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CALMing the High Cost of Educational Resources: How CSUSM is Creating Alternatives to Expensive Textbooks
CSUSM is addressing the high cost of educational resources by creating alternatives to expensive textbooks, impacting a diverse student body of over 10,000. The CALM initiative launched to raise awareness and provide resources for faculty to reduce instructional material costs, resulting in significant savings for students. Ongoing surveys and proposals aim to further encourage faculty participation and promote open educational resources.
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CALMing the High Cost of Educational Resources: How CSUSM is Creating Alternatives to Expensive Textbooks
- 1. How CSUSM is crea/ng alterna/ves to expensive textbooks. CALMING THE HIGH COST OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:
- 2. • Total enrollment: 10,364. Undergraduate students: 9,929; graduate students: 435. • A diverse popula/on of students. Our ethnicity: 0.3 percent Na/ve American/American Indian, 3.0 percent African American, 8.4 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 35.8 percent Hispanic, 36.5 percent Caucasian, 5.7 percent Two or more races and 2.7 percent Non-‐ Resident. CSUSM BY THE NUMBERS
- 3. • 67 percent of our students receive financial assistance. • 39 percent of our student popula/on is male and 61 percent is female. • 28 percent are the first members of their families to seek a college degree.
- 4. • Officially designated as a Hispanic Serving Ins/tu/on (HSI) and Asian American Na/ve American Pacific Islander Serving Ins/tu/on (AANAPSI)
- 5. • ACE Scholars – working with former foster youth. • AB 540 Students – the DREAM Act. • Native Advisory Council and CSUSM Tribal Initiative: relationships with more than 25 tribal communities across San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS
- 6. • Conflicting experiences of librarian faculty when talking with others about Open Access/Open Education Resources. • Survey: determine existing faculty awareness of library services and to assess the willingness of the community to support free online scholarly materials. Campus survey of faculty
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- 14. CALM – AffordableLearning $olutions 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 14 • Started in Spring 2013 • Our Team • Sponsor - Bill Ward, Associate Dean, IITS • Natalie Wilson, Faculty Fellow • 3 Instructional Designers: Susan, Barbara, Cherie • Summer 2013 • Researched other CSUs efforts • Developed branding –logo, posters • Built website – lots of resources • Developed a communications plan • Pilot -CALMed Natalie’s courses
- 15. CALM – Communications& Kickoff • Fall 2013 • Bill Ward met with Deans and Department Chairs • Sept/October –Developers introduce CALM & Faculty call at department meetings • Customized presentations -examples of OER/library sources • Increased awareness and comfort level • Started a conversation amongst the faculty • Left flyers and emailed to lecturers • Two informational meetings before led by Natalie, FF • Personal contact • Proposed resolution to Academic Senate • Student Posters 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 15
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- 19. DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION Resources and Examples 2/21/2014Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 19
- 20. CALM down yourtextbook costs! Why • 4x the rate of inflation = increase in textbook prices • $1,655 = what CSUSM students will spend this year for books and supplies. • $1,342 = The average annual Cal Grant B student award for textbooks and living expenses. • $20,200 = The average student debt for students graduating from a 4 year public university in 2010. What You Can Do • 10 simple ideas 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 20
- 21. CALMed course example– WMST 303 WMST 303: Education, Race and Gender, Dr. Natalie Wilson • Reconstructing Gender $90.26 • Troubling Education $49.95 • Teaching to Transgress $21.36 • Total: $161.50 CALMED course • Breaking Bad Habits of Race and Gender 24.95 • Pearson Custom Book 24.65 • OER videos, websites, and organizational publications (eg FMF’s report on gender equity and education) • Library Materials including Course Reserves, journal articles, and Media Library Holdings • Total: $49.60 Savings: $111.90 (x40 students = $4,467) 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 21
- 22. SOURCES Resources and Examples Sociology 2/21/2014Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 22
- 23. CSU AL$ SearchEngine 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 23
- 24. CSU AL$ SearchEngine 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 24
- 25. OER Commons, Physics Open College Textbooks, Chemistry Open Textbooks 2/21/2014Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 25
- 26. More Options 2/21/2014 InstructionalDevelopment Services - CSUSM 26
- 27. More Options Search Results 2/21/2014Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 27
- 28. More Options 2/21/2014 InstructionalDevelopment Services - CSUSM 28
- 29. Custom Publishing New! Selector share course packs in the Co-Op 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 29
- 30. Simulations & Games PennState – Animations for Physics and Astronomy U of Colorado, Boulder 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 30
- 31. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 2/21/2014 InstructionalDevelopment Services - CSUSM 31
- 32. Call for Proposals • Up to 20 professional development awards to faculty who can reduce instructional material costs to students, using • Lower cost bookstore rentals, used and ebooks (CSU Rent Digital) • Custom publishing • OER • Library materials, • Create your own, etc. • Funded by a $25,000 grant from the Chancellor’s office • Program is completely voluntary • CALM website 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 32
- 33. Call for Proposals Level1 award- $1000 • Proposal saves money for average number of students (>50 – 100/yr) • Project saves > %50 of current textbook cost. • Project uses a combination of OER, library, custom publishers or original materials. Level 2 award - $1500 • Project consists of all or almost all original, Open Education Resources or library materials. and/or • Project is scalable, creates course material for a G.E. or high enrollment course (>100/ year) 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 33
- 34. The Award • $1000-$1500 professional development funds • Goal - fund up to 20 faculty proposals • Participants must submit a final report detailing actual savings to students. • Solutions must meet copyright and accessibility guidelines Selection criteria • Quality of application • Potential savings • Authored materials and Creative Commons licensing encouraged Application & Details – http://www.csusm.edu/ids/calm 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 34
- 35. Proposal Details • Submitproposal to CALM@csusm.edu • Deadline to submit proposal – October 25, 2013 • Award winners will be notified by November 1, 2013 • Implemented by Fall 2014 • Contents of Proposal: • Current cost of instructional materials • How you plan to reduce current costs • Approximate # of students affected and estimated savings per student. • Teams encouraged to apply 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 35
- 36. Results from 2013Call • 22 proposals submitted – 28 courses - 3 teams • 20 funded • 9 courses implemented by this semester • 55K savings first semester • Estimated total savings – 1st semester 300K 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 36
- 37. NEXT STEPS 2/21/2014 InstructionalDevelopment Services - CSUSM 37
- 38. Next Steps • 2ndCall for proposals – March 2014 • CALM Newsletter – February • Academic Senate Resolution – March vote (today) • Student Outreach • Collaborate with ASI – student events • Student Survey – cost of texts and impacts - March • Website – faculty showcase • Faculty presentations • CSU Symposium March 8th • CSUSM Teaching & Learning Expo – Spring • Faculty Recognition from Provost 2/21/2014 Instructional Development Services - CSUSM 38
- 39. • Continue education and outreach for faculty members. • Track money saved / amount of use of campus created content. • Put campus created scholarship into ScholarWorks. • Link OER in library catalog, when possible. NEXT STEPS …
- 40. • Open Education Resources: The New Paradigm in Academic Libraries forthcoming from the Journal of Library Innovation. – Melanie Chu, Outreach Librarian, co-‐author • Follow up in 2-‐3 years: survey faculty again to see if there has been a shift.
- 41. • Carmen Mitchell, Institutional Repository Librarian, cmitchell@csusm.edu • Barbara Taylor, Instructional Developer, Academic Technology Services, btaylor@csusm.edu QUESTIONS?