Affordable Learning Solutions
Faculty AL$/OER Chronicle
See who has used OERs and/or low-cost materials in their courses to save their students money.
2017-18 AL$ Faculty
Faculty, courses, students -- Total Student Savings:$
- Myunghwan Shin mshin@csufresno.edu
- Lisa Houts lisahouts@csufresno.edu
- Megan Souza msouza@csufresno.edu
- Ganesh Oka goka@csufresno.edu
- Nicole Smith njsmith@csufresno.edu
- Salvador Vazquez salvadorv@csufresno.edu
- Erika Ireland eireland@csufresno.edu
- Shabnam Pooya shabnampooya@csufresno.edu
- Amber Crowell acrowell@csufresno.edu
- Jennifer Adame-Walker jadame@csufresno.edu
- Valentine Kovtun vkovtun@mail.fresnostate.edu
- Amber Reece areece@csufresno.edu
- Hyung Tae Kim hkim@csufresno.edu
- Michael Ray mray@csufresno.edu
- Sholeh Shahrokhi sshahrokhi@csufresno.edu
- Leslie Zarrinkhameh lzarrinkhameh@mail.fresnostate.edu
- Joseph Ross jross@csufresno.edu
- Jaydene Elvin jaydene@mail.fresnostate.edu
- Doreen De Leon doreendl@csufresno.edu
- Rubén Casas rcasas@csufresno.edu
- Ingrid Fellows ifellows@csufresno.edu
- Timothy Baker tbaker@csufresno.edu
- Jennie Porter jporter@csufresno.edu
Myunghwan Shin
CI 175: Science Instruction and Applied Technology (2 sections)
Original Texts:
- The Power of Questioning: Guiding Student Investigations. ($23)
- The Usborne Internet-Linked Science Encyclopedia. ($77)
AL$ Implementation-- Using free resources (journal articles and ebooks) from the Library and the internet.
No. of Students: 38 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $100
Total Savings: $3,800
EHD 180T: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in STEM
Original Text: PBL in the Elementary Grades: Step-By-Step Guidance, Tools and Tips for Standards-Focused K-5 Projects. ($75)
AL$ Implementation-- Using free resources (journal articles and ebooks) from the Library and the internet.
No. of Students: 13 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $75
Total Savings: $975
Amber Crowell
SOC 111: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Original Text:
- Beyond Black and White edited by Zulema Valdez ($44)
- Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen ($10)
AL$ Implementation-- Replaced the Valdez book and assigned articles that are accessible electronically in the Library.
No. of Students: 31 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $44
Total Savings: $1,364
Joseph Ross
BIOL 102: Genetics
Original Text: Essentials of Genetics. ($159)
AL$ Implementation-- Using my own materials that I created.
No. of Students: 72 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $159
Total Savings: $11,448
Lisa Houts
MGT 124: Production/Operations Management
Original Text: Operations Management. ($300)
AL$ Implementation-- Using older edition of the textbook. ($170)
No. of Students: 41 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $130
Total Savings: $5,330
Jennifer Adame-Walker
PHTH 535: Foundations of Physical Therapy
Original Text:
- Therapeutic Exercise, 6th edition.
- Physical Rehabilitation, 6th edition.
- Mobility in Context: Principles in Patient Care Skills , 1st edition.
- Joint Range of Motion and Muscle Length Testing, 3rd edition.
- Daniels and Worthingham Muscle Testing, 9th edition.
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the department's free online service and books for students.
No. of Students: 34 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $447
Total Savings: $15,198
Jaydene Elvin
LING 11: Linguistics for Teachers
Original Text:
AL$ Implementation--
No. of Students: in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $
Total Savings: $
Megan Souza
MGT 124: Production/Operations Management
Original Text: Operations Management. ($300)
AL$ Implementation-- Using older edition of the textbook.
No. of Students: 40 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $130
Total Savings: $5,200
Valentine Kovtun
COMM 8: Group Communication
Original Text: Communicating in Groups: Applications and Skills, 9th edition. ($187)
AL$ Implementation-- Using Library resources and free materials from Internet. All course materials provided
free on Blackboard.
No. of Students: 15 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $187
Total Savings: $2,805
COMM 5: Argumentation
Original Text: Everything's an Argument, 7th edition. ($58)
AL$ Implementation-- Using Library resources and free materials from Internet. All course materials provided
free on Blackboard.
No. of Students: 15 in spring 2018
Savings per Student: $58
Total Savings: $870
Doreen De Leon
MATH 81: Elementary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra (2 sections)
Original Text: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra ($204)
AL$ Implementation-- Using my own textbook.
No. of Students: 68 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $204
Total Savings: $13,872
Ganesh Oka
MATH 81: Elementary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
Original Text: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra ($204)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted a free textbook developed by colleagues in the department.
No. of Students: 18 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $204
Total Savings: $3,672
Amber Reece
BIOL 10: Life Science (4 sections)
Original Text: Biology textbook from McGraw Hill ($110) + Connect online homework
($40).
AL$ Implementation-- Using OpenStax textbook, Concepts of Biology. The course now cost $15.
No. of Students: 585 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $135
Total Savings: $78,975
Rubén Casas
ENGL 250T: Rhetoric & Immigration
Original Texts:
- Shifting Borders by Ono and Sloop ($28)
- The Rhetorics of U.S. Immigration by Hartelius ($30)
- Border Rhetorics by DeChaine ($35)
AL$ Implementation-- Use Library resources to cover the DeChaine and Hartelius books. Students only had to purchase the Ono book.
No. of Students: 15 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $65
Total Savings: $975
ENGL 177: Film, Literature, and the Liberal Arts
Original Texts:
- American on Film by Bensoff and Griffin ($48)
- Short Guide to Writing about Film by Corrigan ($65)
AL$ Implementation-- Use Library resources (ebooks, journals and Kanopy).
