by Matt Lee
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Cable Green, the Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons, set the stage for the 2014 eLearning Summit with his keynote: “Open, Online, and Digital: The Opportunity.” There is a global crisis in terms of access to h
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Cable Green, the Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons, set the stage for the 2014 eLearning Summit with his keynote: “Open, Online, and Digital: The Opportunity.” There is a global crisis in terms of access to higher education. In the U.S., student debt is rising and perceived value is declining. But we have opportunities to meet these challenges with the rise of digital collaboration and contribution.
Big opportunities relate to copying and distribution and modification, and the lowered costs and economies of scale associated with digital content. Green’s organization is of course a proponent of enabling the clear and open use and reuse of content, and he pointed to a number of ventures engaged in that movement:
OpenStax College / http://openstaxcollege.org/
- Free open textbooks and learning materials for introductory-level higher education courses.
Open Washington / http://www.openwa.org/
- A network of community and technical colleges in Washington to share open educational resources.
School of Open / http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/
- A global network of training providers on topics related to “openness” in the digital age.
