OER Case Studies/United States - Revision history

CCID-jane: /* Higher Education */

2014-11-12T23:06:03Z

Higher Education

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	*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks and others.		*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks and others.
	*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER		*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER

			= Region-specific Higher Education =

	===[https://maricopa.instructure.com/courses/811971 Maricopa Millions OER Project]===		===[https://maricopa.instructure.com/courses/811971 Maricopa Millions OER Project]===
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	*Cost savings: The Orange Grove partnered with the University Press of Florida "to reduce the cost of books to students by offering texts that are affordable, accessible, and adaptable to reader preference."		*Cost savings: The Orange Grove partnered with the University Press of Florida "to reduce the cost of books to students by offering texts that are affordable, accessible, and adaptable to reader preference."
	*Open niche: Searchable free access repository of textbooks in PDF format, some under CC licenses.		*Open niche: Searchable free access repository of textbooks in PDF format, some under CC licenses.
			*CC license used: Various

			===[http://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/ Affordable Learning Georgia]===
			*Overview: Affordable Learning Georgia is "a University System of Georgia (USG) initiative to promote student success by providing affordable textbook alternatives."
			*Cost savings: $100 million in potential annual student cost savings with OER in all USG Top 50 Lower-Division Courses [http://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/about/numbers 1]
			*Open niche: ALG provides CC-licensed textbook alternatives for the top 50-enrolled USG lower-division core curriculum courses.
	*CC license used: Various		*CC license used: Various

CCID-jane: /* Higher Education */

2014-11-12T22:35:25Z

Higher Education

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	*Open niche: Incentive to create OER replacements for the district's highest enrollment community college courses by funding most competitive proposals.		*Open niche: Incentive to create OER replacements for the district's highest enrollment community college courses by funding most competitive proposals.
	*CC license used: CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0		*CC license used: CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

			===[http://orangegrovetexts.org/ The Orange Grove Text Plus]===
			*Overview: The Orange Grove Text Plus is Florida's digital repository of textbooks available for free access and also under various CC licenses.
			*Cost savings: The Orange Grove partnered with the University Press of Florida "to reduce the cost of books to students by offering texts that are affordable, accessible, and adaptable to reader preference."
			*Open niche: Searchable free access repository of textbooks in PDF format, some under CC licenses.
			*CC license used: Various

CCID-jane: /* Maricopa Millions OER Project */

2014-11-12T19:26:13Z

Maricopa Millions OER Project

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	*Overview: "Maricopa Millions OER project, through an internal grant process, supports the adoption, adaptation, and development of complete OER course materials for 10-15 high enrollment courses in the MCCCD."		*Overview: "Maricopa Millions OER project, through an internal grant process, supports the adoption, adaptation, and development of complete OER course materials for 10-15 high enrollment courses in the MCCCD."
	*Cost savings: Aims to "save MCCCD students $5 Million Dollars over the next five years through the use of OER materials."		*Cost savings: Aims to "save MCCCD students $5 Million Dollars over the next five years through the use of OER materials."
	*Open niche: Incentive to create OER replacements for highest enrollment courses by funding most competitive proposals.		*Open niche: Incentive to create OER replacements for the district's highest enrollment community college courses by funding most competitive proposals.
	*CC license used: CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0		*CC license used: CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

CCID-jane: /* Higher Education */

2014-11-12T19:24:32Z

Higher Education

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	*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks and others.		*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks and others.
	*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER		*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER

			===[https://maricopa.instructure.com/courses/811971 Maricopa Millions OER Project]===
			*Overview: "Maricopa Millions OER project, through an internal grant process, supports the adoption, adaptation, and development of complete OER course materials for 10-15 high enrollment courses in the MCCCD."
			*Cost savings: Aims to "save MCCCD students $5 Million Dollars over the next five years through the use of OER materials."
			*Open niche: Incentive to create OER replacements for highest enrollment courses by funding most competitive proposals.
			*CC license used: CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Tittbit: /* CK-12 */

2013-05-27T07:29:12Z

CK-12

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	===[http://www.ck12.org/ CK-12] ===		===[http://www.ck12.org/ CK-12] ===
	*Overview: 90+ free, high quality OER K-12 textbooks available in various formats like PDF, iPad and Kindle.		*Overview: 90+ free, high quality OER K-12 textbooks available in various formats like PDF, iPad and [http://kindle.tittbit.in Kindle].
	*Cost savings: Books are free; print-on-demand copies are approximately $5, in most states K-12 textbooks cost on average $150; because they’re so expensive they’re often 10+ years out of date.		*Cost savings: Books are free; print-on-demand copies are approximately $5, in most states K-12 textbooks cost on average $150; because they’re so expensive they’re often 10+ years out of date.
	*Open niche: highest quality, openly licensed, multi-format K-12 open textbooks aligned to state as well as common core content.		*Open niche: highest quality, openly licensed, multi-format K-12 open textbooks aligned to state as well as common core content.