No. of Students: 22 in spring 2018
Savings per Student: $113
Total Savings: $2,486
Nicole Smith
KINES 31: Historical and Professional Foundations of Physical Education
Original Text: Intro to Phys Ed w/ Connect by Lumpkin ($174)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 44 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $108
Total Savings: $4,752
KINES 152: Physical Education for Children (3 sections)
Original Text: Children Moving w/ Connect by Graham ($158)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 92 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $92
Total Savings: $8,464
Hyung Tae Kim
ACCT 162: Auditing (2 sections)
Original Text: Audit Assurance Service + Connect by Louwers ($184)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 78 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $58
Total Savings: $4,524
Ingrid Fellows
CHEM 3A: Introductory General Chemistry
Original Text: Intro Chemistry w/ Mastering ($141)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 185 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $66
Total Savings: $12,210
Salvador Vazquez
CHEM 3A: Introductory General Chemistry
Original Text: Intro Chemistry w/ Mastering ($141)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 185 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $66
Total Savings: $12,210
Michael Ray
CHEM 3A: Introductory General Chemistry
Original Text: Intro Chemistry w/ Mastering ($141)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 186 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $66
Total Savings: $12,276
Timothy Baker
ACCT 144: Tax Accounting and Planning (2 sections)
Original Text: 2018 Fed Taxation + MAL by Pope ($239)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 123 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $162
Total Savings: $19,926
Erika Ireland
NUTR 53: Nutrition and Health: Realities and Controversies
Original Text: Nutrition and You by Blake ($140)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 87 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $68
Total Savings: $5,916
Sholeh Shahrokhi
NUTR 53: Nutrition and Health: Realities and Controversies
Original Text: Nutrition and You by Blake ($140)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 87 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $68
Total Savings: $5,916
Jennie Porter
NUTR 53: Nutrition and Health: Realities and Controversies (2 sections)
Original Text: Nutrition and You by Blake ($140)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 175 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $68
Total Savings: $11,900
Shabnam Pooya
NUTR 54: Elementary Nutrition
Original Text: Nutrition From Science to You by Blake ($140)
AL$ Implementation-- campus bookstore, Immediate Access
No. of Students: 104 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $68
Total Savings: $7,072
Leslie Zarrinkhameh
PHTH 507: Foundations of Patient Assessment and Clinical Management in Physical Therapy
I
Original Text:
- Therapeutic Exercise, 6th edition.
- Physical Rehabilitation, 6th edition.
- Mobility in Context: Principles in Patient Care Skills , 1st edition.
- Joint Range of Motion and Muscle Length Testing, 3rd edition.
- Daniels and Worthingham Muscle Testing, 9th edition.
AL$ Implementation-- Use online textbook platform purchased by the department.
No. of Students: 33 in fall 2017
Savings per Student: $447
Total Savings: $14,751
2016-17 AL$ Faculty
42 Faculty, 58 courses, 2,469 students -- Total Student Savings: $356,457
- Kevin Capehart* kcapehart@csufresno.edu
- Arturo Amaro aamaro@csufresno.edu
- Lalita Oka loka@csufresno.edu
- Dean Davis dedavis@csufresno.edu
- Tony Vang tvang@csufresno.edu
- Nitaigour Prem Mahalik* nmahalik@csufresno.edu
- Carmen Caprau ccaprau@csufresno.edu
- Tanya Nichols* tanichols@csufresno.edu
- Eric Person* eperson@csufresno.edu
- Stephanie Reed* sdmreed@csufresno.edu
- Jenna Kieckhaefer jkieckhaefer@csufresno.edu
- Patrick De Walt* pdewalt@csufresno.edu
- Justine McAlpine jmcalpin@csufresno.edu
- Alison Mandaville amandaville@csufresno.edu
- De Anna Reese dreese@csufresno.edu
- Selena Van Horn svanhorn@csufresno.edu
- Natalie Muñoz* nmunoz@csufresno.edu
- Jenny Banh jenbanh@csufresno.edu
- Pei Xu* pxu@csufresno.edu
- Mathieu Richaud* mathieu@csufresno.edu
- Jennifer Isom Schmidtke* jenisom@csufresno.edu
- L-Jay Fine* larryf@csufresno.edu
- Vickie Krenz vickik@csufresno.edu
- Joshua Reece* joreece@csufresno.edu
- Jeff Brueggemann* jbrueggemann@csufresno.edu
- Enid Perez enperez@csufresno.edu
- Meta Schettler mschettl@csufresno.edu
- Victoria Malko* vmalko@csufresno.edu
- Daming Zhang* dazhang@csufresno.edu
- LauraHuisinga* lhuisinga@csufresno.edu
- Alejandro Calderon-Urrea* calalea@csufresno.edu
- Dermot Donnelly* ddonnelly@csufresno.edu
- Ida Jones* ida_jones@csufresno.edu
- Lolita Araim laraim@csufresno.edu
- Sean Johnson sejohnson@csufresno.edu
* adopted OER materials/textbook - AB 798 grant
Collaborating with the Center for Faculty Excellence to increase faculty adoption of OER.
Jeff Brueggemann
BA 175: Tools & Techniques of International Business
Original Text: Transnational Management Text, Cases & Readings Cross Border Management. ($309)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted free resource from US Dept. of Commerce: https://www.export.gov/Export-Education.
No. of Students: 35 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $309
Total Savings: $10,815
Jennifer Isom Schmidtke
PSYCH 36: Biological Psychology (2 sections)
Original Text: Brain & Behavior by B. Garrett ($113)
AL$ Implementation-- ALL materials for these two sections have been created by me and available on a website I created for this class (http://isompsych36.weebly.com).
No. of Students: 71 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $113
Total Savings: $8,023
Joshua Reece
BIOL 260T: Conservation Biology
Original Text: Principles of Conservation Biology. ($95)
AL$ Implementation-- No textbook require. Course materials are peer-reviewed scientific articles from the Library and online resources.
No. of Students: 8 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $95
Total Savings: $760
Patrick De Walt
EHD 50: Introduction to Teaching
Original Texts:
- Critical Multicultural Conversations. ($52)
- Connecting Teachers Students and Standards. ($21)
AL$ Implementation-- Using California Department of Education's free materials/resources (i.e., Curriculum Frameworks, Content Standards, Common Core State Standards and California Standards for the Teaching Profession). The Connecting Teachers Students and Standards book is available (ebook) from the Library.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $73
Total Savings: $1,825
EHD 180T: Social Science through Universal Access
Original Texts:
- Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. ($36)
- Universal Design for Learning. ($50)
AL$ Implementation-- Digital Storytelling is available (ebook) from the Library and Universal Design for Learning is available online from http://udltheorypractice.cast.org/login.
No. of Students: 15 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $86
Total Savings: $1,290
Sean Johnson
PH 48: First Responder and Emergency Care
Original Text: AAOS EMT. ($200)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the national standard curriculum for the course which is open source. My plan is to use the open source outline and have the students expand the outline format into a textbook format.
No. of Students: 40 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $200
Total Savings: $8,000
PH 49: Emergency Medical Technician Training
Original Text: AAOS First Responder. ($300)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the national standard curriculum for the course which is open source. My plan is to use the open source outline and have the students expand the outline format into a textbook format.
