Presentation Title
Situating Open Educational Resources for CSU Faculty and Student Success
Location
Room 225
Start Date
23-10-2017 10:15 AM
End Date
23-10-2017 11:15 AM
Description
Economic inequity is a pervasive aspect of the population of California State University (CSU) students. There are significant differences in the ability of our students to afford the total cost of their CSU education. Not only are they afforded less access to educational materials, but they also may be disadvantaged in knowing how to take advantage of those resources.
Providing free, open, and/or low-cost options for course materials is a CSU Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) strategy to significantly reduce the impact of economic inequities. Thus, we situate open as enabling equitable academic opportunities and successful educational outcomes for all CSU students.
Through state supported legislation and grant funding, AL$ has built the California Online Open Library for Education (www.cool4ed.org) with open textbooks for 52 courses articulated across California’s higher education systems. We have partnered with legislators, the Hewlett and Gates Foundation, the Community Colleges, and the University of California and acquired $5M for COOL4Ed.org and for faculty development programs. By 2020, we anticipate that COOL4Ed will expand its open textbook catalog from 52 to 150 courses.
In this session Drs. Leslie Kennedy and Lesley Farmer will provide an overview of a variety of open education resources showcasing CSU faculty and student experiences with OER. In addition, they will review the current status of the CSU OER initiatives and strategies for future expansion in support of faculty instruction and student learning success.
Included in
Information Literacy Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, Scholarly Publishing Commons
Situating Open Educational Resources for CSU Faculty and Student Success
Room 225
Economic inequity is a pervasive aspect of the population of California State University (CSU) students. There are significant differences in the ability of our students to afford the total cost of their CSU education. Not only are they afforded less access to educational materials, but they also may be disadvantaged in knowing how to take advantage of those resources.
Providing free, open, and/or low-cost options for course materials is a CSU Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) strategy to significantly reduce the impact of economic inequities. Thus, we situate open as enabling equitable academic opportunities and successful educational outcomes for all CSU students.
Through state supported legislation and grant funding, AL$ has built the California Online Open Library for Education (www.cool4ed.org) with open textbooks for 52 courses articulated across California’s higher education systems. We have partnered with legislators, the Hewlett and Gates Foundation, the Community Colleges, and the University of California and acquired $5M for COOL4Ed.org and for faculty development programs. By 2020, we anticipate that COOL4Ed will expand its open textbook catalog from 52 to 150 courses.
In this session Drs. Leslie Kennedy and Lesley Farmer will provide an overview of a variety of open education resources showcasing CSU faculty and student experiences with OER. In addition, they will review the current status of the CSU OER initiatives and strategies for future expansion in support of faculty instruction and student learning success.
