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Open business models, part 5: development costs

In the first post of this series, I mentioned that most OER publishers rely on philanthropy to fund initial product development and that I had questions about how sustainable this model is. First, if more K-12 OER doesn’t achieve higher

karen July 20, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

Open business models, part 3: some options

There are multiple ways an OER core curriculum product could generate revenue streams. One is through some kind of membership model through which states, districts, or other partners  participate financially in the project in exchange for product development input, review

karen July 12, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Open business models, part 2: a price

My main premise for an assortment of forthcoming business models is to position OER core curriculum product package as having a greatly reduced cost as opposed to being “free” and to use the proceeds to fund the work needed to

karen July 9, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Open business models, part 1: the dilemma

I have been thinking about potential business models for OER core curriculum, in light of the fact that such curriculum is costly both to develop and to sell, implement, and maintain, and, as discussed, elsewhere there really is no “free.”

karen July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Selling core curriculum

I’ve been thinking a lot about how K-12 districts adopt core math or ELA curricula and how this relates to OER. In this context, I’m not thinking about the product itself (though I may write separately about that), but more

karen June 26, 2015June 30, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more
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