No. of Students: 40 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $300
Total Savings: $12,000
Tanya Nichols
ENGL 117W: Writing From Children's Literature (3 sections)
Original Texts: Varies reading texts ($145)
AL$ Implementation-- Classic Fairy Tales ($24) is the only book required for the course. All the other readings are available from Library and/or online and using the Purdue OWL for citing references.
No. of Students: 84 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $121
Total Savings: $10,164
ENGL 163: Advanced Writing of Fiction
Original Text: Method and Madness, the Making of a Story. ($55)
AL$ Implementation-- No textbook required this semester. All reading is free and available online.
No. of Students: 25 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $55
Total Savings: $1,375
Mathieu Richaud
EES 167: Oceans and Atmosphere and Climate (2 sections)
Original Text: Investigating Oceanography. ($229)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the open (free) ebook: Introduction to Ocean Sciences by Dr. Douglas Segar.
No. of Students: 61 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $229
Total Savings: $13,969
Jenna Kieckhaefer
CRIM 160T: Wrong Convictions
Original Texts:
- Wrightsman's Psychology and the Legal System. ($235)
- The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume II. ($150)
AL$ Implementation-- Using free materials from the Internet and journal articles/resources from the Library.
No. of Students: 30 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $385
Total Savings: $11,550
CRIM 270T: Interviewing
Original Texts:
- Essentials of the Reid Technique. ($97)
- Detecting Deception. ($53)
- The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume I. ($150)
AL$ Implementation-- Using free materials from the Internet and journal articles/resources from the Library.
No. of Students: 10 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $300
Total Savings: $3,000
Dermot Donnelly
CHEM 3A: Introductory General Chemistry
Original Text: Introductory Chemistry and student access kit. ($180)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the OpenStax text: Chemistry.
No. of Students: 175 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $180
Total Savings: $31,500
Eric Person
CHEM 3A: Introductory General Chemistry (2 sections)
Original Text: Introductory Chemistry and student access kit. ($180)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the OpenStax text: Chemistry.
No. of Students: 250 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $180
Total Savings: $45,000
Pei Xu
AGBS 170S : Advanced Agribusiness Applications(2 sections)
Original Text: Agribusiness Management. ($81)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the Purdue Agribusiness Simulation and using my own teaching materials.
No. of Students: 80 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $81
Total Savings: $6,480
Laura Huisinga
GD 50: Internet Design
Original Texts:
- Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics. ($50)
- HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites. ($30)
- On Web Typography. ($30)
- Type on Screen: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Developers, and Students. ($25)
- Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students. ($20)
- Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3. ($35)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted a combination of Lynda.com videos and various articles from alistapart.com,thinkingwithtype.com, etc.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $190
Total Savings: $4,750
GD 157: Motion Graphics
Original Texts:
- After Effects Apprentice: Real World Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist. ($49)
- Type on Screen: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Developers, and Students. ($25)
- Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students. ($20)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted a combination of Lynda.com videos and various articles from alistapart.com,thinkingwithtype.com, etc.
No. of Students: 5 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $94
Total Savings: $470
Alejandro Calderon-Urrea
BIOL 1A: Introductory Biology (2 sections)
Original Text: Biology by Brooker ($280) + in-house lab manual ($20)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the OpenStax textbook, Biology;used an in-class quiz system (Top Hat); ) and online homework system (Sapling Learning) which is $80 total + lab manual ($20).
No. of Students: 268 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $200
Total Savings: $53,600
Kevin Capehart
ECON 50: Principles of Macroeconomics (2 sections)
Original Text: Economics by R. Arnold ($395)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics, bundled with Sapling Learning's on-line homework system ($48).
No. of Students: 80 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $347
Total Savings: $27,760
Justine McAlpine
KINES 126: Analysis and Application: Aquatics (2 sections)
Original Text: ($75)
AL$ Implementation-- Made digital copies of texts available on Blackboard. Using free resources on the internet (red cross, etc.).
No. of Students: 60 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $75
Total Savings: $4,500
Jenny Banh
ANTH 123: Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia
Original Texts:
- Southeast Asia: Past and Present. ($54)
- Toms and Dees. ($26)
- Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto. ($26)
AL$ Implementation-- All my required texts are on Reserves at the Library.Also I use older editions of my required texts ($22, $10, $17).
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $57
Total Savings: $1,425
ASAM 110: Asian American Communities
Original Texts:
- Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary Reader. ($37)
- Eating Asian America: A food Studies Reader. ($27)
- Asian American Politics. ($28)
AL$ Implementation-- All my required texts are on Reserves at the Library. Also I use older editions of my required texts. ($23, $14, $10)
No. of Students: 35 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $45
Total Savings: $1,575
Nitaigour Prem Mahalik
IT 280: Research Methodology
Original Texts:
- Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research. ($90)
- Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice. ($65)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted etext from Researchgate--An Introduction to Business Research Methods. Also using my own materials and articles.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $155
Total Savings: $3,875
IT 131: Automated Systems I
Original Text: Digital Fundamentals. ($230)
AL$ Implementation-- Changed the required text to:Digital Principles and Applications ($20). Also using my own materials and articles.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $210
Total Savings: $5,250
Natalie Muñoz
FREN 2A: French for Communication
Original Text: Sur le vif: Niveau intermediaire ($176) and workbook ($43)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted Enhancing French skills(free website for intermediate learners of French) by University of Texas at Austin. Also using France au Quotidien. ($41)
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $176
Total Savings: $4,400
FREN 120T: Women's Voices in Francophone Literature
Original Texts: All physical copies of the 7 books would be about $105.
AL$ Implementation-- New course, using 7 books ($105 total cost). Four of the 7 books are either in the Library's collection, on Kindle or on Project Gutenberg. Therefore only 3 will be (new - $45 total) ordered for students to purchase from bookstore.
No. of Students: 10 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $60
Total Savings: $600
Daming Zhang
IT 117: Quality Assurance
Original Text: CQIA Primer. ($75)
AL$ Implementation-- Eliminated the text for IT 117 for fall semester.Students learn by searching the relevant materials from the internet according to my guidelines, and study and discuss the materials they found.
No. of Students: 23 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $75
Total Savings: $1,725
Meta Schettler
AFRS 104W: Writing About American Inequality (2 sections)
Original Texts: total of 5 books ($96)
AL$ Implementation-- 2 of the 5 books are ebooks in the Library.
