Affordable Learning $olutions:
Webinar Series for Sharing
Campus Initiative @ CSU Chico
Custom Publishing Options
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AL$ Webinar #5 Agenda
 Welcome and AL$ Overview
(Christie, 10 minutes)
 Customizing & Authoring Content
(Christie, 20 minutes)
 AL$ Efforts and Outcomes @ Chico
(Sederberg & Tyler, 20 minutes)
 Summary, Discussion, and Looking Ahead
(All, 10 minutes)
http://als.csuprojects.org
Making It Easier To Find
 Alternative Content
 Tools
 Technologies
 Policies
 Marketing &
deployment strategies
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CSU Provides System Access to
Free or Low-Cost Textbook Alternatives
 Open Educational Resources: Over 38,000 FREE
online teaching materials including over 2,200 FREE
online textbooks are available @ AL$ website
 CSU Library eBooks: CSU systemwide electronic
library collections provide students FREE access to
eBooks
 Faculty-Authored Materials: Published and distributed
in a variety of ways
 Lower Cost Publisher eTextbooks: CSU Rent Digital
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About Digital Textbooks in the CSU
 Digital textbooks cost 45%-55% less
than new print textbook prices
 33% of CSU students prefer digital
textbooks
 1% of all titles sold in CSU
bookstores are digital textbooks
There is an unmet demand in the
CSU marketplace
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CSU Rent Digital: Here’s the Deal
Agreement on 4 key areas:
 Choice: Faculty have a wide choice of publishers and
students can choose a digital rental or not
 Price: 60% off new print textbook prices and publishers
choose the titles they will offer
 Marketing: CSU and vendors will collaborate on raising
awareness, comfort, and competencies in using digital
textbooks
 Accessibility: Vendors will provide the CSU a roadmap
for improving the accessibility of their eReaders
Fall 2012:
Student-focused
activities
 Campus Outreach:
Student awareness of
choice through your
campus bookstore
 Cal State Student
Association
communication
program
 CSU Public Affairs
program
Digital Rentals: Student Savings
If 1/3 of CSU students choose
1 digital rental per semester
instead of a new $100 print
textbook…..
 CSU students will save about
$17 Million in 2012-13
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CSU ALS Activities: What’s the Schedule?
2012-2013: Faculty/Staff-focused activities
 Join the AL$ Online Community for info and support
http://voices.merlot.org/group/affordable-learningsolutions-community
 Monthly webinars by CO, CSU campuses & vendors
 Support for Campus AL$ Initiatives
 More Hands-On Workshops
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Quick Poll
A. Have never heard of Flat World Knowledge
B. Have heard of FWK but only surface
knowledge
C. I know about FWK and understand its model
D. I know about FWK, their text model, and MIYO
E. I use one or more FWK titles
115+ Titles
“Utilizing Flat World Knowledge’s Make It Your
Own platform, I created a mash-up of two Flat
World titles for my Introductory Management and
Organizational Behavior course. This textbook
change has saved my students in aggregate
almost $100,000 per semester, and my MIYO
book is better than my previous title.”
Deone Zell, Professor of Management
Director of Academic Technology
.org
 World’s largest online accessible library of copyrighted
content for people with print disabilities.
 Raising the floor on accessibility issues so individuals with
print disabilities have the same ease of access to print
materials as people without disabilities.
 In 2007 & 2012, Bookshare received five-year awards
from the U.S. DoE, Office of Special Education Programs,
to provide free access for all U.S. students with a
qualified print disability.
 The Bookshare library now has over 150,000 books and
serves more than 200,000 members.
“I have used the Tanner et.al. Principles of Marketing
book now for two years. I find it better than previous
books I used, not only for the content but also because
my students love the options that are provided. I think
all professors should use Flat World Knowledge
materials. They are missing the boat and forcing their
students into making choices that these days they
shouldn’t be forced into making.”
Maria Ballesteros-Sola, Lecturer
Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics
Questions?
Comments or Questions
CALS & TAP
Chico Strategies
Laura Sederberg & James Tyler
Meriam Library & Academic
Te c h n o l o g i e s
October 26, 2012 | CSU Webinar
ALS History at CSU, Chico
 June 3, 2011 – Published “Affordable Learning/OER”
LibGuide, libguides.csuchico.edu/content.php?pid=210863
 October 5, 2011 – CELT presentation on OER with Brett
Christie. Brett introduced audience to the CSU ALS project.
