| Brief Biography
Dr. David Wiley is Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at
Brigham Young University, Chief Openness Officer of Flat World Knowledge, and Founder of the Open High
School of Utah. He was formerly Associate Professor of Instructional Technology and Director of the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning at Utah State University. David has been a Nonresident Fellow at
the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, a Visiting Scholar at the Open
University of the Netherlands, and a recipient of the US National Science Foundation's
CAREER grant. David is also the Founder of OpenContent.org and was recently named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. His career is dedicated to
increasing access to educational opportunity for everyone around the world. David lives in
Utah with his incredible wife and five awesome children.
Education
- BFA, Music (Vocal Performance), Marshall University, 1997. (Voice Teacher: Paul Balshaw)
- PhD, Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University, 2000.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Instructional Technology, Utah State University, 2001.
Interests
Music
New York Voices,
The Manhattan Transfer,
Harry Connick, Jr.,
Thelonius Monk,
Chanticleer,
Take 6,
David Hykes,
Glenn Gould,
Billy Joel,
Glad,
Yo Yo Ma,
Samuel Barber,
Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Lisa Ono,
Dreams Come True,
Sakamoto Ryuichi,
Laura Pausini,
Pizzicato Five,
Fernanda Takai,
Vanessa de Mata,
Yano Akiko,
Wong Faye,
Imai Miki,
and yes, Barry Manilow.
Fiction
- Brandon Sanderson -
The Final Empire,
The Well of Ascension,
The Hero of Ages
- Orson Scott Card -
First Meetings in Ender's Universe,
Ender's Game,
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story,
Ender in Exile,
Speaker for the Dead,
Xenocide,
Children of the Mind,
Ender's Shadow,
Shadow of the Hegemon,
Shadow Puppets,
Shadow of the Giant,
- Ursula K. Leguin -
A Wizard of Earthsea,
The Tombs of Atuan,
The Farthest Shore,
Tehanu,
Tales from Earthsea,
The Other Wind
- Isaac Azimov -
Prelude to Foundation,
Forward the Foundation,
Foundation,
Foundation and Empire,
Second Foundation,
Foundation's Edge,
Foundation and Earth
- Tolkien -
The Hobbit,
The Fellowship of the Ring,
The Two Towers,
The Return of the King,
The Silmarillion
- Neal Stephenson -
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

- Vernor Vinge -
Rainbows End

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Press Coverage
Projects I'm involved in have been the subject of local, national, and international press articles. I'm also frequently interviewed by the media about various issues related to education, technology, and openness. Here are some recent links to articles about my projects or for which I was interviewed. (You can also check the incredible press Flat World Knowledge is receiving on our website).
- Toronto Star (June 13, 2009). Gov. Schwarzenegger terminates textbooks
- Christian Science Monitor (June 11, 2009). Schwarzenegger's push for digital textbooks
- Fast Company (June, 2009). The 100 Most Creative People in Business. (I'm #78).
- Deseret News (May 15, 2009). Online schooling gives kids, parents new options for education
- Christian Science Monitor (May 13, 2009). OpenCourseWare: College education, without the student loans
- Deseret News (April 21, 2009). Universities will be 'irrelevant' by 2020, Y. professor says
- Information Today (March 2, 2009). Open Educational Resources (OER) and Libraries
- Science (January 2, 2009). Opening Education
- Chrnoicle of Higher Education (December 1, 2008). Professor Turns
His Online Course Into a Role-Playing Game
- Chronicle of Higher Education. (September 25, 2008). When Professors Print Their Own Diplomas, Who Needs Universities?
- Wall Street Journal. (March 28, 2008). Free Online Courses Are
Proliferating.
- The Hindu. (March 24, 2008). Personal learning, research: a re-look
.
- Campus Technology. (March 1, 2008). Will Digital
Texts Succeed?.
- USA TODAY. (February 27, 2008). Free college courses feed
global hunger for learning.
- CNN Money. (January 29, 2008). Cisco to Launch Mediterranean Youth
Technology Club (MYTecC) and the Digital Cities Project Aimed at Long Term Economic and Social
Development.
- Washington Post. (December 31, 2007). Internet
Access Is Only Prerequisite For More and More College Classes.
- Campus Technology. (November 13, 2007). Textbooks:
A Value Proposition.
- Education Portal. (October 29, 2007). Colleges
and Universities that Offer Free Courses Online.
- InfoWorld Online. (July 24, 2007). You're never alone with
Plone. Page 2.
- Heise Online. (March 20, 2007). Brainshare: Novell
virtualisiert sich weiter.
- Online Education Database. (March 1, 2007). How
the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories. (Also Slashdot.)
- Book Chase. (February 13, 2007). Printed-on-the-Spot Books
Are Given to Young Utah Students.
- Teleread. (February 12, 2007). Gutenberg classics for some
Utah kids?via print on demand.
- Salt Lake Tribune. (February 12, 2007). Portable library
builds books on spot.
- Mashable. (January 20, 2007). In-Game Ads, SpiralFrog, Ozmozr
Launched, DuggSpace.
- Minger. (January 19, 2007). Ozmozr ? Delicious for RSS.
- WWWhatsnew. (January 19, 2007). Ozmozr
- Agrupar el mejor contenido de la web.
- Groklaw. (January, 2007). MIT Offers
Free Course Materials on Copyright Law.
- Christian Science Monitor. (January, 2007). How to go to M.I.T. for Free.
- MyVOIPnews. (November, 2006). Forty
foundations for the future of open source.
- Linux News. (November, 2006).
OpenCourseWare: Open Source at MIT.
- Computerworld Australia. (November, 2006). Ruby on Rails stakes out Java's
turf.
- The Herald Journal. (May, 2006). Trenton could get computer center.
- The Hindu. (November, 2005). Online storage alternatives.
- Inside Higher Ed. (October, 2005). Blackboard vs....
- Educause Quarterly. (July, 2005). Open Educational Resources Serve the World.
- The Boston Globe. (July, 2005). The Online
University.
- The Hindu. (May, 2004). Gateway to MIT Programmes.
- Black Issues in Higher Education (April, 2004). Utah State
collaborating with MIT on courseware.
- CETIS (April, 2004). OLS Pilot Goes Live.
- The Globe and Mail. (September, 2003). MIT initiative could revolutionize learning.
- London Financial Times (March, 2003). Why copyright need not be an issue.
- New York Times. (January, 2003). Steal this book? A publisher is making it easy.
- San Jose Mercury News. (January, 2003). Open-source advocate true to
principle.
- IT Business. (January, 2003). Publisher adopts
open source model for Linux titles.
- Deseret News. (October, 2002). Corporate trainers, colleges are big on 'blended learning'.
- Change. (July, 2002). What
is open course ware and why does it matter?
- Internet2. (June, 2001). Internet2 Showcase: EduCommons.
- WIRED. (June, 1999). Expanding the universe of ideas.
- MIT Technology Review. (September, 1999). A new openness.
- The Economist. (December, 1999). Hacker journalism.
- Time Magazine Digital Daily. (September, 1998). New free license to cover content online.
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