{"id":277,"date":"2010-02-22T11:34:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T18:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/?p=277"},"modified":"2010-02-22T11:34:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T18:34:48","slug":"publishers-and-oer-collaborations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/archives\/277","title":{"rendered":"Publishers and OER collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been involved in some conversations lately to examine how OER might be leveraged as core curriculum resources (read: replacements for textooks, for those who still use such things) in K-12.<\/p>\n<p>At some point in these conversations, the question of the role of traditional publishers arises. For the most part, publishers have not been a part of these discussions, whether by choice or a natural repulsion I&#8217;m not sure. Certainly, a concern with the tenets of open-licensed materials has been collectively expressed by their lobbyists, and one can easily understand their apprehension. At the same time though, I hear that a few publishers are also sniffing around the edges with possible interest.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, their voices are important ones to include in the discussions of the next evolution of instructional materials.<\/p>\n<p>Publishers are important stakeholders and have a wealth of valuable expertises and experiences that can and should be brought to bear on the challenges we all face addressing the achievement and engagement gaps in schools.<\/p>\n<p>Further, OER is not all about &#8220;free&#8221; in the no cost sense. To be successful and sustainable, OER must include models that bring together free and fee-based, profit and non-profit, public and private, business and academia.<\/p>\n<p>To stretch the thinking about how traditional publishers might engage in new models of OER in K-12, I&#8217;ve been thinking about a range of possible collaboration scenarios that go beyond just asking publishers to open-license their work.<\/p>\n<p><em>(For the purpose of clarity, I&#8217;ve used the term &#8220;OER provider&#8221; to refer to a group primarily involved in producing and distributing open resources and a &#8220;publisher&#8221; to refer to a traditional commercial publisher. In reality, the roles could overlap or even be reversed.)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An OER provider might act as a <strong>reseller <\/strong>of\u00a0 selected products or services of a traditional publisher. These products or services would complement the free OER offerings, thereby offering the customer added value and the publisher extra revenue.<\/li>\n<li>An OER provider who wants to distribute a <strong>print version <\/strong>of their content (at some cost) might collaborate with a publisher to do so.<\/li>\n<li>In a similar vein, an OER provider might partner with a publisher for <strong>distribution and sales services<\/strong>. This role could expand considerably for OERs submitted for state adoption, a process with which publishers have unique expertise.<\/li>\n<li>An OER provider and a publisher might <strong>co-develop new product<\/strong>, which could then be open-licensed or sold.<\/li>\n<li>An OER provider and a publisher could <strong>partner on new funding options<\/strong>, from sources such as public or private grants, venture philanthropy, state co-development funds, etc., to do any of the above.<\/li>\n<li>An OER provider might <strong>acquire content or product <\/strong>from a publisher. This could be especially attractive to publishers who have duplicate lines they are not marketing, as is the case for many after the massive consolidation of the industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been involved in some conversations lately to examine how OER might be leveraged as core curriculum resources (read: replacements for textooks, for those who still use such things) in K-12. 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