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Affordable Learning Solutions Webinar Series: AL$ Initiative and ZyBooks

Join us for a webinar introducing SF State's AL$ Initiative and ZyBooks. Learn about affordable instructional materials, recent activities, faculty projects, and upcoming events. Explore the AIM website and completed faculty projects for inspiration. Engage with AL$ strategies and projected savings. Be part of the AL$ awareness day sessions and innovative faculty projects. Student and faculty perspectives on AIM will be shared, along with success stories and ongoing projects.

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Affordable Learning Solutions Webinar Series: AL$ Initiative and ZyBooks

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  1. Webinar Series – September 2015 San Francisco State’s AL$ Initiative ZyBooks 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

  2. Webinar Agenda • Introductions • Leslie Kennedy • Director, Affordable Learning Solutions • San Francisco State AL$ Initiative • Brian Beatty • Affordable Instructional Materials (AIM) Coordinator • Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs Operations • Monica Munoz • AIM Project Manager • Senior Instructional Designer • ZyBooks • Kathleen Hayes • Alex Goldberg • Susan Lysecki • David Ruby • Wrap Up

  3. Recent AL$ Activities • CSU San Bernardino faculty development day -- AL$ presentation • CA Open Online Library – http://cool4ed.org • SJSU Innovation & Collaboration Expo for Teaching & Learning, October 1 – 2, 2015 • SJSU Open Access Conference, October 23, 2015 • Open Education Conference, November 18 – 20, 2015

  4. Affordable Instructional Materials “AL$” at SF State

  5. A brief history of AIM • Governance • Steering Committee • Operations Team • Communications • Student Survey • Communication Plan • Faculty Showcase Events • AIM Website • Awards • Faculty Projects

  6. AIM Governance Steering Committee • Brian Beatty: AVP of Academic Affairs Operations • Maggie Beers: Academic Technology Executive Director • Nicole Bohn: Disability Programs & Resource Center Director • Deborah Masters: University Librarian Operations Team • 2 DPRC Staff • 5 Librarians • 5 Faculty Members (LCA, COB, HSS, GCOE, COES) • 1 Bookstore Representative • 1 Information Technology Services Representative • 1 Academic Senate Member

  7. Student Survey • Developed & Reviewed a 6-Item Survey • Distributed Survey: • LMS: iLearn login page • Digital Signage (Student Commons, Library, etc.) • AIM/AT Listserv • Summarized Data in Infographic

  8. Infographic

  9. Affordable Learning @ SF State • http://affordablelearning.sfsu.edu/affordable-materials

  10. AIM Website: Student Perspective

  11. AIM Website: Faculty Showcase

  12. AIM Website: Open Educational Resources

  13. AIM Website: Getting Started with AIM

  14. AIM Website: Events and Opportunities

  15. AIM Website: About AIM

  16. AIM Awareness Day • Breakout session 1: • Custom Publishing (Library) • Digital Course Packs (Bookstore) • Luncheon • Introduction to AIM at SF State • (5) Faculty Presentations • Breakout session 2: • Searching for OER (AT) • How to Find and Adopt Open Textbooks (COERC)

  17. Completed Faculty Project 2014-15 Elizabeth Brown: PACE Proposed Project Who: 21 PACE courses Goal: Bring student materials cost of $100 or more to under $75 How: OER, open textbooks, and custom publishing packages Projected savings: $106,303/term Actual savings: TBD (end of Fall 2015)

  18. Completed Faculty Project 2014-15 AnoshuaChaudhuri: Economics Proposed Project Who: Econ 540: 30 students Goal: Eliminate course material cost $100 How: Use LMS to post PowerPoints, study materials, and peer reviewed articles Projected savings: $4,500/term Actual savings: $5,400

  19. Completed Faculty Project 2014-15 Pat Donohue: Instructional Technology Proposed Project Who: ITEC 816: 30 students Goal: Create “checkout lab” for materials, including $45 textbook How: Purchase SmartPens and Nooks with eBook for student use Projected savings: $1,700/term Actual savings: $1,700

  20. Completed Faculty Project 2014-15 Tara Lockhart: English Department Proposed Project Who: English 214: 3,500 students Goal: Eliminate print version of textbook $25 How: Move print text online using LMS “book” feature Projected savings: $75,000/year Actual savings: $87,500

  21. Completed Faculty Project 2014-15 Dawn Elissa Fischer: Africana Studies Proposed Project Who: AFRS 310: 30 students Goal: Eliminate textbook cost $88 How: Use LMS to post OER materials and links to peer reviewed articles Projected savings: $4,500/term Actual savings: TBD

  22. In-Progress Faculty Project 2016-16 VenooKakar: Economics Proposed Project Who: Econ 825: 30 students Goal: Eliminate course material cost $540 How: Adopt open textbook, open source software(R) and link peer reviewed articles through LMS Projected savings: $20,140 Actual savings: TBD

  23. In-Progress Faculty Project 2016-16 Amy Kilgard: Communications Proposed Project Who: 55 sections of Comm 150: 1,650 students Goal: Reduce cost of textbook from $85 to $40 How: Adopt open source textbook and custom publishing package Projected savings: $66,000 Actual savings: TBD

  24. In-Progress Faculty Project 2016-16 Crystal Wong: English Proposed Project Who: English 104: 55 students Goal: Eliminate course material cost $100 How: Adopt open textbook, use LMS to post workbook materials and submit assignments to eliminate printing costs Projected savings: $8,000 Actual savings: TBD

