Affordable Learning $olutions: Webinar Series for Sharing Campus Initiatives and

1. Affordable Learning $olutions: Webinar Series for Sharing Campus Initiatives and Vendor Services: Cal Poly Pomona & Cengage Learning Welcome! Please introduce yourself to others by entering your name, title, and campus in the chat window. If you have any technical issues, send a chat to Brett Christie

2. AL$ Webinar #2 Agenda • Welcome and AL$ Overview (Hanley, 15 mins) • AL$ Efforts and Outcomes @ Pomona(Gibson, 15 mins) • Vendor Presentation, Cengage Learning(Bach, 15 mins) • Joys and Concerns About Your AL$ efforts (Hanley, 10 mins) • Summary and Next Meeting’s Agenda (Hanley, 5 mins)

3. http://als.csuprojects.org • Making It Easier To Find • Alternative Content • Tools • Technologies • Policies • Marketing & deployment strategies

4. CSU Provides System Access to No- and Low-Cost Textbook Alternatives • Open Textbooks: Over 2,200 FREE online textbooks are available through the AL$ website & MORE… • 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: Digital rentals in the CSU

5. 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 marketplace

6. Digital Rentals: 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

7. Digital Rentals: Who’s Playing? • Vendors Serve all CSU Campuses • CourseSmart: Independent bookstores • Café Scribe: Follett bookstores • NookStudy: Barnes & Noble bookstores • Cengage Learning: 27% of higher ed market • Today’s Partner Presenting: • Cengage Learning • Presenter: Dave Bach

8. Digital Rentals: What’s the Schedule? • Spring-Summer-Fall 2012: Faculty/Staff-focused activities • “Kick-off” March 6-7 Workshop at Chancellor’s Office • Join the AL$ Online Community for info and support http://voices.merlot.org/group/affordable-learning-solutions-community • Monthly webinars by CO, CSU campuses & vendors • Support for Campus AL$ Initiatives • More Hands-On Workshops

9. Fall 2012: • Student-focused activities • Campus Outreach: Student awareness of choice • Cal State Student Association communication program • CSU Public Affairs program

10. 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

11. Affordable Learning Solutions

12. AL$ Efforts and Outcomes @Cal Poly Pomona Presented by: Emma C. Gibson Dept. Chair/Head of Public Services

13. AL$ Efforts and Outcomes @ Cal Poly Pomona • Our beginnings… • Where we are now… • Plans for the future…

14. AL$ Efforts and Outcomes @ Cal Poly Pomona • Our beginnings - How we got started • Better understanding of AL$ and the HEOA • Recruit folks for the working committee • Identify the goals/charge of the group • Obtain buy-in from campus constituencies • Get our website up and running • Get faculty to participate

15. ALI Efforts and Outcomes @ Cal Poly Pomona • Our beginnings… continued • Shared information about ALI with faculty and showcased various ways they can participate • Contacted faculty who were already utilizing the ALI principles (providing high quality, affordable course materials to students) and inviting them to join our “featured faculty” • Helped faculty to locate high quality, affordable course materials for upcoming courses • Contacted Deans and Department Chairs with praise for their faculty participation

16. ALI Efforts and Outcomes @ Cal Poly Pomona • Where we are now – What we’ve accomplished • Website went live as planned on September 13, 2011 • Over 65 faculty participating in our “featured faculty” program where their efforts are showcased • A couple of faculty has contacted us to ask if they can become a “featured faculty” • Congratulations emails sent to deans and department chairs regarding their faculty participation in ALI

17. ALI Efforts and Outcomes @ Cal Poly Pomona • Where we are now… continued • Reorganized faculty and students pages on ALI website • Request librarians to remind their faculty of ALI services/program • Organized reception for ALI “featured faculty” • Recognized participating faculty with a slideshow and certificates of appreciation

23. Faculty Comments Dr. Bonny Burns-Whitmore is assisting her students in the struggle to find affordable texts. How? By using an ebook for her graduate class and taking advantage of Blackboard to post lab manuals for her undergraduate classes. Not only is Dr. Burns-Whitmore helping her students save money on the cost of textbooks, but her approach is also increasing their success in learning. Human Nutrition & Food Science

24. Faculty Comments Dr. Renford Reese states, “This is exactly what I do for my students, provide them with “Affordable Learning Solutions”. I do this primarily through giving them access to ebooks, creating class packs, and guiding them to external internet links. I also provide an array of alternative learning materials on my website…My aim is to give students access to a wealth of free academic content. In this day of shrinking budgets and increased tuition, students desperately need “Affordable Learning Solutions.” Political Science

25. Faculty Comments Dr. Richard Hyslop looks for ways to help his students deal with the high cost of textbooks. He uses an ebook that is completely free and is provided by FEMA. Dr. Hyslop explains how his “students will not have to pay a cent for texts next quarter.” Geography & Anthropology

26. Faculty Comments Dr. Henry Co has gone out of his way to provide his students with more access to affordable texts. He has connected his students to websites where they can legally download free textbooks. “The students are happy” says Dr. Co. Technology & Operations Management

27. A Few Faces of Our “Featured Faculty”

28. ALI Efforts and Outcomes @ Cal Poly Pomona • Plans for the future • Update email templates to publicize the services • Prepare timeline/work plan for activities • Provide opportunities for faculty to showcase/share what they are doing • Provide workshops/training sessions about available services • Increase participation in “featured faculty” program with self-nomination available online

29. ALI Efforts and Outcomes @ Cal Poly Pomona • Important things to remember • A large part of this program is to make faculty aware of the various services available to help them find or developed high quality and affordable course materials • We’re here to facilitate what many of them are already doing • We’re offering a gift not a burden • There’s plenty of help out there • Have fun and continue to build great relationships!

30. Questions or Comments Regarding ALI @ Pomona ecgibson@csupomona.edu Emma Gibson

44. Joys & Concerns About Your AL$ Activities

45. Joys & Concerns About Your AL$ Activities Sharing your experiences of what’s working and not working is very helpful for all of us so we can continuously improve our AL$ services • What activities are bringing joy to you, your faculty, your students, your students’ parents, and/or your staff? • What activities are creating problems for you, your faculty, your students, your students’ parents, and/or your staff?

46. Next CSU AL$ webinar • July-August, 2012 - Date/Time TBD • Campus feature: San Jose State University • Vendor feature: Barnes and Noble- NOOKStudy • More updates regarding CSU AL$ support • Further dialog regarding your needs toward making a CSU education more affordable JOIN THE CSU AL$ ONLINE COMMUNITY AT http://voices.merlot.org/group/affordable-learning-solutions-community

47. THANK YOU! JOIN THE CSU AL$ ONLINE COMMUNITY AT http://voices.merlot.org/group/affordable-learning-solutions-community