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How OER Scales the Student-
Teacher Relationship,
NOT the Classroom
Nick Ducoff, VP ContentNovember 8, 2013
The Internet disrupts all (yes I said disrupts)The Internet disrupts all (yes I said disrupts)
Except for textbooks
College Textbooks
CPI
3x
http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655066.pdf
Did you like your life better before this?
Did you like your life better before this?
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Life has been like this since the 1400’s
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Students demand a better learning experience
1on1 Teacher
1 to 20 Classroom
1 to 200 Lecture Hall
1 to 200,000 MOOC
PersonalizedAdaptive
Competency-based
One-size fits allLinear path
Bigger microphone
Scaling the Classroom
Scaling education the right way:
Scale the teacher!
Boundless is designed to support teachers not
replace them
Students
OER + technology bridges the student gap
Technology
OER
Git-based OER hub
Actively helping students learn
OERTechnol
ogyStudent
s
Fully adaptive to the student’s needs
Reading states, spaced-repetition and interactive quizzes
Curated OER + SmartNotes in over 20 subjects
Free! or $19.99
88% of students get grade they want or higher
Limited; online versions of textbooks
Handful of large contributors; decentralized
Helping students save money O
ER
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OER
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It all starts with OER!It all starts with OER!
Delivering a better learning experience
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$110 million
$1.1 billion
Sources: Crunchbase, Wikipedia
It should be OER + tech, not OER vs. tech
Questions?