OCWC Global Conference 2013: Open Policy Network

Open Policy Network

Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Global Learningcable@creativecommons.or

g@cgreen

openpolicynetwork.org

A simple, standardizedway to grant copyright permissions to your creative work.

Step 1: Choose Conditions

Attribution

ShareAlike

NonCommercial

NoDerivatives

Step 2: Receive a License

Over 500 million items

j. Encourage the open licensing of educational materials produced with public funds.

USD $60 trillionx 5% =$3 trillion

BY SA: By Harvey Barrison http://www.flickr.com/photos/hbarrison/6920142558/

Copy, Storage &Distribute are “Free”

This changes everything

CC BY: David Wiley, BYU

When the Marginal Cost of Sharing is $0…

- educators have an ethical obligation to share- governments need to get maximum ROI by requiring publicly funded resources be openly licensed resources

- governments and educators need openly licensed content so we can revise & remix

CC-BY licensed textbooks for 90 university courses

$500 million - Wave 2($2 billion over four years)

English Composition I

• 60,000+ enrollments / year

• x USD$175 textbook

• = $10.5+ Million every year

openpolicynetwork.org

oerpolicies.org

Publicly funded resources should be openly licensed resources.

Open Policy Network:

Support ALL Open Policy opportunities.

Open Policy Network supports the creation, adoption and implementation of open policies around the world by:

mapping the open policy space across open sectors;

identifying open policy gaps and opportunities within and across sectors;

communicating the social and economic value of open policy;

networking together those trying to develop open policies with organizations, communities and individuals who have open policy expertise; and

curating case studies and open policy exemplars for others to use or adapt.

Want to Join?Questions?Comments?

Dr. Cable GreenDirector of Global Learning

cable@creativecommons.orgtwitter: cgreen