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Fresno State AL$ Initiative Boundless 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 Webinar Series – November 2015
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Webinar Agenda Introductions Leslie Kennedy Affordable Learning Solutions Director Fresno State AL$ Initiative Vang Vang Instructional Technology Librarian Affordable Learning Solutions Coordinator Boundless Steve Ernst Content & Learning Systems Cecil Banhan Sales & Strategic Partnerships Wrap Up
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Vang November 20, 2015
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AL$ @ Fresno State 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Current
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2012-13 = Committee Library-led Duties & Charge Provide leadership and oversight on AL$ programs at Fresno State Raise awareness and create buy-in for AL$ at Fresno State Serve as campus contact for information on AL$ Manage links to AL$ resources and showcase faculty actively participating in AL$ Serve as the campus contact/partner for CSU-wide and Chancellor’s Office initiated AL$ efforts Campus Partners The Library Academic Technology & Innovation (faculty development office) Kennel Bookstore Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) and a member-at-large from adopting faculty
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2013-14 = Faculty Learning Community (FLC) 9 Faculty 14 courses 625 students Savings $36,418
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2014-15 = “Discovery Tool” in the President’s Tablet Initiative 12 Faculty 15 courses 420 students Savings $41,959
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2015-16 = AL$ Challenge Affordable Learning Solutions was given to the college deans as a challenge to encourage their faculty to implement. At the end of spring 2016, the college with the most faculty participating wins $10,000.
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Take-A-Ways Be Patient. Be Persistent. Define and Operate AL$ as “inclusive”.
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B O U N D L E S SB O U N D L E S S EmpoweringFacultyandStudentsWithHigh QualityModularCourseware California StateUniversity 20Nov2015 Steve Ernst, PhD VP Content and Learning Services sernst@boundless.com Cecil Banhan VP Institutional Sales and Partnerships cbanhan@boundless.com cbanhan@boundless.com
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Agenda BOUNDLESS > 2015 2 ❖ Introductions ❖ CSU A ff ordable Learning Solutions ❖ Boundless Value-adds to Support A ff ordable Learning Solutions ❖ Demo (Educator Context): Assignments Data analytics and dashboard ❖ Demo (Student Context): Assignment completion Review of grades ❖ Discuss Needs at Your Institution ❖ Discuss Next Steps
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Today’stextbooksaresellingstudentsshort “…a survey released by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund shows that 65% of student consumers have opted out of buying a college textbook due to its high price, and of those students, 94% say they suffer academically.” “Over the past decade, college textbook prices have increased by 82%, or at three times the rate of inflation” BOUNDLESS > 2015 3 http://uspirg.org/news/usp/survey-shows-students-opting-out-buying-high-cost-textbooks Source: Survey included 2,000 students from 150 campuses
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Boundless:Next-generationdigitalpublisher ➡ Highly extensible content structure ➡ Empowers faculty; promotes collaboration Outcomes- oriente d Affordable ➡ LO as “backbone” ➡ Reflective and active learning model ➡ $29.99 per student Modular& flexible Readytogo ➡ 20+ full-length courses ➡ Ready-made courseware (digital textbook, reader, quizzes) ➡ Over 400 qualified SMEs ➡ Rigorous instructional design and editorial practices Quality BOUNDLESS > 2015 13
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100+ contributors ➡ Continuous improvement: community of Boundless users suggest edits to content, reviewed for approval by subject lead Continuous improvement 4 FTEs ➡ Final review: each content module reviewed and approved for publication by Boundless subject lead (FTE) Final review 400+ freelance SMEs ➡ Structuring: decisions on taxonomy, depth, breadth guided by academic advisor - PhD / experienced educator in the field Synthesis: for each module, Boundless SME (contract): ➡ Curates best available source material, editing to create single piece of cohesive content Writes bullet point summary, selects and defines key terms Sources and adds media (images, video, interactive graphs) ➡ Peer review: each module reviewed by another SME on team: Scores content module on quality rubric Content scoring below given threshold automatically kicked back for re-work, passes through peer review stage again Peer review Curate, edit, structure 900+ unique sources Public Domain OER Open Websites Source content BOUNDLESS > 2015 14 Multi-stageprocesssupportsqualitycontent
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ModularContentStructure Learning Objective Assessment Bank Content … … Biology And over 20 more subjects … Easy for educators to re-arrange across subjects Modules can be used in multiple courses Sociology BOUNDLESS > 2015 15
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Readytogo:Deployinweeks,notmonths ❖ Low switching costs - map from syllabus in days ❖ Full content library is ready to use with students ❖ Seamless integration with leading LMS platforms BOUNDLESS > 2015 16
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RealTimeDataandAnalytics ❖ Rapid insights for educators and students ❖ Monitor student progress and performance BOUNDLESS > 2015 17
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AwardwinningStudentExperience ❖ Works across all devices ❖ ADA compliant ❖ Award winning e-Reader BOUNDLESS > 2015 18
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Andbestofall-it’sverya ff ordable BOUNDLESS > 2015 19 ❖ $29.99 per student per course; enterprise pricing available ❖ Student keeps access to content forever - no expiring license ❖ Students can purchase through boundless.com or from the institution’s bookstore
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RecentUsebyCSUSystemFaculty BOUNDLESS > 2015 20 New Faculty Accounts on boundless.com since 1 August 2015: 14,270 new faculty accounts CSU institutions represented:8 of 23 CSU East Bay CSU Fullerton CSU Long Beach CSU Maritime Academy CSU Monterey Bay CSU Northridge CSU Sacramento CSU San Marcos
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CourseReviewsbyCSUSystemFaculty BOUNDLESS > 2015 21
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Demo
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Questionsorcomments?
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BOUNDLESS > 2015 15 Boundless:Next-generationdigitalpublisher ➡ Highly extensible content structure ➡ Empowers faculty; promotes collaboration Outcomes- oriente d Affordable ➡ LO as “backbone” ➡ Reflective and active learning model ➡ $29.99 per student Modular& flexible Readytogo ➡ 20+ full-length courses ➡ Ready-made courseware (digital textbook, reader, quizzes) ➡ Over 400 qualified SMEs ➡ Rigorous instructional design and editorial practices Quality
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B O U N D L E S SB O U N D L E S S EmpoweringFacultyandStudentsWith High QualityModular Courseware Steve Ernst, PhD VP Content and Learning Services sernst@boundless.com Cecil Banhan VP Institutional Sales and Partnerships cbanhan@boundless.com cbanhan@boundless.com
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Thank you and Questions Introductions Leslie Kennedy Affordable Learning Solutions Director Fresno State AL$ Initiative Vang Vang Instructional Technology Librarian Affordable Learning Solutions Coordinator http://fresnostate.edu/academics/als/ http://fresnostate.edu/academics/als/ Boundless Steve Ernst Content & Learning Systems Cecil Banhan Sales & Strategic Partnerships https://www.boundless.com/ https://www.boundless.com/ Wrap Up
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