Revise
Remix
Redistribute

34. The problem ...

35. Unsatisfied demand for HE
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/sizes/m/in/photostream/
100 million additional places
By 2025
Slide 10

36. BIG vision for a small charity
juicyverve http://www.flickr.com/photos/juicyverve/2531105062/
But what if ...
Institutions assembled only
2 courses from OER
Francisca Uloa http://www.flickr.com/photos/alosojos/346887379/
Jimmy Flink http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyroq/146827389/
bucklava http://www.flickr.com/photos/9229859@N02/2762432629/
Agreed to provide
assessment services for
formal credit

37. The OERu model ...

38. Smart philanthropy
Luis Argerich http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3029485203
James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122
Asenat29 http://www.flickr.com/photos/72153088@N08/6510934443/
Giving is receiving
Parallel learning universe|New business

39. The OERu concept
Adapted from Taylor 2007
Free learning
opportunities for
all students
worldwide

40. OER & the sustainable disaggregation of services
Traditional tertiary education package OERu package

41. The business of open

42. Cost levers for OERu
Luis Argerich http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3029485203
James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122
Marginal
Cost
=
ZERO
Collaborative development
=
Cheaper the going it alone

43. Open business models
Images Money https://flic.kr/p/a2Y6J8
401(K) 2012 https://flic.kr/p/brd1ja
Images Money https://flic.kr/p/9kMUQb
OERF OERu Partners
Market Public HE institutions Learners excluded
from formal sector
Revenue Membership fees
Social capital
Assessment fees
Value Affordable education Community service
Long tail

44. OERu fiscal sustainability

45. OER is a renewable & sustainable resource
Jason Scragz http://www.flickr.com/photos/scragz/132300147/
James Woolley http://www.flickr.com/photos/xtrato/6159728957
How do we achieve sustainable OER
projects?
How will your institution remain sustainable
without OER?

46. OERu free 1st
year of study …

47. Nascent landscape of the free 1st
year of study

48. The OERu free 1st
year of study
14 Confirmed OERu courses for MVP
Learning in a digital age
Creating sustainable futures
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Corporate communication
Introduction to Psychology 1
Regional relations in Asia and the Pacific
Indigenous Australia
Art appreciation and techniques
Introduction to Critical Reasoning
Introduction to research methods in Psychology
Introduction to business
Introduction to operations management
Introduction to customer centred business
Certificate of General
Studies
Certificate of
Higher Education

49. Unplugging this prezi ...

50. Open planning

51. The OERu planning framework

52. Next steps …
Recurrent cost recouped
No new money required
OERu is low cost, low risk
But high IMPACT innovation
Hugiene Matters http://www.flickr.com/photos/hygienematters/4273036775/
Next steps …Calibrating sustainable innovation …
Slide 20
Dongio: Watercolour painter dedicated to the public domain

53. Free learning for all students worldwide
“This is not theoretical speculation,
it is entirely viable.” Jim Taylor AM
You are free to join us ...
Paul (Dex) http://www.flickr.com/photos/dexxus/3146028811/
Compilation: Chad Miller, James Almond, Wayne Mackintosh
See: http://wikieducator.org/File:OER-University-concept.png