Affordable Learning Solutions Gerry Hanley, Ph.D. California State University Office of the Chancellor Academic Technology Services and MERLOT March 8, 2013 New Mexico State University

The fun we’ll have in 2 hours Do you like gifts? Review the components of the Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) Initiative Demonstrate how the CSU is implementing the AL$ initiative If You Ruled the World: Planning how you might use AL$ services in your classes and campus Answer questions about how you can applying AL$ to your institutional initiatives

GIVE A GIFT AND NOT A BURDEN 3

WHAT’S THE NATURE OF A GIFT? 4 WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Ready with the right institutional context?

6 California State University -CSU 23 campuses; 427,000 students; about 80% undergraduate During the college year, the CSU conferred almost 100,000 degrees. 46 percent of all bachelor’s degrees and 30 percent of all master’s degrees granted by California colleges and universities

The CSU: Our Dreadful Situation 30% cut of our state funding in last 3 years Tuition Fees more than doubled in the last 3 years 1/3 of our students get enough financial aid to cover the cost of tuition and books/supplies Our Mission: Provide access to an excellent education High priority: Reduce the cost of education for our students because affordability is an barrier to access 7

Nationally, 7 of 10 students report not buying at least 1 required text because of cost. 79% of all students state that they would do “worse/much worse” in without their own text. High costs have multiple effects on our students’ ability to succeed and graduate in a timely manner. Student Responses to Costs

CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions AccessibilityAffordability Choice

Combining Global & Local Strategies Shared System Services available to all CSU campuses –Economies of scale lowers costs –Consistency of services improves quality Campus Initiatives leverage local leadership and resources –Builds on trusted culture and meaningful purposes 10

CSU Provides System Access to No and Low Cost Textbook Alternatives 1.Open Educational Resources: Through ALS site, find over 1,000,000 FREE online instructional materials, including over 2,300 FREE online textbooks that you can use 2. CSU Library Resources: Our electronic library collections provide students FREE access to extensive resources 3.Faculty Customized and Authored Materials: Published and distributed in a variety of ways 4.Lower Cost Publisher Content in both electronic and hard copy formats.

Did Thermodynamic Equilibrium Excite Your Curiosity ?

Why Are We Learning? Student Learning Outcome: Student will be able to: –Plan, conduct, & analyze experiments (scientific method) –Apply the findings to a real world problem that demonstrate an accurate understanding of thermodynamic equilibrium. Why: –Thermodynamics is foundational knowledge to be a professional chemist, physicist, engineer, science teacher Why in the real world: –People spend many trillions of dollars heating and cooling their living spaces. –If you want to design ways to have “Green” heating and cooling systems, you must understand thermodynamic equilibrium.

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LEARN the prerequisites FIND supplemental and accessible materials as well as experts EXPLORE subjects for the future PERSONALIZE and ORGANIZE your online learning materials into a collection SHARE your personal collection, explore others' personal collections, and contribute to the online learning revolution 15 MERLOTx

THINK-PAIR-SHARE about MERLOTx and OER THINK about what you learned from the presentation and how you could apply it to your teaching and your students learning PAIR up with 1 or 2 other people, enjoy the wit and wisdom of your colleagues and talking through your ideas SHARE your plans and feedback with your colleagues and with the entire group (as requested). 16

Enabling Ecosystems with policies, leadership, business models Developing Demand with communications, training, professional development Creating Capabilities with convenient & affordable access to content (CSU Digital Marketplace) Leveraging Content Providers Publishers--Libraries-- Academic Authors-- Open Education Resources (CSU-MERLOT) AL$ Initiative Strategy

LEVERAGING CONTENT PROVIDERS & CREATING CAPABILITIES 18

19 Demonstrate CSU’s Implementation: Leveraging Content Providers

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 California State University Brand for faculty custom publications  Readers, anthologies, custom content  Faculty: Easy search, instant download, quick copyright permission  GREAT FEATURE: Faculty see the final cost to students build as they go and edit!  AcPub CLEARS THE COPYRIGHT ON ALL YOUR MATERIALS!  Students: Download, buy print, print out, read on- the-go  Support, hard copy, print-on-demand available through each campus bookstore ACADEMIC PUB 21

CSU’s Custom Version Of AcademicPub Visit and choose your campushttp://csu.academicpub.com

Learning Management Systems make it easy for institutions and individuals to CONVENIENTLY ADOPT Digital Course Materials for Teaching and Learning

Moodle Integration 24

Search For MERLOT Content Within Blackboard

Search Result From MERLOT

MERLOT Content Inserted Into Blackboard

Barnes & Noble Nook Study Integration

AL$ OER Search Results

If You Ruled the World… What is your department’s or campus’ readiness to leverage content providers and create capabilities? –Awareness and support for using OER –Library Integration into instructional mission –Faculty authoring & Content integration into LMS –Partnering with Publishers and your bookstore What are the barriers facing your department or campus in achieving “readiness”? What would you do about it?

