Educause 2010 Featured Speaker presentation

1. Openness, Data and a Sustainable Future of Education David Wiley, PhD Department of Instructional Psychology & Technology Brigham Young University

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7. If the Book Didn’t Change Schools Can the computer? Can the internet? Can the LMS?

8. Openness, Then Data A brief thought experiment…

10. Openness… In Education? Let’s begin by defining terms

11. Open, adj . Describes educational artifacts

12. Open Textbooks Open Educational Resources Open Courseware (Open Source Software)

13. Open, adj . Teaching materials freely shared with permissions to engage in the “4R” activities

14. The 4Rs Reuse – copy verbatim Redistribute – share with others Revise – adapt and improve Remix – combine with others

16. Offers easy to use 4R’s licenses

21. While Nouns Differ… The operationalizing actions are the same

22. Open, adj . Generous, sharing, giving

23. Open, adj . Providing (1) access and (2) local control

24. Your Inner Two-year Old Overcoming the impulse to scream “ Mine!”

25. Law and Policy “Enable” Us To shout “Mine!” ever more loudly, convulse ever more uncontrollably, and hit each other with ever larger toys

26. Society’s Siren Song “ Be selfish. Keep it to yourself. Sue your neighbor. It’s legal. It’s ok.”

27. Education Is Not Immune This kind of thinking is accepted

28. Role of Openness in Education? A terrible, insidious question

29. Openness is the only means of doing education.

30. If There Is No Sharing… There is no education

31. Education, n . A relationship of sharing

32. Successful Educators Share most thoroughly with the most students

33. Expertise Is Nonrivalrous Can be given without being given away

34. “ He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me.” Thomas Jefferson

35. Teachers Would Be Like Bees! They could only teach once

36. Expressions Are Different To give a book you must give it away

37. Expressions Are Different To give a book you must give it away

38. Expressions Are Different Digital expressions are nonrivalrous n’t ^

39. E.g., Online Book We can all read simultaneously

40. An Indescribable Advance The first time in human history

41. Expertise and Its Expressions Give without giving away

42. Unprecedented Capacity We can share as never before

43. Unprecedented Capacity We can educate as never before

44. What Are We Doing? This increased capacity is a stewardship

45. Open Educational Resources Open Course Ware Open Courses Open Textbooks

46. Repository Examples

50. OpenCourseWare Examples

61. Open Courses Examples

65. Open Textbook Examples

68. Organizations

106. “ 4R” Permissions Reuse – copy verbatim Redistribute – share with others Revise – adapt and improve Remix – combine with others

109. Feedback Loop Curriculum Use Curriculum Redesign Student Performance Data Data Describing Curriculum Performance Data Supporting Strategic Tutoring

114. Openness + Data Are Required For Continuous Improvement Processes

115. Openness + Data Are Required For us to stay competitive and relevant in a changing post-secondary ecosystem

116. If the Book Didn’t Change Schools Can openness? Can data? Can openness + data?

118. Reconsider Your Stewardship Please – for yourself, your institution, and your students

119. Thank You! [email_address] http://davidwiley.org/