Presentation name or presenter name

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Academic Technology Services California State
University October, 2009
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• Why now?

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Rationale

• During this time of unprecedented budget strain,
  it is vital that we find creative and effective
  ways to help our students mitigate the rising
  costs of a CSU education, while honoring the
  traditional role that faculty play in
  recommending and requiring instructional
  materials.
• Improving and increasing the use of electronic
  resources, will reduce the cost of a CSU
  education while serving to innovate academic
  programs and is aligned with CSSA policy
  priorities.

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Rationale

• To address this critical issue, it is important
  that we better understand and highlight
  instructional practices that represent a more
  affordable solution for our students.
• Many of our faculty have chosen a different path
  than the traditional textbook, utilizing open
  educational resources, freely available on the
  web, accessing the CSU electronic core
  collections, or innovating their use of more
  affordable commercial options, through
  customization and digital delivery.

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Rationale

• In order to expand these innovations, a well
  coordinated communication plan must be
  implemented to inform and encourage faculty to
  consider adopting a range of lower cost options
  currently available to them.

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Key Objectives

• Create a faculty-driven, affordable learning
  solutions culture
• Save CSU students 1M on learning materials in
  2010 2011
• Optimize current investments in digital library
  resources
• Provide professional development opportunities to
  inform faculty of available options and peer
  practices
• Increase utilization of open educational
  resources including MERLOT, Connextions,
  Curriki, MIT open courseware, etc.
• Partner with the CSSA to provide additional
  incentive to faculty and to convey positive
  impact different choices make on student success

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Phased Approach

• In order to best understand how to scale
  effective and more affordable practices, we will
  implement a phased approach.
• Phase I Identifying Disseminating Current
  Practices (9/15/09 12/15/09)
• Phase II Recruit Faculty Volunteers Provide
  Professional Development (1/15/10 5/15/10)
• Phase III - Recognize new practices in highly
  publicized ways through partnership with CSSA and
  local media outlets (9/15/10 12/15/10)
• In subsequent years, repeat this phased approach
  to scale Affordable Learning Solutions

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Phase I 9/15/09 12/15/09

• Identifying and disseminating current practices
• ATS to create Affordable Learning Solutions
  Teaching Commons website to disseminate options
  and highlight faculty practices
• ATS to interview and video tape at least 5
  faculty explaining how they transitioned to more
  affordable learning solutions
• ATS to coordinate and plan online faculty
  workshops on OER, Electronic Library, and Lower
  Cost Commercial Options

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Teaching Commons

• Home
• Participate
• Open Education Resources
• FREE Textbooks (open and commercial)
• Commercial Options
• Library Resources
• Faculty Practices
• FAQs
• About Us

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Phase II 1/15/10 5/15/10

• Recruit Faculty volunteers, provide professional
  development and build partner-relationship with
  CSSA
• Recruit 334 faculty volunteers to adopt OER, ECC,
  and lower-cost commercial alternatives (who will
  facilitate the 1M reduced cost to students)
• Train Faculty volunteers via webinars, campus
  facilitated, ATS-supported workshops
• Distribute campus resource kit (promotional and
  training materials)
• Faculty volunteers turn into Provost the revised
  Syllabi by May 15, 2010, for Summer or Fall
  Courses 2010

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Phase III 9/15/10 12/15/10

• Recognize new practices in highly publicized ways
  through partnership with CSSA and local media
  outlets
• Create digital narratives (1 per discipline
  represented, no more than 10)
• Organize Campus and CSSA sponsored award luncheon
  for Faculty
• Create Press Releases and leverage local media
  relationships for release

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Immediate Action Items

• CSSA testimonial
• Video sharing
• Webinar
• Your suggestions for next steps?

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