Open publishing model in Free Lectures and Free
textbooks projects (Modern Poland Foundation)
    and how they can lead to remix culture

                                 Kamil liwowski

             Coalition of Open Education, Creative Commons Poland
                           kamil@creativecommons.pl,
                          http://creativecommons.pl/



      Abstract. Free Lectures and Free Texbooks projects are leading for
      many other smaller but much more effective works with kids. We have de-
      veloped two-way model to improve both quality and reception of OER’s
      in middle school education. We are tiring to solve two main problems of
      Open Education Resources: standardization and quality management by
      publishing model based on technical and course edition.


1   Content

Remix projects make Free Lectures interesting for a different audience other
than the one for whom it was originally intended: students looking for texts
from obligatory reading list. We run projects engaging young people in mixing,
recording and mastering of their own content based on OER. All participants
who wish to do so are invited to present their creative pieces to an audience
of friends, family and school-community members. Creative piece could be an
audio file remixing an audiobook (mp3 or wav created through Audacity), a still
image collage remixing a picture, graphic, illustration (png or gif created through
Gimp) or a collection of images and sounds. Remix allows training in media
competence and creates opportunity to enjoy a command of free multimedia
resources. Remix projects are still very unpopular in schools because they don’t
have same rich methodology as traditional learning methods that is why we try
to make them both kids and teachers friendly.


2   About the Author
Kamil liwowski, Creative Commons animator and media literacy coach and an-
imator, Kasia Sawko, Modern Poland Foundation OER projects coordinator,
media literacy coach and animator.