 March 9, 2012 – “Alternatives to Expensive Textbooks”
presentation to CSU, Chico campus by Laura Sederberg,
Linda Riggins, and Marc Langston in Studio A.
Video posted online.
ALS History at CSU, Chico
 June 2012 – OER co-presentation with Laura to
Academy e-Learning Cohort 4 on Chico’s ALS program,
newly named CALS; and Creative Commons.
 Late September, 2012 – Draft proposal for Textbook
Alternatives Program (TAP) grant project. Developed a
website, announcement, application, MOU, logos for
CALS and TAP, and a flyer.
 October 17, 2012 – Chico’s TAP project announced at
CELT Conference, and 200 flyers for TAP handed out at
CELT luncheon to faculty and administrators.
CALS LibGuide: libguides.csuchico.edu/
CALS Website: www.csuchico.edu/cals
TAP website: www.csuchico.edu/cals/tap
Application
Please write a short essay to address the following.
 Current textbook used for this course and its cost to
students.
 Describe your plan to replace your current textbook with a
lower-cost alternative for Fall 2013.
 The total savings estimated per student.
 How the use of alternate learning resources will meet the
guidelines for fair use of copyright protected materials and
accessibility.
Memorandum of Understanding
Agreements
• Attend group meetings to review alternatives to textbook choices and
meet others in this project for forming a Faculty Learning Community
(FLC) (Spring 2013).
• Become familiar with the CSU ALS website, and Chico’s CALS website.
• Consult with an Instructional Technology Consultant about
integration with Bb Learn in Spring 2013.
• Consult with a Librarian about Open Educational Resources and
Library materials.
• Use an “Affordable Learning Solution” that meets the criteria in the
Application to meet eligibility requirements.
Memorandum of Understanding
Agreements
• Agree to find a solution that uses free or lower cost alternative
learning resources.
• Agree to meet periodically in the spring semester with the FLC to
share success/challenges.
• Agree to write up a report evaluating the project.
• Agree to present your experience and findings at a CELT Presentation
or the annual CELT Conference.
• Agree to meet copyright and fair use policy guidelines.
• Choose a grant award of an iPad or a $600 stipend.
ARTS 122 from AeL Cohort 3
 Launching the Imagination, Fourth Edition, author Mary Sewart
goes for $105 on Amazon, plus shipping and tax, etc.
 Our students access the chapters, one or two at a time on the
ARTS 122 joint website.
 Free as long as you only post a chapter or two at a time, plus, the
text gives instructors LOTS of electronic support materials,
PowerPoint slides, and interactive activities. Students may
purchase the paper text or the electronic text if they like. You can
rent the eBook for about $25 for the duration of the course.
- Professor Teresa Cotner
RELS 332 from AeL Cohort 3
 "World Religions and Global Issues" saved about $35
per student going from $60 to $25 in book costs.
 RELS 110 "Asian Religions” saved $45 going from two
books each down to one book. All the religious source
material was found online, so the "reader in religions"
was not needed.
- Daniel Veidlinger, Ph.D.
CMSD 156 from AeL Cohort 3
 The American Sign Language Dictionary is no longer
being used since students are accessing free online
materials. The list price of this book is $24.95.
- Suzanne Miller, Dept. Chair
GEOG 103 from AeL Cohort 3
 Shellito, Introduction to Geospatial Technologies: The
eBook was $35.00. A paper copy from MacMillan is
$113.95. With CourseSmart – entire book is $48.99.
 I intend to do a Midterm Formative Evaluation in a week or
so and will ask about their experience with the online
book.
Some have already said they have a hard time with it or
that they are disappointed that they only have a license for
6 months and won’t have access any longer or that they
wish they had the entire book as the chapters we have
done refer to other exercises in chapters we are not going
to do.
- Professor LaDona Knigge
Thank you from CSU, Chico
Laura Sederberg, Manager, Technology and Learning Program
lsederberg@csuchico.edu
James Tyler, Online Learning Librarian
jtyler@csuchico.edu
Comments or Questions
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