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Update: (1) I worked with the report authors this weekend, and they have revised the report to include Hewlett's updated OER definition<http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education-program/open-educational-resources> . (2) We also discussed if they were willing to put an open license on the report. After much discussion about their need for notification upon use, the opted to stay with their existing terms: - *Copyright ©2012 by Babson Survey Research Group and Quahog Research Group, LLC. Permission is hereby granted for all non-commercial use of this report provided that notification is provided to [log in to unmask] and proper attribution is included. Commercial use may also be granted – inquire at [log in to unmask]* I'd like to that Jeff Seaman and Elaine Allen for engaging these topics over the weekend. Have a good week everyone, Cable On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Cable Green <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings Open Colleagues: > > The Babson Survey Research Group has released a new report: *Growing the > Curriculum: Open Education Resources in U.S. Higher Education *(download > links below). > > This sentence is of particular concern to me: *"One concept very > important to many in the OER field was rarely mentioned at all – licensing > terms such as creative commons that permit free use or re-purposing by > others."* > > I think I'll run a webinar series (as many as it takes) for Chief Academic > Officers to help them better understand: (1) OER and (2) the difference > between "free" and "open." > > 1. Hewlett's OER Definition begins: “OER are teaching, learning, and > research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released > under an intellectual property license that permits their free use *and > * re-purposing by others.” > - Notice the “and”. An OER cannot be freely available *or* openly > licensed – it must be both freely available *and* openly licensed > (or in the public domain) to be an OER. > > 2. Open vs. Free: “Free” gives you “no-cost” or gratis access to a > resource. “Open” provides both gratis and libre access to a resource. It is > the open license that gives you the legal permissions to reuse, revise, > remix, and redistribute the resource. > > And... it is (again) disappointing to see a report, about OER, licensed > "all rights reserved." It would also be helpful if they used Hewlett's updated > OER definition<http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education-program/open-educational-resources>. > Perhaps we can convince them to put a CC license on the report and update > the definition. > > Those points aside, there is a significant amount of useful and hopeful > information in the report and infographic. For example, I like this clear > list of OER challenges to be solved: > > - Difficulty in searching > - Lack of a comprehensive catalog > - Concerns about the time to learn and use > - Need better mapping to learning outcomes > - Lack of support for non-local curriculum > - Lack of faculty ratings and comments > > Thoughts? > > Cable > > > Cable Green, PhD > Director of Global Learning > Creative Commons > http://creativecommons.org/education > http://twitter.com/cgreen > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Babson Survey Research Group <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 1:26 PM > Subject: Open Education Resources report released - download link > > Dear Educator, > > Thank you for your interest in our report on Open Education Resources. The > report, entitled *Growing the Curriculum: Open Education Resources in > U.S. Higher Education*, is available as a free download. > > - PDF version: Growing the Curriculum: Open Education Resources in > U.S. Higher Education (pdf)<http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/growingthecurriculum.pdf> > - Download the Infographic for the report.<http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/OER-infographic.pdf> > > > We hope that you find our survey reports valuable. You can download other > Babson Survey Research Group reports at: > http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/ > > We always welcome comments. Please use our suggestion form<http://babson.qualtrics.com/WRQualtricsSurveyEngine/?Q_SS=0eoSqtm3H6Oxz7L_cvDXOotpKBpy4cc&_=1>to let us now how we can improve the survey process or the content of the > reports. You can also contact us at [log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]> > > *Best Regards,* > > ** > I. Elaine Allen, PhD > Jeff Seaman, PhD > Co-Directors, The Babson Survey Research Group > -- Cable Green, PhD Director of Global Learning Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/education http://twitter.com/cgreen