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List of general and open textbook contacts collected from Nicole Allen.
Lists of [[#Contacted|previously contacted interviewees]] and [[#Potential Contacts|potential contacts]] regarding trends in EM.


==Contacts==
==Contacted==
*'''[[wikipedia:Nicole_Allen|Nicole Allen]]'''
**Textbooks Advocate for [http://www.studentpirgs.org/ The Student PIRGs] and Campaign Director for [http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/ Make Textbooks Affordable]
**Phone: (617) 747 - 4409
**Email: nicole [at] studentpirgs [dot] org
**:''E-mailed on 05/05/09''


Eric Frank
*'''[http://creativecommons.org/about/people*82 Ahrash Bissell]'''
Co-Founder, Flat World Knowledge
**Executive Director, [http://learn.creativecommons.org/ ccLearn]
eric@flatworldknowledge.com
**Email: ahrash [at] creativecommons [dot] org
845-825-9499
**''Sent list of formal interview questions on 04/30/09''
www.flatworldknowledge.com
**:[[Ahrash Bissell Interview Notes - May 12, 2009]]
**:[[Ahrash Bissell Interview Notes - July 20, 2009]]


Flat World Knowledge is the open textbook publishing company I told you about. Eric is co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, and he serves as the delegate to partnerships with the open ed world.  He is a veteran of the traditional publishing industry, and can provide a unique inside perspective on the state of the industry.
*'''[http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facEmId=aelberse@hbs.edu Anita Elberse]'''
**Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School
**:[http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do;jsessionid=JQngxQChHD2wDDFcwQV2qdpPYYMfF1616zSvD1TxVH4lTWT1p7xg!197890811!-114263270?facInfo=res&facEmId=aelberse%40hbs.edu Her research] focuses on 'creative industries,' such as book and magazine publishing, asking:
**:*How can firms increase the success of new products in creative industries?
**:*How can firms build sustainable businesses in creative industries?
**Phone: (617) 495 - 6080
**Email: aelberse [at] hbs [dot] edu
**:''E-mailed on 04/21/09''


David Wiley
*'''[http://www.edexcellence.net/detail/bio.cfm?name=Chester-E-Finn,-Jr&page_id=129&id=8 Chester E. Finn, Jr.]'''
Professor, Brigham Young University
**President, [http://www.edexcellence.net/ Thomas B. Fordham Institute]
david.wiley@byu.edu
**Phone: (202) 223-5450 w / (301) 656-4489 h
435-797-7562
**Email: Cefinnjr [at] aol [dot] com
www.opencontent.org
**:''E-mailed on 05/06/09''


David is considered the founder of the open education movement. He was the original creator of the Open Publication License, which was the inspiration for Creative Commons. He is also the "Chief Openness Officer" at Flat World Knowledge.  He recently opened a charter school called "The Open High School of Utah," which is completely online and uses only OER. He is a big proponent of OER, but he agrees that an intermediary step like open textbooks is necessary.  It can be hard to get ahold of him, but it's worth it.
*'''[http://cnx.org/member_profile/emmons Jonathan Emmons]'''
**Community Development Specialist, [http://cnx.org Connexions]
**Phone: (713) 348 - 2392
**Email: jonathan [dot] emmons [at] cnx [dot] org
**:[[Jonathan Emmons Interview Notes]]


<a id="al_greco">Al Greco</a>
*'''[http://cnx.org/member_profile/kef Kathi Fletcher]'''
Professor, Fordham University
**Project Manager, [http://cnx.org Connexions]
agreco@fordham.edu
**Email: kef [at] rice [dot] edu
212 636 6199
**:[[Kathi Fletcher Interview Notes - August 26, 2009]]


Al is one of the few academics who studies the economics of publishing. He has a wealth of information on textbooks and the state of the industry. Last time I spoke to him, he was working on a study on scholarly publishing and university presses.
*'''[http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/our-team Eric Frank]'''
**Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer [http://www.flatworldknowledge.com Flat World Knowledge]
**Phone: (845) 825-9499
**Email: eric [at] flatworldknowledge [dot] com
**:[[Eric Frank Interview Notes - October 22, 2009]]


Diane Harley
*'''[http://www.linkedin.com/in/bhughes316 Bill Hughes]'''
Researcher at the Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley
**Director, New Ventures and Business Development, [http://www.pearsoned.com/ Pearson Education]
dianeh@berkeley.edu
**Email: bill [dot] hughes [at] pearson [dot] com
510 642 4343
**:[[Bill Hughes Interview Notes - October 7, 2009]]