No. of Students: 52 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $50
Total Savings: $2,600
Arturo Amaro
CLAS 9: Chicano Artistic Expression
Original Text: Chicano Popular Culture. ($25)
AL$ Implementation-- Using the chapters available on Google Books and supplementing the missing chapters with free materials online or instructor developed.
No. of Students: 35 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $25
Total Savings: $875
Alison Mandaville
ENGL 105: Introduction to Literary Analysis
Original Text: Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. ($22)
AL$ Implementation-- Changed the format of text to electronic ($10) and found the others on the Internet (public domains). Also accepted older editions and used Library Reserves.
No. of Students: 25 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $12
Total Savings: $300
Enid Perez
WS 12: Critical Thinking (3 sections)
Original Text: Dialogues: Argument Rhetoric and Reader ($115) + MyWriting Lab ($32)
AL$ Implementation-- Switched to the ebook and bundled it with MyWritingLab. ($54)
No. of Students: 110 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $93
Total Savings: $10,230
Lalita Oka
CE 123: Soil Engineering
CE 125: Geotechnical Engineering Design
Original Text: Principles of Geotechnical Engineering. ($226)
AL$ Implementation-- CE 123 is Prerequisite for CE 125. Used same textbook for both courses and faculty authored materials.
No. of Students: 40 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $113
Total Savings: $4,520
DeAnna Reese
HIST 210T: American Immigration and Ethnic History
Original Texts: total of 7 books ($183)
AL$ Implementation-- 2 of the 7 books are ebooks from the Library.
No. of Students: 20 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $55
Total Savings: $1,100
Carmen Caprau
MATH 151: Principles of Algebra
Original Text: Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 7th edition. ($188)
AL$ Implementation-- Gave students the option to use older edition ($23) and provided a link to a free pdf (same edition) on the web from Boise State.
No. of Students: 20 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $165
Total Savings: $3,300
Dean Davis
FM 133: Textile/Apparel Economics
Original Text: Going Global: the Textile and Apparel Industry. ($90)
AL$ Implementation-- Kept the 2nd edition ($40) instead of moving to the latest.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $50
Total Savings: $1,250
Selena Van Horn
LEE 244: Research for Reading Professionals
Original Texts:
- Reading Educational Research: How to avoid getting statistically snookered. ($27)
- Handbook of Research on Teaching English Language Arts. ($113)
- Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV. ($109)
AL$ Implementation-- Used Library resources and free web materials/resources.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $249
Total Savings: $6,225
Victoria Malko
History 11: American History to 1877
Original Text: The American Pageant: A History of the American People. ($121)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted OpenStax text: U.S. History.
No. of Students: 43 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $121
Total Savings: $5,203
Tony Vang
LEE 284: Collaborative Leadership for Educational Diversity
Original Texts:
- Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The eightfold path to more effective problem solving. ($36)
- Cultural Diversity in Schools: From rhetoric to practice. ($35)
- The Color of Bureaucracy: The politics of equity in multicultural school communities. ($35)
AL$ Implementation-- Two of the 3 texts are available from the Library, adopt for class use. Also I use Reserves for all my required texts.
No. of Students: 10 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $70
Total Savings: $700
Rose Marie Kuhn
FREN 5: Conversation
Original Text: Tu sais quoi?! Cours de conversation en francais. ($70)
AL$ Implementation-- Used my own materials and free materials from Project Gutenberg.
No. of Students: 16 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $70
Total Savings: $1,120
FREN 2B: French for Communication
Original Text: Transitions: Decouverte du texte litteraire. ($82)
AL$ Implementation-- Used my own materials and free materials from Project Gutenberg.
No. of Students: 10 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $82
Total Savings: $820
Michael Shepherd
LING 115: Language, Culture, and Society (3 sections)
Original Text: Language Myths. ($16)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted ebook available from the Library: What is Sociolinguistics.
No. of Students: 100 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $16
Total Savings: $1,600
John Beynon
ENGL 150: Restoration & Eighteenth-Century Literature
Original Texts: Various reading texts ($71)
AL$ Implementation-- Replaced all print anthologies and texts with free, online texts available on Gutenberg.org; poetryfoundation.org; pepysediary.com; A Celebration of Women Writers (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/); and johnsonessays.com.
No. of Students: 15 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $71
Total Savings: $1,065
ENGL 193T: Origins of the English Novel
Original Texts: Various reading texts ($180)
AL$ Implementation-- Replaced all print anthologies and texts with free, online texts available on Gutenberg.org; poetryfoundation.org; pepysediary.com; A Celebration of Women Writers (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/); and johnsonessays.com.
No. of Students: 20 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $180
Total Savings: $3,600
Jes Therkelsen
MCJ 112: Audio Production
Original Text: Audio in Media by Stanley Alten ($80)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted ebook: Recording and Producing Audio for Media from the Library.
No. of Students: 24 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $80
Total Savings: $1,920
MCJ 177T: Media Entrepreneurship
Original Texts:
- Complete Film Production Handbook. ($46)
- Starting a Business All-In-One For Dummies.
- Fundamentals for Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur.
- Clearance & Copyright: Everything You Need to Know for Film and Television. ($32)
AL$ Implementation-- Used readings/content from Drew University's Copyright Education Resources website and adopted the ebook Fundamentals for Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur from the Library.
No. of Students: 18 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $78
Total Savings: $1,404
Frederick L. Nelson
NSCI 106: Reigning Theories of Science
Original Texts:
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
- The West Without Water.
AL$ Implementation-- Readings in course is replaced from content found online (National Center for Science Education) and Library journals/resources. No longer need a textbook.
No. of Students: 15 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $25
Total Savings: $375
Sara Werner Juarez
SPED 179: Differentiated Instruction and Classroom Management
Original Texts:
- Universal design for learning in the classroom: Practical Applications. ($63)
- UDL now! A teacher's Monday morning guide to implementing common core standards using Universal Design for Learning. ($35)
AL$ Implementation-- Readings/content for course is from the IRIS Center (www.iriscenter.com), Library journals and Universal Design for Learning (http://udltheorypractice.cast.org/login).
No. of Students: 23 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $98
Total Savings: $2,254
SPED 219: Effective Communication and Collaborative Partnerships
Original Texts:
- Collaborative Teaming. ($35)
- Teaching the Children We Fear. ($65)
AL$ Implementation-- Readings/content for course is from the IRIS Center (www.iriscenter.com), Library journals and Universal Design for Learning (http://udltheorypractice.cast.org/login).
