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Goldilocks and the 13 Repositories: Finding the Perfect Fit

Goldilocks is on a quest to find an open educational resource (OER) repository that is the perfect fit. This article explores different repositories, the criteria for choosing one, and provides a list of recommended repositories.

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Goldilocks and the 13 Repositories: Finding the Perfect Fit

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  1. Goldilocks and the 13 RepositoriesFinding the Perfect Fit Jacky Hood, Open Education Program ManagerCoordinator, Open Doors Group Co-Director, College Open Textbooks November 7, 2011

  2. A new quest for Goldilocks • Goldilocks is no longer looking for a chair, bed, or porridge. • She is seeking an open educational resource (OER) repository that is a perfect fit. • Bears lurk in these Internet woods. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolldreamer/5919885358/ CC BY NC SA

  3. THESE BEARS MAY LOOK FRIENDLY BUT…. • Open educational resources are here, there, and everywhere • One person’s ideal repository is another’s dead end. • Many lists, not so many repositories • Most open textbooks are on single-book sites… Pictures licensedfor reuse by Mariah

  4. Poll: Are you also Looking for an oer repository that fits you well? • Yes, for OER materials I and my students can use • Yes, for a place to store OER materials I create • Yes, for both • No. I am just ‘window shopping Trying on shoes CC BY NC by Michael D. Dunn http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/470415573/sizes/z/in/photostream/

  5. Some criteria for choosing an open repository • Type • Licensing • Disciplines • Quality • Format • Print Options • Ease of Use licensed reuse benny's photostream

  6. Criteria options

  7. Many other criteria • Size • Search tools • Authoring tools • Communities • Business model • Sustainability model • Feedback mechanism • Accessibility • Cost

  8. Three groups of repositories

  9. Three Major repositories

  10. Rice University Connexions • Funded by grants and consortium fees • 19,367modules in 1,167 collections http://www.cnx.org

  11. FlatWorld Knowledge • For-profit business model similar to open source software vendors • Give away textbooks and sell ancillaries and support • Invited named authors paid royalties for bound copies and ancillaries www.flatworldknowledge.com

  12. Global Text Project • Affiliated with the University of Georgia • Grant funded by Jacobs Foundation • http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/books

  13. New Kids on the block http://www.elevenlearning.com/ http://www.textbookequity.com/

  14. Poll: which Repositories have you visited? • Connexions • FlatWorld Knowledge • Global Text Project • Lulu • OCW • Orange Grove • Saylor Foundation • Others Question mark made of puzzle pieces by Horia Varlan

  15. Many lists are not repositories • College Open Textbooks (COT) • Advanced Technological Education • Applied Math and Science Education Repository • OER Commons • Student PIRGS • OER Commons • MERLOT Photo licensed for reuse by J T’s photostream

  16. Lists can provide reviews and information. Example from COT • Art and Contemporary Critical Practice: Reinventing Institutional Critique (CC-BY-NC-ND) • Art History (CC-BY-SA) • Digital Foundations (CC-BY-NC) • Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite(CC-BY-NC) • History of New Media (CC-BY-SA) • Open Content Photography ProgramNR • Remix Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy (CC-BY-NC) • Smart History* (Nominated for the 2010 "Texty" Award; now part of Khan Academy) • Visual Communication Design (CC-NC-BY-SA) *Peer Reviewed

  17. We would be delighted to help • http://opendoorsgroup.org • http://collegeopentextbooks.org • Join us at http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com • Contact me at jacky.hood@opendoorsgroup.org or +1 650-323-6509 Pacific Time Zone

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