Crossing

the Chasm

$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

2003 2008 2013 2018 2023

Price of College

$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

2003 2008 2013 2018 2023

Price of College

U.S. Department of Education, National Center

for Education Statistics (2016).

22% $4,648

U.S. Department of Education, National Center

for Education Statistics (2016).

$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

2003 2008 2013 2018 2023

Price of College

$1,298

The College Board (2016).

“the open provision of educational

resources, enabled by information

and communication technologies,

for consultation, use and adaptation

by a community of users for non-

commercial purposes"

OERUNESCO (2002).

Rogers (2003).

Diffusion

S-Curve

Accelerate Adoption

Relative advantage

Trialability

Complexity

Compatibility

Observability

Rogers (2003).

Allen & Seaman (2016).

OER

S-Curve

Cost to student

Comprehensive content

Easy to find

Recommended by other faculty

Adaptable/editable

Supplemental instructor material

Works with LMS

Familiarity with brand

Includes test banks

Familiarity with brand

Easy to find

Works with LMS

Recommended by other faculty

Comprehensive content

Includes test banks

Supplemental instructor material

Adaptable/editable

Cost to student

Importance Satisfaction

Allen & Seaman (2016).

The Gaps

Comprehensive content

Adaptable/editable

Supplemental instructor material

60%

Allen & Seaman (2016).

Courses using

textbook +

other text

Not enough resources

Too hard to find

No comprehensive catalog

Not used by other faculty

Not high quality

Not knowing permission to change

Not current

Difficult to integrate with tech

Lack of institutional support

Too difficult to edit

The BarriersLumen, OpenStax, Boundless

OER Commons, Khan Academy

OER Commons

OER Commons, MERLOT

Lumen, OpenStax, MERLOT

Lumen, OpenStax, Boundless

IMS Global

Those Addressing

The Barriers

Difficult to integrate with tech

Too difficult to edit

The pitch!

A schema for

interoperability

Module

Lesson

Unit

Outcome

Objective

Goal

Assignment

Activity

Deliverable

Terms

Package

Target

Assessment

Concepts

Course/Module/Package

Concept

Title

Institution

Author

Delivery_Type

Target_Outcomes

Start_Date

End_Date…

Properties

A tool for

authoring +

remixing

+ +

Accelerate Adoption

Relative advantage

Trialability

Complexity

Compatibility

Observability

Allen & Seaman (2016).

OER

S-Curve

Thank you!

Questions