No. of Students: 13 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $100
Total Savings: $1,300
Carlos Perez
CLAS 114: Mexico and the Southwest 1810-1910
Original Texts:
- The Course of Mexican History.
- Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico.
- Forgotten Dead.
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted ebooks: Forgotten Dead and The History of Mexico from the Library and supplement with journal articles.
No. of Students: 42 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $158
Total Savings: $6,636
SSCI 110: California Studies
Original Text: Wherever There's a Fight. ($27)
AL$ Implementation-- Used free websites and Library journal articles on California history and culture.
No. of Students: 43 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $27
Total Savings: $1,161
Stephanie Reed
KINES 230: Statistical Inference in Kinesiology
Original Text: Reading Statistics and Research. ($105)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the free ebook: Online Statistics Education: A Multimedia Course of Study (http://onlinestatbook.com).
No. of Students: 13 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $105
Total Savings: $1,365
L-Jay Fine
RA 179: Supervision and Administration in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
Original Text: Managing Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Services. ($80)
AL$ Implementation-- Used free online resources and author materials. No textbook required.
No. of Students: 20 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $80
Total Savings: $1,600
Ida Jones
BA 88: Public Law Environment of Business
Original Text: Business Law: Principles & Cases in the Legal Environment. ($150)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the opentext: Business Law and the Legal Environment from Saylor Foundation.
No. of Students: 28 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $150
Total Savings: $4,200
Lolita Araim
MBA 213: Managerial Accounting
Original Text: Managerial Accounting by Hilton ($310)
AL$ Implementation-- Opted for the loose leaf version of the textbook and bundle w/connect for half price.
No. of Students: 20 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $153
Total Savings: $3,060
EMBA 213: Managerial Accounting
Original Text: Managerial Accounting by Hilton ($310)
AL$ Implementation-- Opted for the loose leaf version of the textbook and bundle w/connect for half price.
No. of Students: 30 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $153
Total Savings: $4,590
Vickie Krenz
PH 213: Health Planning and Program Evaluation
Original Text: Planning, Implementing & Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer. ($156)
AL$ Implementation-- Used the older edition and free online CDC materials (PATCH) and Community Toolbox resources.
No. of Students: 8 in spring 2017
Savings per Student: $156
Total Savings: $1,248
PH 109: Epidemiology of Disease
Original Text: Epidemiology 101. ($85)
AL$ Implementation-- Kept the older edition.
No. of Students: 43 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $85
Total Savings: $3,655
PH 280: Seminar in Techniques of Health Research
Original Text: $75
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted a free etext from Scholar Commons of the University of South Florida: Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices.
No. of Students: 8 in fall 2016
Savings per Student: $75
Total Savings: $600
2015-16 AL$ Faculty
33 faculty, 41 courses, 1255 students -- Total Student Savings:$131,043
- Michael Shepherd mshepherd@csufresno.edu
- Yupeng (Vivien) Luo viluo@csufresno.edu
- Helda Pinzon-Perez* hpinzonp@csufresno.edu
- Judith Scott jscott@csufresno.edu
- Niken Adisasmito-Smith nadisasmito@csufresno.edu
- Kimberly Coy* kcoy@csufresno.edu
- David Low dlow@csufresno.edu
- Yoshiko Takahashi ytakahashi@csufresno.edu
- Mohammad Rahman* mrahman@csufresno.edu
- Janice Peterson* japeterson@csufresno.edu
- Kao-Ly Yang kayang@csufresno.edu
- Miguel A. Perez* mperez@csufresno.edu
- Henry Delcore hdelcore@csufresno.edu
- Andrea Johnson* anjohnson@csufresno.edu
- Cathy Yun cyun@csufresno.edu
- Lisa Bennett lbennett@csufresno.edu
- Sara Werner Juarez* swerner@csufresno.edu
- Dana Powell danac@csufresno.edu
- Jill Fields jfields@csufresno.edu
- Feiyan Chen fchen@csufresno.edu
- Carlos Perez cperez@csufresno.edu
- Daniel Bernard* dbernard@csufresno.edu
- Laura Burke laurab@csufresno.edu
- Tomoko Kozasa* tkozasa@csufresno.edu
- Todd Lone tlone@csufresno.edu
- Leonel Burgos* lburgos@csufresno.edu
- Frederick L. Nelson* fnelson@csufresno.edu
- Gena Gong
- Steven Hart* smhart@csufresno.edu
- Monica Billen mbillen@csufresno.edu
- Juliet Wahleithner jwahleithner@csufresno.edu
- Rose Marie Kuhn* rosemk@csufresno.edu
- Victor Torres* victort@csufresno.edu
* adopted OER materials/textbook - counts for cool4ed grant
Affordable Learning Solutions was given to the college deans as a challenge to encourage their faculty to implement. At the end of spring 2016, the college with the most faculty participating wins $10,000.
Juliet Wahleithner
LEE 156: Graduate Quantitative Methods and Analysis (2 sections)
Original Texts:
- Subjects Matter: Every Teacher’s Guide to Content-Area Reading. ($19)
- Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. ($28)
AL$ Implementation-- Used Library articles and had supplemental readings available through Blackboard. Also adopted the older edition of the text:Content Area Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms. ($1)
No. of Students: 45 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $46
Total Savings: $2,070
LEE 180T: Writing in the K-8 Classroom
Original Text: Teaching this course for the first time therefore using standard text for base cost. ($60)
AL$ Implementation-- Used Library articles and had supplemental readings available through Blackboard.
No. of Students: 23 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $60
Total Savings: $1,380
Victor Torres
CLAS 160: Sex, Race, and Class in American Society
Original Text: Racial & Ethnic Relations in America. ($170)
AL$ Implementation-- Organized a reader from various free/OER sources (internet, Library resources--JSTOR).
No. of Students: 42 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $170
Total Savings: $7,140
Rose Marie Kuhn
FREN 109: French Literature, Culture, and Society from the Middle Ages to Today (2 sections)
Original Text: $120
AL$ Implementation-- Used materials I developed and wrote. Also supplemented readings from Project Gutenberg.
No. of Students: 59 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $120
Total Savings: $7080
FREN 113: French Poetry
Original Text: $120
AL$ Implementation-- Used materials I developed and wrote. Also supplemented readings from Project Gutenberg.
No. of Students: 11 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $120
Total Savings: $1,320
Daniel Bernard
COMM 166: Communication Research Methods
Original Text: Straight talk about communication research methods. ($76)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted OER textbook:Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices at http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/.