DEVELOPING DEMAND 31

CAMPUS INITIATIVES TURN CAPACITY INTO OUTCOMES 32

Developing Demand: I Want My AL$ “If you build it, they will come”…Assumes you know what people really want. Communication Campaigns Are Critical –Awareness of choices –Overcoming fears and misunderstandings –Opportunities to achieve an advantage 33

Communication With & By Stakeholders President Academic Affairs: Provost, AVP, Deans, Assoc. Deans, Library Deans Faculty & Staff: Academic Senate, Faculty Development Directors, library staff, faculty innovators Business & Finance: CFO, Auxiliary Director, Bookstore manager, financial aid, public affairs/development Student Affairs: VP, AVP, Director of Center for Students with Disabilities, Outreach, etc. Students: Associated Students, Student Newspaper 34

Developing Demand: I Want My AL$ “If you build it, they will come”…Assumes people know how to “play ball” Professional development and training –Create the human capabilities to OER and digital media confidence and success Recognize exemplary people and practices –Be part of a campus priority –Add to a tenure/promotion portfolio 35

/ Fall Fall Faculty Made Digital Choices 6,900+ Students Enrolled Potential $490,000 Savings

37 Demonstrate CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions Implementation

If You Ruled the World… What is your department’s or campus’ readiness to “develop demand”? – Who will manage and own your AL$? –What messages and messengers can be delivered? –What professional development is critical? –Are you ready to “go the distance”? What are the barriers facing our institution in achieving “readiness”? What would you do about it?

ENABLING ECOSYSTEMS 39

Enabling Ecosystems: “You Want My AL$” Leadership – “Top to bottom” –Connecting “silos” for students’ benefits Business deals – Partnerships vs. Vendors Campus Policies – can represent the values and provide “good guidance” –Intellectual property, “textbook” adoption, HEOA implementation, accessibility Responding to legislators intent and actions 40

HOW DO YOU MAKE AL$ A PRIORITY OVER OTHER COMPETING DEMANDS FOR ATTENTION? Politics matter a lot…. 41

What Drivers Will Attract Attention? Affordability - Access to higher ed dependent on “Total Cost of Education“ (MD) Higher Education Opportunity Act – Cost transparency that requires changes in campus business practices (CD) Section 508 of Rehabilitation Act – timely delivery of accessible content to students with disabilities (CD) Consumer demands for digital services & products (MD) Learning outcomes for accreditation (CD) OTHERS???? WHAT IS THE COMPETITION FOR ATTENTION? (MD= Market Driver CD=Compliance Driver) 42

If You Ruled the World… What is your department’s and campus’ readiness to “enabling ecosystems”? – Who will lead and expect outcomes? –Are “you” in the position to make business deals? –What campus policies need development or changes? –Are you ready to “go the distance”? What are the barriers facing our institution in achieving “readiness”? What would you do about it?

Enabling Ecosystems with policies, leadership, business models Developing Demand with communications, training, professional development Creating Capabilities with convenient & affordable access to content (CSU Digital Marketplace) Leveraging Content Providers Publishers--Libraries-- Academic Authors-- Open Education Resources (CSU-MERLOT) AL$ Initiative Strategy

Project Management: Methods for Making Your Dreams Real Basics of Project Management –Scoping –Staffing –Funding –Nagging 45

Project Management: Scoping your project –Campus, Discipline, System, Other strategy –Define REASONABLE objectives Start where you have LEVERAGE and FRIENDS Start where you are ready to succeed –Leadership with visible commitment –Program and support commitment –Communication process commitment –Program evaluation process commitment –Management of continuous process improvement 46

Enabling Ecosystems with policies, leadership, business models Developing Demand with communications, training, professional development Creating Capabilities with convenient & affordable access to content (CSU Digital Marketplace) Leveraging Content Providers Publishers--Libraries-- Academic Authors-- Open Education Resources (CSU-MERLOT) AL$ Initiative Strategy

Innovations are bridging and blending the valuable services that have matured in the libraries, bookstores, and open education libraries. In higher ed, –Innovations must be CONVENIENT –Innovations must make people’s lives successful –Innovations frequently changing the locus of control –Innovations must save money

Shall We Give the World of People Gifts…

Together? Mass = Open Education Community

QUESTIONS? Thank You 51