CCID-cable.green: /* Kaleidoscope */

2012-11-04T03:05:59Z

Kaleidoscope

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	*Overview: Kaleidoscope supports the institutional adoption of OER to improve the success of low-income students. The eight college partners are delivering ten high-enrollment courses that use only OER. Rather than creating new open resources, Kaleidoscope partners adopt and improve the best of existing open resources. In the project's first year it is serving over 8,000 students.		*Overview: Kaleidoscope supports the institutional adoption of OER to improve the success of low-income students. The eight college partners are delivering ten high-enrollment courses that use only OER. Rather than creating new open resources, Kaleidoscope partners adopt and improve the best of existing open resources. In the project's first year it is serving over 8,000 students.
	*Cost savings: In Fall 2012 the required textbook cost per student for Kaleidoscope courses was $1.20. Ninety-seven percent of students providing feedback believe the open materials to be of equal or greater quality to those they have used previously.		*Cost savings: In Fall 2012 the required textbook cost per student for Kaleidoscope courses was $1.20. Ninety-seven percent of students providing feedback believe the open materials to be of equal or greater quality to those they have used previously.
	*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks~~, Flat World Knowledge~~ and others.		*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks and others.
	*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER		*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER

CCID-cable.green: /* Commercial — Higher Education */

2012-11-04T03:05:22Z

Commercial — Higher Education

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	*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks, Flat World Knowledge and others.		*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks, Flat World Knowledge and others.
	*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER		*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER

	~~=Commercial — Higher Education=~~

	~~===[http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/ Flat World Knowledge] ===~~
	*Overview: The largest commercial publisher of free and openly licensed college textbooks.
	*Cost savings: Students pay on average 80% less for Flat World books than traditional commercial textbooks. To date 300,000 students have saved approximately $39M.
	*Open niche: Flat World produces commercial quality textbooks from top authors, on par with leading traditional publishers. It provides free online access, and makes money by selling downloadable e-reader versions and mobile versions, print-on demand copies, audio books, and study aids. Faculty can customize their own textbooks via the online platform. Flat World pays authors royalties, and is building a sustainable financial model around open. The company has raised $30m in venture capital from leading partners like Random House Inc.
	*CC license used: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ CC BY-NC-SA]; see their [http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/miyo-tos licensing policy]

CCID-jane: /* OER Commons */

2012-05-21T21:49:58Z

OER Commons

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	===[http://oercommons.org/ OER Commons]===		===[http://oercommons.org/ OER Commons]===
	*Overview: high quality OER ~~repository~~ with 31,000+ openly licensed content modules from more than 530 content providers.		*Overview: high quality OER referatory with 31,000+ openly licensed content modules from more than 530 content providers.
	*Cost savings: K-12 teachers and professors can use OER instead of purchasing supplemental materials; may be able to be used in place of commercial textbooks in some instances.		*Cost savings: K-12 teachers and professors can use OER instead of purchasing supplemental materials; may be able to be used in place of commercial textbooks in some instances.
	*Open niche: Resources are user-evaluated by Achieve OER Quality rubrics, user aligned to Common Core State Standards, rated and shared. OER workshops and trainings: train over 1,500 teachers per year on: introduction to OER, open licensing, collaborative content creation and remixing OER.		*Open niche: Resources are user-evaluated by Achieve OER Quality rubrics, user aligned to Common Core State Standards, rated and shared. OER workshops and trainings: train over 1,500 teachers per year on: introduction to OER, open licensing, collaborative content creation and remixing OER.

CCID-jane: /* Connexions */

2012-05-21T18:15:48Z

Connexions

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	*Open niche: online platform so teachers can build customized lessons by combining OER modules in unique ways.		*Open niche: online platform so teachers can build customized lessons by combining OER modules in unique ways.
	*CC license used: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY]; see their [http://cnx.org/aboutus/faq#Licenses licensing policy]		*CC license used: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC BY]; see their [http://cnx.org/aboutus/faq#Licenses licensing policy]

			===[http://oercommons.org/ OER Commons]===
			*Overview: high quality OER repository with 31,000+ openly licensed content modules from more than 530 content providers.
			*Cost savings: K-12 teachers and professors can use OER instead of purchasing supplemental materials; may be able to be used in place of commercial textbooks in some instances.
			*Open niche: Resources are user-evaluated by Achieve OER Quality rubrics, user aligned to Common Core State Standards, rated and shared. OER workshops and trainings: train over 1,500 teachers per year on: introduction to OER, open licensing, collaborative content creation and remixing OER.
			*CC license used: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ CC BY-NC-SA] for OER Commons; see their [http://www.oercommons.org/help#conditions-of-use conditions of use] for licenses on resources in OER Commons

	===[http://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy]===		===[http://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy]===

CCID-jane: /* Kaleidoscope */

2012-03-05T15:47:57Z

Kaleidoscope

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	*Cost savings: In Fall 2012 the required textbook cost per student for Kaleidoscope courses was $1.20. Ninety-seven percent of students providing feedback believe the open materials to be of equal or greater quality to those they have used previously.		*Cost savings: In Fall 2012 the required textbook cost per student for Kaleidoscope courses was $1.20. Ninety-seven percent of students providing feedback believe the open materials to be of equal or greater quality to those they have used previously.
	*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks, Flat World Knowledge and others.		*Open niche: Driving broad adoption of all open education projects for the benefit of low-income students. Kaleidoscope courses use materials from the Open Course Library, the Open Learning Initiative, Saylor.org., MERLOT, College Open Textbooks, Flat World Knowledge and others.
	*CC license used: ~~Various.~~		*CC license used: none for the site, but they drive awareness to various CC-licensed OER

	=Commercial — Higher Education=		=Commercial — Higher Education=