The AL$ September webinar took place on Sept. 15, 2020 with a focus on Low Cost Course Materials. View the PPTThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.. Contact als@calstate.edu for questions/inquiries.
Soaring textbook costs are negatively impacting today's college students – especially those from historically underserved populations. In recent years, California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) has emerged as a national leader in textbook affordability by introducing the first three zero-textbook-cost undergraduate majors (aka, "Z-Majors") in the entire CSU system – and perhaps the entire nation. The California Alliance for Open Education (CAopenEd) was established to help scale CSUCI’s unprecedented success to a larger, external audience by equipping campus leaders with the administrative training, guidance, and resources they need to help reduce course material costs and increase student success.
The California Alliance for Open Education (CAopenEd)This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. equips campus leaders and administrators with the training, guidance, and resources they need to reduce course material costs and increase student success.
To learn more, please visit their About pageThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab., or contact themThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab. directly for a personal consultation and/or campus training.
The CSU has signed a limited agreement with Pressbooks. We would like to support any CSU faculty or staff member who is interested in publishing course materials in the open education environment.