No. of Students: 26 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $76
Total Savings: $1,976
Carlos Perez
CLAS 114: Mexico and the Southwest (1810-1910)
Original Texts:
- Course of Mexican History. ($82)
- Forgotten Dead. ($39)
- Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico. ($32)
AL$ Implementation-- 2 of the 3 required texts were available from the Library (ebook).
No. of Students: 41 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $71
Total Savings: $2,911
Janice Peterson
ECON 50: Principles of Macroeconomics
Original Text: Frank & Bernanke's Principles of Macroeconomics. ($182)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics, bundled with Sapling Learning's on-line homework system. ($41)
No. of Students: 82 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $141
Total Savings: $11,562
Yoshiko Takahashi
CRIM 204: Graduate Quantitative Methods and Analysis
Original Text: Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology.($204)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted ebook from the Library (Sage research methods texts):Doing Quantitative Research in Education with SPSS.
No. of Students: 15 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $204
Total Savings: $3,060
Feiyan Chen
CI 171: Understanding the Learner, Instructional Design and Assessment
Original Texts:
- Educational Psychology. ($69)
- Models of Teaching. ($150)
AL$ Implementation-- Used journal articles from the Library and book chapters from different sources (via Blackboard) to replace text books.
No. of Students: 36 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $219
Total Savings: $7,884
Mohammad Rahman
PH 152T: Utilization of Healthcare Resources
Original Text: Essentials of Health. ($75)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted an OER text (Economics) from Boundless and a free textbook (Kindle) that is offered by Amazon.
No. of Students: 35 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $75
Total Savings: $2,625
Kao-Ly Yang
FREN 160T: Selected Topics in French Studies
Original Text: $150
AL$ Implementation-- Used materials developed and wrote by Dr. Khun, JSTOR articles and readings from Project Gutenberg.
No. of Students: 11 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $150
Total Savings: $1,650
HMONG 4: Beginning Literacy for Hmong Speakers
Original Texts:
- Literacy and Literature in Hmong + lab workbook (unpublished so students can use without paying $100).
- Hmong Grammar (unpublished so students can use without paying $100).
AL$ Implementation-- Used materials I developed and wrote. Literacy and Literature in Hmong is free via Blackboard. Students pay only for printing cost ($14) at bookstore for Hmong Grammar.
No. of Students: 15 in fall 2015 & 14 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $186
Total Savings: $5,394
HMONG 100: Intermediate Reading and Composition
Original Texts:
- Life in Hmong Literature. Thaum Dab Neeg Qhia Yus Sau lub Neej + lab workbook (unpublished so students can use without paying $80).
- Hmong Grammar (unpublished so students can use without paying $100).
AL$ Implementation-- Used materials I developed and wrote. Life in Hmong Literature is free via Blackboard. Students pay only for printing cost ($14) at bookstore for Hmong Grammar.
No. of Students: 18 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $166
Total Savings: $2,988
HMONG 101: Advanced Reading and Composition
Original Texts:
- Hmong Beliefs, Culture, Society, and History through Literature+ lab workbook (unpublished so students can use without paying $150).
- Hmong Grammar (unpublished so students can use without paying $100).
AL$ Implementation-- Used materials I developed and wrote. Hmong Beliefs, Culture, Society ... is free via Blackboard. Students pay only for printing cost ($14) at bookstore for Hmong Grammar.
No. of Students: 8 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $236
Total Savings: $1,888
Monica Billen
LEE 232: Literacy in Early Childhood Education
Original Texts:
- Designing Early Literacy Programs: Differentiated Instruction in Preschool and Kindergarten. ($30)
- Literacy's Beginnings: Supporting Young Readers and Writers. ($130)
- Early Spelling: From Convention to Creativity. ($60)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted e-journal articles from the Library and a required text for only $5.
No. of Students: 15 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $215
Total Savings: $3,225
LEE 177: Teaching Reading and the Arts in Grades K-3
Original Text: Classrooms That Work: They can All Read and Write. ($45)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted e-journal articles from the Library.
No. of Students: 26 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $45
Total Savings: $1,170
Jill Fields
HIST 100: Research Methods
Original Text: Women in Modern American: A Brief History. ($58)
AL$ Implementation-- Library e-journal articles and selected chapters of books housed in Blackboard. Also on reserved (in the Library) supplemental readings.
No. of Students: 25 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $58
Total Savings: $1,450
Niken Adisasmito-Smith
LING 132: Linguistics and Reading
Original Text: The Study of Language. ($32)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted ebook (ebrary collection) from the Library: Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication.
No. of Students: 48 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $32
Total Savings: $1,536
Sara Werner Juarez
SPED 158: Differentiated Instruction in Inclusive Secondary Settings (2 sections)
Original Text: Including Adolescents with Disabilities in General Education Classroom. ($127)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the free web text, UDL: Theory & Practice at http://www.cast.org/our-work/publications/2014/universal-design-learning-theory-practice-udl-meyer.html#.VjE2vytcL9p.
Also used Library journal articles and free websites to supplement.
No. of Students: 50 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $90
Total Savings: $6,350
Steven Hart
LEE 224: Assessment & Development of Reading Abilities
Original Texts:
- Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment: So What Do I Do Now? ($30)
- Analytical Reading Inventory: Comprehensive Standards-Based Assessment for All Students Including Gifted and Remedial. ($86)
- An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement. ($35)
AL$ Implementation-- Used journal articles from the Library and open-source literacy assessment tools.
No. of Students: 30 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $151
Total Savings: $4,530
Judith Scott
COMM 08: Group Communication (3 sections)
Original Text: Communicating in Groups. ($178)
AL$ Implementation-- Used older edition ($30) instead of moving to the new version.
No. of Students: 77 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $147
Total Savings: $11,319
David Low
LEE 156: Content Area Language and Literacy Instruction
Original Text: Content Area Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms. ($143)
AL$ Implementation-- Use older edition ($15) instead of moving to the new version. Also used Library journal articles and free websites to supplement.
No. of Students: 25 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $128
Total Savings: $3,200
Gena Gong
UNIV 20T: Writing for College Success
Original Text: Your College Experience: Strategies for Success. ($66)
AL$ Implementation-- Used older edition ($6) instead of moving to the latest edition.
