1. The California Open Online Library: From Curation to Adoption December 4, 2016 Leslie Kennedy, EdD Director, Affordable Learning Solutions Academic Technology Services California State University System Office

3. San Francisco State Affordable Learning Solutions

4. What are California higher education institutions doing regarding textbook affordability?

5. http://cool4ed.org

6. State of California Legislature Senate Bill 1052: CA OER council State of California Legislature Senate Bill 1053: COOL4ED Accounting Art History Biology Business Chemistry Child Development Communications Computer Science Economics Education English Electronic Media Geography History Kinesiology Math Music Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology Spanish Statistics 50 Courses State appropriation: $5 Million Matching: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

7. http://www.cool4ed.org

8. CA-OERC Created the Textbook Review Rubric

9. COOL4Ed.org textbook reviewers, focus group participants, and pilot project participants per segmentCOOL4Ed.org textbook reviewers, focus group participants, and pilot project participants per segment.

12. You are considering an open textbook because of the quality content and the affordability. In particular, you like their potential ancillary materials.

13. http://tiny.cc/findTextbook Find an OER for your course. Method 1 Use the Find tool in COOL4ED to look for: 1) Open textbooks or, 2) other open educational resources. http://cool4ed.org

14. http://affordablelearningsolutions.org

15. ISBN Finder

16. Assembly Bill 798 Textbook Affordability Act October 2015 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB798

17. The Textbook Affordability Act - AB 798 $4M State Funding – Each CCC and CSU can apply for up to $50K – Open Educational Resources – Demonstrate 30% student savings – Potential bonus $$ in second year – Begins January 2016 - Results by 2018 – Managed by CSU – No matching funds

18. Leslie Kennedy lkennedy@calstate.edu 562.951.4605 http://affordablelearningsolutions.org http://cool4ed.org Thank you!

19. Resources WCET YouTube on Finding Open and Free, Digital Textbooks WCET YouTube on Finding Open and Free, Digital Textbooks CSU Affordable Learning Solutions California Open Online Library COOL4Ed.orgCOOL4Ed.org