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Join today’s webinar featuring CSU Los Angeles AL$ Initiative, Vitalsource, and more. Discover infrastructure developments, faculty projects, and future plans for affordable learning solutions.
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Affordable Learning SolutionsWebinar SeriesToday’s FeaturesCSU Los Angeles AL$ InitiativeVitalsourceCoursesmart Welcome! Please introduce yourself to others by entering your name, title, and campus in the chat window. If you need to use the telephone for audio only,dial 1-888-337-0215 and enter PIN 4878513
AL$ Webinar Agenda • IntroductionsLeslie Kennedy, Ed.D. - Director, Affordable Learning Solutions • CSU Los Angeles AL$ InitiativeRomelia Salinas, Ph.D. - AL$ Coordinator - Reference and Instruction Librarian • VitalsourceCoursesmartRyan Hively - Sr. Account ExecutiveJohn Schuman - Product Sales Engineer • Wrap Up
AL$ Activities San Francisco Faculty Recognition Day AL$ Grants Awarded to 17 campuses East Bay updated website link AL$ website revisions
Program for Affordable Learning Materials Romelia Salinas, PALM Coordinator Monika Chavez, PALM Assistant California State University Los Angeles
PALM @ Cal State LA (2014-2015) • Background • Infrastructure Development • Campus Publicity Campaign • Library Textbook Projects • PALM Faculty
Infrastructure Development palm@calstatela.edu
Campus Publicity Campaign • Email • Campus email blast • Liaison librarians • Department/College meetings • Incorporation into library instruction sessions • Student Newspaper article • Campus Insider blurbs • Banners & Postcards
Library Textbook Projects • E-Textbook List • 153 titles identified for 124 courses • Potential savings: $222,433.17 • PALM-initiated Library Reserves • 355 titles placed on reserve for 266 courses • Student-initiated Library Reserves • 72 books purchased for reserves • High Use Reserve Items
PALM Faculty • Targeted outreach by librarians • Increase number of participating faculty • PALM Faculty & Partners Recognition Reception • Café Learn Workshops • Develop Faculty Showcase Website
Future Plans • Cool4Ed • Faculty Stipends • Course Packs • Communication Campaign • Social media • Orientation • Library displays
Romelia Salinas, rsalina@calstatela.edu Cal State Los Angeles Thank you
CSU rent digital • Affordable learning solutions
Vitalsource team • today’s presenters John Schuman – Product Sales Engineer Ryan Hively – Sr. Account Executive
INTEGRATED • A more evolved solution
THe most used platform • powering your success Providing Learning Experiences That Are Technologically Unrivaled and Brilliantly Simple! • Delivering digital content to more than 8 million students, at more than 6,000 institutions, in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, with more than 500,000 titles in distribution from more than 750 education publishers and partners
Many Customers — One VitalSource • Providing every partner with the right tools for the job • Companies • Resellers • Learners • Instructors • Institutions • Publishers • Distributors • Authors
Multiple Language Support Catalan Czech Danish Dutch English-UK English-US Finnish French French-Canada German Greek Icelandic Irish Gaelic Italian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Portuguese-Brazil Russian Spanish-Mexico Spanish-Spain Swedish Thai Turkish Welsh (New in 2014/2015) Japanese Korean Chinese - Traditional Chinese - Simplified Hebrew Arabic Bulgarian Tagalog (Filipino) Magyar (Hungarian) Romanian Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Enhanced e-textbooks • Rich, interactive content • Enterprise platform • Integrated with LMS, or standalone • Robust, scalable systems • All major publishers
Advanced search • New page controls • Highlights, notes • Navigate, sort, search, share notes and highlights
THe most used platform • powering your success • VitalSource LMS integration - Moodle • VitalSource LMS integration - Blackboard
BLACKBOARD INTEGRATION • CAL POLY POMONA
Moodle integration • CSU FULLERTON
Dedicated Mobile Apps • IOS example
Benefits of IMS Learning Tools InteroperabilityTM (LTITM) • UTILIZE • DEVELOP • DEPLOY This certainly beats having to upgrade our systems every time we add a new application • APP • LMS This is way better; no more separate logins, everything is available from within our online course. Hey, this is great, I just need to write one integration using my own language of choice Wow, I can now link to new applications myself and get instant access! • Launch • Grades • Enrollments • Save Data • Saved data • Learners Learning application developer • Teachers Portal or learning platform administrator
Thank You SIMPLY BRILLIANT. BRILLIANTLY SIMPLE
Thank you and Questions • CSU Los Angeles AL$ InitiativeRomelia Salinas, Ph.D.- AL$ Coordinator- Reference and Instruction Librarian • VitalsourceCoursesmartRyan Hively - Sr. Account Executive John Schuhman- Product Sales Engineer http://affordablelearningsolutions.org als@cdl.edu