No. of Students: 27 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $60
Total Savings: $1,620
Kimberly Coy
SPED 136: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities - Online
Original Texts:
- Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice. ($60)
- UDL Now!: A Teacher's Monday Morning Guide to Implementing Common Core Standards using Universal Design for Learning. ($30)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the free web text, UDL: Theory & Practice at http://www.cast.org/our-work/publications/2014/universal-design-learning-theory-practice-udl-meyer.html#.VjE2vytcL9p. Also used Library journal articles, YouTube videos, UDL Twitter Chats, etc.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $90
Total Savings: $2,250
SPED 179: Differentiated Instruction and Classroom Management
Original Texts:
- Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice. ($60)
- UDL Now!: A Teacher's Monday Morning Guide to Implementing Common Core Standards using Universal Design for Learning. ($30)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted the free web text, UDL: Theory & Practiceat http://www.cast.org/our-work/publications/2014/universal-design-learning-theory-practice-udl-meyer.html#.VjE2vytcL9p. Also used Library journal articles, YouTube videos, UDL Twitter Chats, etc.
No. of Students: 25 in spring 2016
Savings per Student: $90
Total Savings: $2,250
Lisa Bennett
LEE 177: Teaching Reading and The Arts K-3
Original Texts:
- A Survival Guide: English only teachers in mixed-language classrooms. ($21)
- Literacy for the 21st Century: Teaching reading and writing in pre-kindergarten through grade 4. ($135)
AL$ Implementation-- Replace texts with journal articles from the Library and OER materials online.
No. of Students: 12 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $156
Total Savings: $1,872
Laura Burke
LING 111W: Academic Writing Workshop
Original Text: Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers. ($69)
AL$ Implementation-- Added the e-text rental option. ($29)
No. of Students: 23 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $40
Total Savings: $920
Frederick L. Nelson
CI 161: Methods and Materials for Teaching Secondary Science
Original Text: Teaching Secondary School Science: Strategies for Developing Scientific Literacy. ($93)
AL$ Implementation-- Replace text with e-journal articles from the Library (The Science Teacher) and texts available for free from National Academies Press (A Framework for K-12 Science Education).
No. of Students: 22 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $93
Total Savings: $2,046
Leonel Burgos
University 1: Key to College Success (3 sessions)
Original Text: Keys to College Success Compact. ($66)
AL$ Implementation--Used free (websites) and OER materials instead of text.
- http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_LDR.htm
- http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat
No. of Students: 67 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $66
Total Savings: $4,422
Todd Lone
AGBS 160: Agricultural Marketing Analysis
Original Text: The Agricultural Marketing System. ($50)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted an ebook from the Library. Marketing Plans: How to Prepare Them, How to Use Them.
No. of Students: 54 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $50
Total Savings: $2,700
Helda Pinzon-Perez
PH 135: Introduction to Human Disease
Original Text: Human Diseases: A Systematic Approach. ($64)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted OER text Anatomy and Physiology from OpenStax College.
No. of Students: 46 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $64
Total Savings: $2,944
Cathy Yun
LEE 148: Integrated Curriculum
Original Texts:
- Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum: The Common Core State Standards Edition. ($37)
- Creating a Classroom Culture that Supports the Common Core: Teaching Questioning, Conversation Techniques, and Other Essential Skills. ($30)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted 2 ebooks from the Library (ebrary collection).
- Understanding by Design.
- The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-quality Units.
No. of Students: 11 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $67
Total Savings: $737
CI 285: Seminar in Advanced Educational Psychology
Original Text: Theories of Human Development. ($90)
AL$ Implementation-- Encouraged students to get the Kindle ($66) version of the book.
No. of Students: 20 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $24
Total Savings: $480
Michael Shepherd
LING 10: Introduction to Language
Original Text: The Study of Language. ($32)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted an ebook from the Library. Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication.
No. of Students: 29 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $32
Total Savings: $928
Dana Powell
SPED 125: Positive Behavior and Social Supports
Original Text: Positive Behavioral Supports for the Classroom. ($72)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted journal readings from the Library and free websites, used the IRIS online modules on Behavior and Classroom Management at:http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/. Also use guidelines I prepared myself.
No. of Students: 12 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $72
Total Savings: $864
Tomoko Kozasa
JPAN 100: Advanced Japanese
Original Text: Gateway to Advanced Japanese: Learning through Content and Multimedia. ($50)
AL$ Implementation-- Put the printed text on reserved at the Library. Adopted the free ebook Pre-Advanced Japanese from http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxopen/1/for the course.
No. of Students: 10 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $50
Total Savings: $500
Miguel A. Perez
PH 208: Health Promotion
Original Text: Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion. ($80)
AL$ Implementation-- Decided to use free resources (articles, reports, pamphlets, etc.) from the World Health Organization website and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
No. of Students: 14 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $80
Total Savings: $1,120
Andrea Johnson
HIST 11: American History to 1877
Original Texts:
- Created Equal. ($149)
- The History Workbook. ($120)
AL$ Implementation--Using a McGraw program now ($134), the free OpenStax book (U.S. History) that I adopted is replacing The History Workbook and filling in holes from the McGraw program.
No. of Students: 40 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $135
Total Savings: $5,400
Henry Delcore
ANTH 100: Concepts and Applications
Original Texts:
- Waorani: The Contexts of Violence and War. ($54)
- YemenChronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation. ($12)
- The Human Potential for Peace:An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence. ($105)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted 2 ebooks from the Library (ebrary collection) for the course.
- Militarizing Culture: Essays on the Warfare State.
- Beyond War: the Human Potential for Peace.
No. of Students: 32 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $171
Total Savings: $5,472
Vivien Luo
CM 177: Sustainable Construction
Original Text: Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery. ($90)
AL$ Implementation-- Text was available from the Library (ebrary collection). Adopted for the course.
No. of Students: 9 in fall 2015
Savings per Student: $90
Total Savings: $810
2014-15 AL$ Faculty
12 Faculty, 15 courses, 420 students -- Total Student Savings: $41,595
- Jes Therkelsen* jtherkelsen@csufresno.edu
- Ojoung Kwon okwon@csufresno.edu
- Mary Paul* mpaul@csufresno.edu
- Ming Li mingli@csufresno.edu
- Robert D. Maldonado robertma@csufresno.edu
- Hong Ni hongni@csufresno.edu
- Brad Hyatt bhyatt@csufresno.edu
- Christian Wandeler* cwandeler@csufresno.edu
- Lizhu Davis lidavis@csufresno.edu
- Bradley Hart* brhart@csufresno.edu
- Kathleen Godfrey kgodfrey@csufresno.edu
- Patrick Berends pberends@csufresno.edu
* adopted OER materials/textbook
Affordable Learning Solutions was incorporated into the President’s Mobile Technology Program as a “Discovery Tools” presentation-- an option that all DISCOVERe faculty are encouraged to explore and implement.
