Developing a Culture of Sharing &

Receiving: Open Education in Washington State

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“We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources.”

The high cost of textbooks has reduced Washington citizens’ access to higher education.

Full-time students spend approximately $1,000 on textbooks every year.

College Board Report: Trends in College Pricing (2007)

English Composition I

• 50,000+ enrollments / year

• x $100 textbook

• = $5+ Million every year

• Open Course Library– designing and sharing 81 highest

enrollment courses– for face-to-face, hybrid and/or online

delivery– to improve course completion rates– lower textbook costs for students (<$30)– provide new resources for faculty to use

in their courses– for our college system to fully engage the

global open educational resources discussion.

opencourselibrary.org

• All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.

New State Board “Open” Policy

• What if all publicly funded educational content was open access? 

• What kind of efficiencies could higher education yield?

• Simple idea: public access to publicly funded educational materials.

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• $2 Billion US Department of Labor Grant

• All $2B of programs / courses produced must be openly licensed (CC BY)– All Schools, Colleges, Universities can

download, modify and use any of it!

• Simple idea: public access to publicly funded educational materials.

Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College andCareer Training Grants Program

Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Global Learning

cable@creativecommons.orgtwitter: cgreen