Affordable Learning Solutions and a Taste of MERLOT

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Affordable Learning Solutionsand a Taste of
MERLOT
Gerry Hanley, Ph.D. California State University
Office of the Chancellor Academic Technology
Services and MERLOT October 12, 2012 Leveraging
Technology to Support Students, Faculty,
Staff Foothill DeAnza College, CA
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• In the next 45 minutes, well
• Review the components of the Affordable Learning
  Solutions (AL) Initiative
• Leveraging Content Providers
• Creating Capabilities
• Developing Demand
• Enabling Ecosystems
• Demonstrate how the CSU is implementing the AL
  initiative
• Answer questions about how you can applying AL
  to your institutional initiatives

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Ready with the right institutional context?
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The CSU Our Dreadful Situation

• 800M budget cut in last 2 years with 250M
  budget cut likely in November 35 cut of our
  state funding
• Tuition Fees more than doubled in the last 3
  years
• 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

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Student Responses to Costs

• 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.

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CSU Provides System Access to No and Low Cost
Textbook Alternatives

• Open Educational Resources Through ALS site,
  find over 1,000,000 FREE online instructional
  materials, including over 2,200 FREE online
  textbooks that you can use
• CSU Library Resources Our electronic library
  collections provide students FREE access to
  extensive resources
• Faculty Authored Materials Published and
  distributed in a variety of ways
• Lower Cost Publisher Content in both electronic
  and hard copy formats.

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http//als.csuprojects.org
Affordable Learning Solutions Website One Stop
Shop To Find Alternative Content, Tools,
Technologies, Policies, Marketing and Deployment
Strategies
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AL Initiative Strategy
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Developing Demand
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Campus Initiatives turn
capacity into Outcomes
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Developing Demand I Want My AL

• If you build it, they will comeAssumes you
  know what people really want.
• Communication Campaigns Are Critical
• Awareness of choices
• Overcoming fears and misunderstandings
• Opportunities to achieve an advantage

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Developing Demand I Want My AL

• If you build it, they will comeAssumes 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

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Fall 2010 - Fall 2011 105 Faculty Made Digital
Choices 6,900 Students Enrolled Potential 490,
000 Savings
http//library.csudh.edu/ALS/
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Enabling Ecosystems
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Enabling EcosystemsYou 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

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How do you make AL a priority over other
competing demands for attention?

• Politics matter a lot.

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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 CDCompliance Driver)

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AL Initiative Strategy
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Project Management Methods for Making Your
Dreams Real

• Basics of Project Management
• Scoping
• Staffing
• Funding
• Nagging

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QUESTIONS?Thank You