2013-14 AL$ Faculty
9 Faculty, 14 courses, 625 students -- Total Student Savings: $36,418
- Tracy Stuntz tstuntz@csufresno.edu
- Annabella Espana-Najera aespanajera@csufresno.edu
- SherriLynn Colby-Bottle slcobybottle@csufresno.edu
- Arun Nambiar* anambiar@csufresno.edu
- Melissa Jordine mjordine@csufresno.edu
- Cristina Herrera cherrera@csufresno.edu
- Paula Durette* pdurette@csufresno.edu
- John Beynon jbeynon@csufresno.edu
- Gregg Dion gdion@csufresno.edu
* adopted OER materials/textbook
Affordable Learning Solutions was a Faculty Learning Community, meeting twice a semester (fall and spring) for 2 hours.
Arun Nambiar
IT 148 - Project Management and Control
Original Text: Project Management: the managerial approach by Erik Larson. ($185)
AL$ Implementation-- Adopted 3 Free open-source textbooks from MERLOT
No. of Students: 35 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $185
Total Savings: $6,475
IT 106 - Energy Conversion and Utilization
Original Text: Energy Power and Transportation Technology by Litowitz and Brown. ($72)
AL$ Implementation-- No textbook, instructor compiled his lecture notes from variety of sources and made them available to students in Bb in accessible PDF format.
No. of Students: 24 in fall 2013
Savings per Student: $72
Total Savings: $1,728
IT 184 - Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Original Text: $70
AL$ Implementation-- No textbook, using instructor-compiled materials.
No. of Students: 29 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $70
Total Savings: $2,030
Melissa Jordine
HIST 140 - The Holocaust
Original Texts:
- The Holocaust: Roots, History and Aftermath by David Crowe. ($40)
- Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland. ($12)
- The Holocaust by Bullets. ($12)
AL$ Implementation-- Eliminated the textbook & replaced it with readings posted on Blackboard and added two additional background lectures.
The two remaining books: Allowed students to use older/used editions, and/or kindle editions.
- Ordinary Men. ($3)
- The Holocaust by Bullets ($8)
No. of Students: 40 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $53
Total Savings: $2,120
Paula Durette
ART 180 - 3D Digital Art
Original Text: The Art of Maya by Autodesk Press (out of print).
There are used versions but the old version is too out of date to continue using. I was to replace the out of print book with two other books that would cover both the content and technical of the course that a single book had provided.
- Animation by Andrew Shelby ($26)
- Autodesk Maya Essentials by Autodesk Press ($35)
Cost for both texts: $61 per student
AL$ Implementation-- Decided to make e-book chapters for content and utilized online resources from Autodesk for the technical portions. The e-book chapters were available for download on Blackboard and can be read using kindle reader or just about every digital devices. The online links to Autodesks technical information were listed in the syllabus.
No. of Students: 24 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $61
Total Savings: $1,464
John Beynon
ENGL 194T - Restoration & 18th Century British Women Writers
Original Text: All required reading texts for the class $200.
AL$ Implementation-- Found free digital editions of many of my texts through websites like Project Gutenberg, HathiTrust Digital Library, and Poetry Foundation.
No. of Students: 17 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $100
Total Savings: $1,700
ENGL 178 - Lesbian & Gay Literature
Original Text: ($35)
AL$ Implementation-- Used the free copy in the Library's ebrary collection.
No. of Students: 21 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $35
Total Savings: $735
Gregg Dion
DRAMA 163 - Dramatic Literature
Original Text: The textbook for the course used to be an anthology. ($100)
AL$ Implementation-- Discovered some titles in the Library's e-book collections, and began using older reprints matching the style and translations of public domain digital versions by Project Gutenberg.
No. of Students: 63 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $45
Most important: I prefer to leave my course schedule tentatively open for the last week of the semester. Generally, this allows time to catch up if we get behind schedule (for example, if the instructor is hospitalized during the semester), and it can also be an opportunity to do more office consultations at the end of a term. This spring, my tentative plan is to add one more play to the reading list in this last week by collectively using a digital play from the Library's ebrary collection --without having to commit to this agenda in advance or add this title to the bookstore order. This kind of flexibility is very much enhanced by the availability of the library's multi-user electronic texts.
Total Savings: $2,835
Cristina Herrera
CLAS 162 - Chicana Women
Original Texts: $128
- Borderlands.
- Chicana Feminist Thought.
- Desert Blood: Juarez Murders.
- Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness.
AL$ Implementation-- Allowed students to use older editions of all the required texts.
No. of Students: 7 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $31
Total Savings: $217
Tracy Stuntz
COMM 1 - Public Speaking
Original Text: A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking by O'Hair. ($41)
AL$ Implementation-- Gave students the option to buy used and the digital version.
No. of Students: 60 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $21
Total Savings: $1,260
COMM 8 -Group Discussion
Original Text: Communicating in Groups by Adams. ($143)
AL$ Implementation-- Gave students the option to buy used and the digital version.
No. of Students: 30 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $64
Note: Switched both classes to online Bb quizzes. Eliminate the use of scantrons. Savings per student: $1
Total Savings: $1,920
SherriLynn Colby-Bottel
ANTH 30 - Critical Thinking
Original Text: Critical Thinking by Moore. ($124 new)
AL$ Implementation-- Worked with publisher to use the loose leaf edition (w/ online access to book's supplementary materials). ($90)
No. of Students: 200 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $34
Total Savings: $6,800
Annabella Espana-Najera
CLAS 170 - Latin American Studies
Original Text: Latin America: An Interpretive History (hardcover) by Burns ($112)
AL$ Implementation-- Worked with Pearson to create a bundled package (text + Pearson MWL code) $72. Also gave students the option to buy used edition ($54) or rental ($27) and incorporated many library academic articles into the course.
Note: If students went with used or rental of the text, students must purchase the $22 Pearson MWL code.
No. of Students: 40 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $40
Total Savings: $1,600
CLAS 30 - Critical Thinking
Original Text: Good Arguments: An Intro to Critical Thinking by Missimer ($106)
AL$ Implementation-- Worked with Pearson to create a bundled package (text + Pearson MWL code) $91. Also gave students the option to buy used edition ($68) or rental ($34) and incorporated many library academic articles into the course.
Note: If students went with used or rental of the text, students must purchase the $22 Pearson MWL code.
No. of Students: 10 in spring 2014
Savings per Student: $15
Total Savings: $150