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 Introductions Leslie Kennedy Director, Affordable Learning Solutions  CSU Chico AL$ Initiative Laura Sederberg AL$ Coordinator Manager, Teaching & Learning Program  Rafter, Inc. Brian Bates General Manager Managed Services  Wrap Up AL$ Webinar Agenda

AL$ Activities Fullerton AL$ Day Dominguez Hills AL$ Faculty Recognition Day San Bernardino Textbook Affordability Faculty Development Day San Francisco Releases Student Survey Data

Textbook Alternatives Project – or TAP 2 California State University, Chico Presenters Laura Sederberg, Manager of TLP Steve Stewart, Faculty Fellow April 15, 2015

Chico State’s CSU Grant-Funded Project Sharing on Chico’s TAP 1 success.  Offered $1,000 per faculty for participation.  Recruited one TAP Faculty Fellow.  Support Team: Librarians, TLP, CELT, AeL, Faculty Fellow, Bookstore.  Offered SoftChalk to authors of e-Texts. Textbook Alternatives Project, TAP 2

FOCUS: FOCUS: Open Educational Resources (OER), e-Textbooks, Rentals, MERLOT, Creative Commons sharing… If you are willing to create open educational resources (OER) you may decide to share with others, or not. Your choice!

 Search the CSU Affordable Learning Solutions webpage for free textbooks in your discipline.  Visit the CSU, Chico Textbook Alternatives Project (TAP) page to see what other faculty have done.  Talk to a faculty support representative in the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) for pedagogical ideas.  Talk to an Instructional Technology Consultant (ITC) in the Technology & Learning Program (TLP) for technology ideas.  Talk to your subject librarian for OER searches in Meriam Library. Textbook Alternatives Project, TAP 2

 Meet once monthly as a group to share concerns and successes.  Opportunities given for webinars offered on key topics.  Guest speakers brought in, such as Follett Bookstore folks, representative speaking about OpenSTAX.  Monthly meetings with faculty, librarians, technology team, Faculty Fellow, Faculty Development Director.  Share SoftChalk opportunities to develop own course materials. Textbook Alternatives Project, TAP 2

TAP 2 has 13 Faculty 1.Nancy B. Anderson & Keiko Goto: NFSC 310; Ecology of Human Nutrition 2.Rebekah Damazo: NURS 311; Nursing Informatics 3.Patrick Doyle: ANSC 340; Livestock Reproduction 4.Shelley Hart: CHLD 440; Issues in Assessment for Children & Families 5.Julie Holland: NFSC 468; Child Nutrition 6.Karin Lightfoot: NURS 312; Nursing Research 7.Celina Phillips: ANSC 230; Animal Science: Feeds and Nutrition 8.Phyllis Salopek: NURS 255; Evidence Based Practice 9.Valerie Singleton: CHLD 492; Children and Families 10.Steve Stewart: SOSC 300; Great Books & Ideas in Social Science 11.David Winzenz: PSYC 364; Statistical Methods in Psychology 12.Hossein Zakeri: PSSC 101; Introduction to Plant Science

Estimated Chico Savings  Twelve projects = estimated savings to Chico State Students of $213,774 for next AY.  The saving to each student is between $57 to $180 per semester with this group.  Investment from faculty = time and learning new ways to prepare course materials.  SoftChalk is chosen tool for writing and developing new course materials.

SoftChalk adoptions at CSU pricing  1 in Animal Science  3 in Nursing  1 in Nutrition and Food Science  2 in Nutrition and Food Science are writing their own textbook with Kona Publishing.

 Variety of project solutions, most are avoiding an expensive textbook, and rather are locating online resources, or open educational resources with librarian help.  One tried and true model is this from Steve Stewart, our alumnus from last year, and this year’s Faculty Fellow. Textbook Alternatives Project, TAP 2

Used Textbooks How: Students use a textbook 2 – 3 editions back Savings: Spring Semester, Students X $85 textbook = $8075 Instructor Effort “Hassle-rating” 1 – 10 scale Periodicals How: Link to Journal Articles available online from the Library; Place links in Bb Learn Savings: 95 students X $20 = $1900 for The Economist Videos How: Streaming video that the library or your home department has copies Savings: 95 students X $8.00 = $760 per semester Book in Common How: Use Online e-Books Available via Meriam Library Savings: 95 students X $15.00 = $1425 per semester Hassle’O’Meter EasyHard Doing it yourself With your Librarian’s help Doing it yourselfGrad Assistant does it for you Total Student Savings 475 Total Students (over 5 Semesters) $60,800 Savings per Student: $128 (x 475 students = $60,800) Savings Per Semester for 95 Students Used Textbooks 95 X $85.00 = $8075 Periodicals 95 X $20.00 = $1900 Videos 95 X $8.00 = $760 Book in Common e-Book 95 X $15.00 = $1425 $12160 Hassle’O’Meter Textbook Alternative Project (TAP) SOCS 301 – Spatial Concepts, Steve Stewart Save $$ for your StudentsHOW? EasyDifficult EasyDifficult