Diane has produced a number of studies on OER, and she just began a study on our campaign to determine the success of organizing professors around the issue of affordability.  Her work is criticized by many of the intellectual leaders in the open ed movement, because she is conservative about the potential for OER use. She shares our belief that professors are not going to switch straight from traditional textbooks to OER.
*'''[http://about.ck12.org/about-us/founders Neeru Khosla]'''
**Co-Founder and Executive Director, [http://www.ck12.org/ CK-12 Foundation]
**Email: neeru [at] ck12 [dot] org
**:[[Neeru Khosla Interview Notes - September 4, 2009]]


Mark Nelson
*'''[http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Board/Bobbi Bobbi Kurshan]'''
Digital Content Strategist, National Association of College Stores
**Executive Director, [http://curriki.org Curriki]
MNelson@nacs.org
**Email: bkurshan [at] curriki [dot] org  
thecite.blogspot.com
**:[[Bobbi Kurshan Interview Notes - August 17, 2009]]


College bookstores are another piece of the puzzle.  Their job is to get book assignments from faculty, and then deliver the books to students.  As education goes digital, their business model is in for a serious change, and it's Mark's job to figure out how they will survive in the future (including how to incorporate OER). College stores add a different perspective on the publishing industry, so he is definitely worth contacting.
*'''Peter Levy'''
**Strategic Partnerships, [http://curriki.org Curriki]
**Email: plevy [at] curriki [dot] org
**:[[Peter Levy Interview Notes - September 18, 2009]]


Preston McAfee
*'''[http://www.plotkin.com Hal Plotkin]'''
Professor, Caltech
**Special Assistant, [http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/index.html?src=oc Office of the Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education]
mcafee@yahoo-inc.com
**Trustee (former Board President), [http://www.fhda.edu/ Foothill-De Anza Community College District]
www.introecon.com
**:Hal is a long-time advocate of OER and has an intimate knowledge of OER initiatives in the California public education systems.
**Phone: (650) 326 - 9673
**Email: hplotkin [at] plotkin [dot] com
**:[[Hal Plotkin Interview Notes - August 10, 2009]]


Preston is a well known economist and author of open textbook www.introecon.com.  He is a sharp critic of publishers for being too greedy, and has been very vocal in our project for the past year. He recently took a leave from Caltech to head up research at Yahoo, but I think he is teaching this semester.
*'''[http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Leadership Anne Schreiber]'''
**Chief Academic Officer, [http://curriki.org Curriki]
**Email: aschreiber [at] curriki [dot] org
**:[[Anne Schreiber Interview Notes - August 27, 2009]]
**:[[Anne Schreiber Interview Notes - August 31, 2009]]


Judy Baker
*'''[http://taste.merlot.org/merlotstaff.html Cathy Swift]'''
Director, Community College Consortium for OER
**Director of Academic Partner Services, [http://merlot.org/ MERLOT]
bakerjudy@fhda.edu
**Email: cswift [at] calstate [dot] edu
cccoer.wordpress.com
**:''[[Cathy Swift Interview Notes - September 21, 2009]]''


CCCOER is probably the first coordinated institutional effort for OER. In theory, they are supposed to collect, vet and distribute OER to community college faculty. Judy is also a Dean at Foothill college in Los Altos Hills, CA.  Martha Kanter, the chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza district, is the visionary behind CCCOER.  Her email is kantermartha@fhda.edu.
*'''[http://cnx.org/member_profile/thierstj Joel Thierstein]'''
**Executive Director, [http://cnx.org Connexions]
**Email: joel [dot] thierstein [at] cnx [dot] org
**Alt Email: joel [dot] thierstein [at] rice [dot] edu
**:[[Joel Thierstein Interview Notes - August 19, 2009]]


Cable Green
==Potential Contacts==
Director of eLearning, Washington State Board of Community & Technical Colleges
*'''Judy Baker'''
cgreen@sbctc.edu
**Director, [http://oerconsortium.org/ Community College Consortium for OER]
blog.oer.sbctc.edu
**Dean, Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA
**:CCCOER is probably the first coordinated institutional effort for OER. In theory, they are supposed to collect, vet and distribute OER to community college faculty. ('''Martha Kanter''', the chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza district, is the visionary behind CCCOER. Her email is kantermartha [at] fhda [dot] edu.)
**Email: bakerjudy [at] fhda [dot] edu
**Other Websites: [http://cccoer.wordpress.com/ CCCOER Blog]


Cable is heading up a project to include open online courses in the eLearning program. The state allocated money for this specific purpose.  He is a long time advocate for OER, and has done a good job selling the economic benefits of open courses to the administration of the school system.
*'''Sanford Forte'''
**Director, [http://www.opensourcetext.org/ California Open Source Textbook Project]
**:Sanford heads up a K-12 open textbook program.
**Email: siforte [at] ix [dot] netcom [dot] com


