The California Open Online Library:
From Curation to Adoption
December 4, 2016
Leslie Kennedy, EdD
Director, Affordable Learning Solutions
Academic Technology Services
California State University System Office
San Francisco State Affordable Learning Solutions
What are California higher education
institutions doing regarding textbook
affordability?
http://cool4ed.org
State of California Legislature
Senate Bill 1052: CA OER council
State appropriation: $5 Million
Matching:
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
State of California Legislature
Senate Bill 1053: COOL4ED
50 Courses
Accounting
Geography
Art History
History
Biology
Kinesiology
Business
Math
Chemistry
Music
Child Development Philosophy
Communications
Physics
Computer Science
Political Science
Economics
Psychology
Education
Sociology
English
Spanish
Electronic Media
Statistics
http://www.cool4ed.org
CA-OERC Created the Textbook Review Rubric
COOL4Ed.org textbook reviewers, focus group participants,
and pilot project participants per segment.
You are considering an open textbook because of
the quality content and the affordability.
In particular, you like their potential
ancillary materials.
Find an OER for your course.
Method 1
Use the Find tool in COOL4ED to look for:
1) Open textbooks or,
2) other open educational resources.
http://tiny.cc/findTextbook
http://cool4ed.org
http://affordablelearningsolutions.org
ISBN Finder
Assembly Bill 798
Textbook Affordability Act
October 2015
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB798
The Textbook Affordability Act - AB 798
• $4M State Funding
– Each CCC and CSU can apply for up to $50K
– Open Educational Resources
– Demonstrate 30% student savings
– Potential bonus $$ in second year
– Begins January 2016 - Results by 2018
– Managed by CSU
– No matching funds
Thank you!
Leslie Kennedy
lkennedy@calstate.edu
562.951.4605
http://affordablelearningsolutions.org
http://cool4ed.org
Resources
• WCET YouTube on Finding Open and Free, Digital
Textbooks
• CSU Affordable Learning Solutions
• California Open Online Library COOL4Ed.org