Thanks to CSU AL$ Initiative CSU, Chico TAP presenters today: Laura Sederberg manages the Technology and Learning Program. Steve Stewart is our Faculty Mentor for TAP2. He teaches in both Social Science Program and the Dept. of Geography & Planning.

15 3/25/12 PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS A new approach to course materials management

16 3/25/12 16 Founded in 2006 as BookRenter.com Work With Hundreds of Campuses Served 2+ Million Students Saved Students $525+ Million Satisfaction Scores that Beat Amazon Rafter Amazon Barnes & Noble CAMPUSES on Rafter RAFTER BY THE NUMBERS Source: Top U.S. Net Promoter Industry Benchmarks, Satmetrix Systems, Inc., 2013

17 3/25/12 TRENDS. BEHAVIORS. DISRUPTION.

18 3/25/12 18 THE RISING COSTS OF TEXTBOOKS Course Materials Consumer Price Index Source: American Enterprise Institute citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic and U.S. Census Bureau, 2013

19 3/25/12 19 $1,200 THE RISING COSTS OF TEXTBOOKS ON COURSE MATERIALS + AND SUPPLIES Source: “Quick Guide: College Costs” (2014), College Board (

20 3/25/12 20 THE IMPACT ON STUDENT SUCCESS 65% OF STUDENTS DECIDED AGAINST BUYING A TEXTBOOK DUE TO COST 94% OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD HURT THEIR GRADE Sources: “Fixing the Broken Textbook Market” Report, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, 2014 and NBC News 93% OF FACULTY FEEL STUDENTS WOULD RECEIVE HIGHER GRADES WITH TEXTBOOK

21 3/25/ % THE IMPACT ON STUDENT SUCCESS “…of all students surveyed said the cost of textbooks affected which or how many classes they choose to take each semester.” Source: “High Textbook Prices Have College Students Struggling”, U.S. News, January 2014 nearly

22 3/25/12 22 THE IMPACT ON STUDENT SUCCESS 60% of 4-year students don’t graduate within 6 years 80% of 2-year students don’t graduate within 3 years Source: “The Myth of the 4-year College Degree,” Time Inc. citing U.S. Department of Education, 2013

23 3/25/12 23 FACULTY FREEDOM

24 3/25/12 WHY NOW?

25 3/25/12 INTRODUCING RAFTER 360

26 3/25/12 26 FLAT RATE MODEL All Students One Low Rate All Course Materials

27 3/25/12 27 PROGRAM COMPONENTS Pricing Intelligence Efficient Sourcing Fulfillment Options

28 3/25/12 28 Prepared on Day One THE BENEFITS Academic Freedom Better Outcomes

29 3/25/12 29 RAFTER ADOPT

30 3/25/12 WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE SAYING

31 3/25/12 31 CUSTOMER SUCCESS “The prices were just too high — with Barnes & Noble. We had no control over book sales and the cost of books. [With Rafter360] we don’t feel so helpless anymore in dealing with book costs.” President David Armstrong STUDENT SAVINGS: 55% “The process has been exceedingly smooth from the student’s perspective. They simply show their ID card, get it scanned, and we have the books ready for them. It literally takes 30 seconds to hand them a bag full of course materials.” CFO and VP of Finance Tom Price

32 3/25/12 32 CUSTOMER SUCCESS “I love that there are so many ways to win with this program — students win, the bookstore wins, and the faculty win.” President Dr. Tim Summerlin “It has been just an amazing experience for both the bookstore staff and for students to be able to have that level of service, time and time again the students are walking out of the bookstore, shaking their heads, saying they have never had anything work that well. VP Admin & Finance Bill Muse STUDENT SAVINGS: 54%

33 3/25/12 THANK YOU

Thank you and Questions  CSU Chico AL$ Initiative Laura Sederberg Manager, Teaching and Learning Program Affordable Learning Solutions Coordinator  Rafter, Inc. Brian Bates General Manager Managed Services 