Sanford Forte
*'''Eric Frank'''
Director, California Open Source Textbook Project
**Co-Founder, [http://www.flatworldknowledge.com Flat World Knowledge]
siforte@ix.netcom.com
**:Flat World Knowledge is an open textbook publishing company. Eric Frank is the Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, and he serves as the delegate to partnerships with the open ed world. He is also a veteran of the traditional publishing industry.
www.opensourcetext.org
**Phone: (845) 825 - 9499
**Email: eric [at] flatworldknowledge [dot] com


Sanford heads up a K12 open textbook program. It is unclear what their progress is, but he knows a lot about the economics of K12 textbooks.
*'''[http://gbadirect.bnet.fordham.edu/vo/fbd1/fac/detail.aspx?ID=2268 Albert Greco]'''
**Professor, Fordham University
**:Al is one of the few academics who studies the economics of publishing. He has a wealth of information on textbooks and the state of the industry. Most recently, he has been working on a study on scholarly publishing and university presses.
**Phone: (212) 636 - 6199
**Email: agreco [at] fordham [dot] edu


Gerry Hanley
*'''[http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/about/bios/hagemann Melissa Hagemann]'''
Executive Director of MERLOT and Director of Academic Tech for the Calstate Chancellor's office
**Program Manager, [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information?a Information Program, Open Society Institute]
ghanley@calstate.edu
** Email: mhagemann [at] sorosny [dot] org
www.merlot.org


MERLOT is a repository of digital learning materials (merlot.org), somewhat similar to connexions.  The difference is that MERLOT only catalogues materials and links out to them, while CNX actually hosts the content. MERLOT is great in theory - it provides a mechanism for peer & user review, and even has an editorial board to review materials. Gerry is the visionary behind it.
*'''Cable Green'''
**Director of eLearning, Washington State Board of Community & Technical Colleges
**:Cable is heading up a project to include open online courses in the eLearning program; the state allocated money for this specific purpose.
**Phone: (360) 704 - 4334
**Email: cgreen [at] sbctc [dot] edu
**Other Websites: Blogs at http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu


== Navigation ==
*'''[http://voices.merlot.org/profile/GerardHanley Gerry Hanley]'''
[[Bibliography for Item 7 in EM]]<br>
**Executive Director of [http://www.merlot.org MERLOT]
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**:MERLOT is a repository of digital learning materials, somewhat similar to Connexions, except MERLOT only ''catalogs'' materials and links out to them, while CNX actually hosts the content. MERLOT also provides a mechanism for peer & user review, and even has an editorial board to review materials. Gerry is the visionary behind it.
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**Director of Academic Tech for the Cal State Chancellor's office
**Email: ghanley [at] calstate [dot] edu
 
*'''[http://cshe.berkeley.edu/people/dharley.htm Diane Harley]'''
**Researcher at the [http://cshe.berkeley.edu/ Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley]
**:Diane has produced a number of studies on OER, and she just began a study on the Make Textbooks Affordable campaign to determine the success of organizing professors around the issue of affordability. Her work is criticized by many of the intellectual leaders in the open ed movement because she is conservative about the potential for OER use; she believes that professors are not going to switch straight from traditional textbooks to OER.
**Phone: (510) 642 - 4343
**Email: dianeh [at] berkeley [dot] edu
 
*'''Gary Lopez'''
**Executive Director, [http://www.montereyinstitute.org/ Monterey Institute for Technology and Education]
**:MITE is the organization behind the [http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/index.html National Registry of Online Courses]
**Email: glopez [at] montereyinstitute [dot] org
 
*'''[http://www.mcafee.cc/ Preston McAfee]'''
**Professor, Caltech
**:Preston is a well known economist and author of open textbook [http://www.introecon.org www.introecon.com]. He recently took a leave from Caltech to head up research at Yahoo.
**Email: mcafee [at] yahoo-inc [dot] com
 
*'''[http://www.mit.edu/~amonroy/ Andres Monroy-Hernandez]'''
**PhD Student, Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab
**Lead Developer, [http://scratch.mit.edu/ Scratch]
**Email: andresmh [at] scratch [dot] mit [dot] edu
**Mobile: (617) 715 - 5147
 
*'''Mark Nelson'''
**Digital Content Strategist, [http://nacs.org National Association of College Stores]
**:Mark's job is to figure out how, as education goes digital, college bookstores must change to survive in the future (including how to incorporate OER).
**Email: MNelson [at] nacs [dot] org
**Other Websites: http://thecite.blogspot.com
 
*'''Terri Rowenhorst'''
**NROC Membership Director, [http://www.montereyinstitute.org/ Monterey Institute for Technology and Education]
**:Previously, Terri has worked with Pearson's Learning Network, Harcourt College Publishers, and McGraw-Hill Higher Education.]
**Email: trowenhorst [at] montereyinstitute [dot] org
 