  25. In-Progress Faculty Project 2016-16 Michael Bar: Economics Proposed Project Who: Econ 310: 60 students Goal: Eliminate course material cost $190 How: Write open source textbook and adopt free software (R) Projected savings: $11,400 Actual savings: TBD

  26. In-Progress Faculty Project 2016-16 Hsiao-Yun Chu Proposed Project Who: DAI 360: 25 students Goal: Reduce student material cost How: Collaborate with local suppliers and the bookstore to discount supplies and implement a donation center for unused supplies Projected savings: $500 Actual savings: TBD

  27. Total Savings* to Students *total does not include rent digital, library ebooks, etc.

  28. Questions? Brian Beatty SF State AIM Coordinator AVP Academic Affairs Operations bjbeatty@sfsu.edu Monica Munoz SF State AIM Project Manager AT Instructional Designer munoz027@sfsu.edu SF State AIM Website: affordablelearning.sfsu.edu Thank you!

  29. TM Less Text, More Action www.zybooks.com 29

  30. Agenda • Who We Are • What is a zyBook? • zyBook Demo • zyBook Usage by CSU Professor • Quality and Affordability 30

  31. zyBooks is both a publisher and a platform Scalable, cloud-based, feature-rich, publishing platform To date we have built: 11zyBooks Programming in C Programming in C++ Programming in Python 2 & 3 Programming in Java AP Computer Science (Java) Discrete Mathematics Computing Technology for All Programming in MATLAB Programming Embedded Systems Digital Design 2014 & 2015 Best Paper Award 3 patents filed 3 SBIR grants Total $1M 31

  32. Growth in 2 years The company started in 2013 and zyBooks are currently in use by: • 70,000 college students • 600 classes • 280 universities • 98% renewal rate

  33. Growing customer base 70,000 Students 280 Universities 33

  34. zyBook Usage in the CSU System • Sonoma State University (2015) • California State University, Chico (2013) • California State University, Fresno (2014) • California State University, Long Beach (2014) • San Diego State University (2014) • California State University, Northridge (2013) • San Francisco State University (2014) • San Jose State University (2014) • California State University Sacramento (2015) zyBooks Used: C++, Data Structures, Discrete Math, Python 2.7, C, Java, Digital Design, Matlab 34

  35. Why zyBooks for Students Highly interactive material (not just digital) Animations, Simulations, Interactive tools Helps student Identify what students think they know vs. what they really know Students learn “by doing” vs simply reading 35

  36. Why zyBooks for Professors View class participation Calculates % complete by class and by student Flexibility in course and book design Rearrange chapters/sections,make sections optional Add customized notes

  37. zyBook DEMO DEMO

  38. Professor David Ruby CSU Fresno Uses Programming in C++ zyBook for CSCI 40 Using zyLabs Fall 15’ Testimonial

  39. Quality and Content Susan Lysecky, PhD (Formerly Assistant Professor at Univ of Arizona) Author/additional author • Algebra, Computing Technology for All, Digital Design, Data Structure Essentials Quality and content • Pedagogies - less text, more action works! • Most content written by PhDs, active professors who teach material Future zyBooks • Increase number of zyBooks 2x+ by 2017 • Looking for authors (info@zyBooks.com)

  40. zyBooks have proven to improve Student Learning Outcomes User studies showing improved grades 1945 students, 4 classes, 3 universities 2013 - 2014 14% Grades Letter grade improvement 14% Higher scores on Exams 8% Traditional Texbook zyBooks Higher Scores on Projects 40

  41. zyBooks provide higher outcomes & engagement Textbook* vs.zyBooks 16% more improvement 64% Improved scores for lowest quartile 10 64% more 8 6 Improvement score 6.4 5.5 7.4 86% More time spent 4 4.5 2 Textbook Initially lowest quartile zyBook 24% More engaged 128 students, randomly assigned zyBook/textbook Improvement score = score on post-test minus score on pre-test * Study at UC Riverside, CS 10: Programming in C++, Fall 2013 41

  42. 14,396,101 Activities submitted Jan 1 – Mar 31 ~ 850 activities per student 95% of instructors require the zyBook ~100% Sell-through for “required” zyBooks High engagement: An indicator of disruption 40% of students don’t buy the “required” textbook, yet ~100% subscribe to the “required” zyBook, Engagewith the zyBook for several hours/week 42 88% Activity completion in “required” sections Over 2 hours/week 4 to 5 30-min long sessions/week

  43. Redefining the Learning Process ZyBooks: • Innovative • Effective • Comprehensive • Quality Content • Student Friendly • Affordable: $48 zyLabs: • Save professors and TAs time and energy • Provide INSTANT feedback to students • Easy to customize and to share • Are not dependent on zyBooks - can be used with any other tools or books • Affordable: $15-$19 per student - System-wide discounts available 43

  44. Get Your Hands On A zyBook Today Alex Goldberg: alex.goldberg@zybooks.com 650-269-5170 Lori Berns: lori.berns@zybooks.com 626-483-4579 Or simply log on to: www.zybooks.com

  45. Thank you and Questions • San Francisco State AL$ Initiative • Brian Beatty • Affordable Instructional Materials (AIM) Coordinator • Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs Operations • Monica Munoz • AIM Project Manager • Senior Instructional Designer • ZyBooks • Kathleen Hayes • Alex Goldberg • Susan Lysecki • David Ruby http://affordablelearning.sfsu.edu/ https://zybooks.zyante.com/#/home

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