Revolutionizing Education Through Open Textbooks and Mobile Learning Solutions
Explore how open textbooks and mobile learning environments are transforming education globally. Our approach focuses on access, customization, and lifelong learning, catering to diverse learners wherever they are—be it in class, at home, or on-the-go. With over 16,000 modules and 35,000+ versions from inspired educators worldwide, we empower learners to engage with high-quality, adaptable content. By embracing blended learning and just-in-time resources, we aim to reduce costs and enhance the educational experience for students everywhere.
Revolutionizing Education Through Open Textbooks and Mobile Learning Solutions
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Create Globally, Educate Locally
Open Textbooks,Learning Objects,and Learning SolutionsGoing Mobile
Learning environment • Change = Opportunity
Location of learner • In class • At home • On the bus • At work • ....
Time of learning • Time of day • Length of time in one sitting • Time between sittings • Time of life
Type of learner • New markets • Global • Access • Customized
Type of learning • Blended learning • Based on learner • Based on subject matter
Type of learning • Just in time learning
Ideas Information Concepts Authors Module Instructors Knowledge Repository Learners Courses Textbooks
Online View Online version Download and print Buy hard copy
Connexions Growth • Over 16,000 modules woven into nearly 1000 collections • 7700 in Science, Technology, Mathematics • 4600 in Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Business • 35,000+ versions of modules • from over 1000 authors worldwidein English, Spanish, French, German Italian, Portuguese, Finnish Chinese, Japanese, Thai Vietnamese … Monthly Usage Approximations: 1.5 million + visits70 million + hits3.5 million + page viewsfrom 190 + countries
Existing Content Nearly 1000 different collections (textbooks, courses, reports, manuals) in Connexions +Chemistry, Electronics, Ethics, Physics, LabVIEW, Art History, Galileo, World History...
Ideas Information Concepts Authors Module Instructors Knowledge Repository Learners Courses Textbooks
Capturing the power of Web 2.0 while maintaining quality • Social networking v. quality
Lenses Social Software For Peer Review Scalable And Distributed Rice University NCPEA Florida
The Technology XML OAI-PMH
The Most Open License CC-BY
ZONING Children
Online View Online version Download and print Buy hard copy
XML Multiple formats
Turning Those Changes in Latitude... Into Changes in Attitude
Access to Education Textbook cost Tuition cost
Success Collaborative Statistics Barbara Illowsky & Susan Dean
Collaborative Statistics Textbook Adopters Since Fall 2008 Arkansas Arkansas Tech University South Carolina Converse College California CSU Dominguez Hills De Anza College Sacramento City College San Diego Mesa College Cabrillo College Lake Tahoe Community College San Francisco State University Maryland Frederick Community College Canada St. Mary's Collegiate Institute Colorado University of Colorado Georgia Emory University Ohio University of Toledo Virginia Virginia Tech University New York Borough of Manhattan Community College Syracuse University SUNY - Purchase College Michigan Eastern Michigan University Massachusetts Berkshire Community College Washington South Puget Sound Community College Vermont Green Mountain College
Collaborative Statistics • Estimated cost savings to students ~ $200,000 in the first year • Roughly 50% of students bought a hard copy of textbook
Content freely available and adaptable Capture the intellectual capital of your state • Content is open and commercializable Engage commercial content producers to add value • Base content is free Educational spending is on learning not textbooks Step change in education