*'''[http://davidwiley.org/ David Wiley]'''
**Professor, Brigham Young University
**:David was the original creator of the Open Publication License, which was the inspiration for Creative Commons. He is also the "Chief Openness Officer" at Flat World Knowledge. He recently opened a charter school called "The Open High School of Utah," which is completely online and uses only OER. He is a big proponent of OER, but he agrees that an intermediary step like open textbooks is necessary.
**Phone: (435) 797 - 7562
**Email: david [dot] wiley [at] byu [dot] edu
**Other Websites: http://www.opencontent.org/
 
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Lists of previously contacted interviewees and potential contacts regarding trends in EM.

Contacted

  • Anita Elberse
    • Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School
      Her research focuses on 'creative industries,' such as book and magazine publishing, asking:
      • How can firms increase the success of new products in creative industries?
      • How can firms build sustainable businesses in creative industries?
    • Phone: (617) 495 - 6080
    • Email: aelberse [at] hbs [dot] edu
      E-mailed on 04/21/09

Potential Contacts

  • Judy Baker
    • Director, Community College Consortium for OER
    • Dean, Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA
      CCCOER is probably the first coordinated institutional effort for OER. In theory, they are supposed to collect, vet and distribute OER to community college faculty. (Martha Kanter, the chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza district, is the visionary behind CCCOER. Her email is kantermartha [at] fhda [dot] edu.)
    • Email: bakerjudy [at] fhda [dot] edu
    • Other Websites: CCCOER Blog
  • Eric Frank
    • Co-Founder, Flat World Knowledge
      Flat World Knowledge is an open textbook publishing company. Eric Frank is the Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer, and he serves as the delegate to partnerships with the open ed world. He is also a veteran of the traditional publishing industry.
    • Phone: (845) 825 - 9499
    • Email: eric [at] flatworldknowledge [dot] com
  • Albert Greco
    • Professor, Fordham University
      Al is one of the few academics who studies the economics of publishing. He has a wealth of information on textbooks and the state of the industry. Most recently, he has been working on a study on scholarly publishing and university presses.
    • Phone: (212) 636 - 6199
    • Email: agreco [at] fordham [dot] edu
  • Cable Green
    • Director of eLearning, Washington State Board of Community & Technical Colleges
      Cable is heading up a project to include open online courses in the eLearning program; the state allocated money for this specific purpose.
    • Phone: (360) 704 - 4334
    • Email: cgreen [at] sbctc [dot] edu
    • Other Websites: Blogs at http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu
  • Gerry Hanley
    • Executive Director of MERLOT
      MERLOT is a repository of digital learning materials, somewhat similar to Connexions, except MERLOT only catalogs materials and links out to them, while CNX actually hosts the content. MERLOT also provides a mechanism for peer & user review, and even has an editorial board to review materials. Gerry is the visionary behind it.
    • Director of Academic Tech for the Cal State Chancellor's office
    • Email: ghanley [at] calstate [dot] edu
  • Diane Harley
    • Researcher at the Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley
      Diane has produced a number of studies on OER, and she just began a study on the Make Textbooks Affordable campaign to determine the success of organizing professors around the issue of affordability. Her work is criticized by many of the intellectual leaders in the open ed movement because she is conservative about the potential for OER use; she believes that professors are not going to switch straight from traditional textbooks to OER.
    • Phone: (510) 642 - 4343
    • Email: dianeh [at] berkeley [dot] edu
  • Preston McAfee
    • Professor, Caltech
      Preston is a well known economist and author of open textbook www.introecon.com. He recently took a leave from Caltech to head up research at Yahoo.
    • Email: mcafee [at] yahoo-inc [dot] com
  • Andres Monroy-Hernandez
    • PhD Student, Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab
    • Lead Developer, Scratch
    • Email: andresmh [at] scratch [dot] mit [dot] edu
    • Mobile: (617) 715 - 5147
  • Terri Rowenhorst
    • NROC Membership Director, Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
      Previously, Terri has worked with Pearson's Learning Network, Harcourt College Publishers, and McGraw-Hill Higher Education.]
    • Email: trowenhorst [at] montereyinstitute [dot] org
  • David Wiley
    • Professor, Brigham Young University
      David was the original creator of the Open Publication License, which was the inspiration for Creative Commons. He is also the "Chief Openness Officer" at Flat World Knowledge. He recently opened a charter school called "The Open High School of Utah," which is completely online and uses only OER. He is a big proponent of OER, but he agrees that an intermediary step like open textbooks is necessary.
    • Phone: (435) 797 - 7562
    • Email: david [dot] wiley [at] byu [dot] edu
    • Other Websites: http://www.opencontent.org/

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