California Alliance for Open Education

Equipping campus leaders and administrators with the training, guidance, and resources they need to reduce course material costs and increase student success.

[Michelson Center for Public Policy @michelsonpolicy]

Thank you @GavinNewsom "Going after the racket..that is college textbooks, continuing to do more in that space to break things up."We agree! We applaud your steadfast commitment to make college more accessible & affordable - $115M for Zero Cost Textbook Degrees! @CalCommColleges

[California Alliance for Open Education @CAopenEd]

“#OER benefits beyond #student cost savings… greater #faculty #collaboration, more up-to-date course content, pedagogical improvements, positive impacts on student completion, & more.”

#StudentEquity #TextbookBroke #HigherEd #OpenEd #OpenCI #CAopenEd
https://t.co/Mrwc9VT5Tl

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

In addition to saving #students $$$, #OER addresses “the urgent issue of #basicneeds… grants equal #access… helps #retention & course #completion… [and] affords [faculty] the freedom to create culturally relevant & community-based #learningmaterials...”
https://t.co/KyFSF0YVGM

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

“Perhaps the question of #OER adoption should not be solely focused on individual #faculty usage, but on the institutional supports put in place for faculty… in pursuit of innovative #teaching methodologies.”

#GoOpen #OpenEd #HigherEd #StudentEquity https://t.co/43jn5S2hTL

[Nicole Allen @txtbks]

It's the last day of #OEweek and there's big #OER policy news from the US...

Congress has approved another $11M for #OpenTextbookPilot grants AND reintroduced the Affordable College Textbook Act! https://t.co/Bxoba3zFxz

[OER Commons @OERCommons]

We're celebrating #OpenEducationWeek with the launch of the Professional Learning Hub - designed to build foundational skills for Open Educational Practice #OEP & enhance #OER creation & evaluation for accessibility & culturally responsive teaching #OEWeek https://t.co/2jT4LKxke3

[California Alliance for Open Education @CAopenEd]

T-Minus 3 hours...

Join us! Learn more! Get involved!

Webinar Link: https://t.co/27S1AKFfr8

#OER #Open #GoOpen #OpenCI #OpenED #CAopenEd #HigherEd #EdChat #OpenEducation #HigherEducation #RealCollege #StudentEquity #EducationalEquity #BasicNeeds #TextbookBroke #SleepforDinner

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

Join us tomorrow from 12:00-1:00pm (PST) for @CAopenEd's #LaunchParty!

Webinar Link: https://t.co/1QyAYjHpr4

*Due to potential security concerns & capacity issues, please note that this event has recently been changed to a #Webinar using the new Zoom ID above.

See y'all there!

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

Join us tomorrow from 12:00-1:00pm (PST) for @CAopenEd's #LaunchParty!

Webinar Link: https://t.co/1QyAYjHpr4

*Due to potential security concerns & capacity issues, please note that this event has recently been changed to a #Webinar using the new Zoom ID above.

See y'all there!

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

Join us... @CAopenED Launch Party!

Wed, March 9th, 12-1pm (PST)
https://t.co/nQpeyAr7j4

Faculty Fellow Spotlight: Kate Holvoet (@SDSU).
Keynote Remarks: @HalPlotkin.

@OEWeek, @AffordableCSU, @CSUCI, @CalState, @CalCommColleges, @UofCalifornia, @CreativeCommons, @BroomeLibrary

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

“It’s all about reducing non-tuition costs & other #student #equity issues that are barriers to #graduation…That’s how you change your #familytree, change that cycle [of #poverty], change the trajectory of your #future.”

@CSUCI, @CalState, @AffordableCSU https://t.co/dz1Kf9BcwC

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

Yet another #OERSuccessStory:

Since @MSULibrary & @MSU_Bookstore began their #textbook initiative 2 years ago, @ChristinaT2Day says 33 @MontanaState faculty have switched to #OER, saving 9K #realcollege students over $1M.

#HigherEd #GoOpen #StudentEquity https://t.co/cYNrMc5GoU

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

Proud to see @CSUCI's #OpenCI efforts featured this morning on LA’s @SpecNews1SoCal.

And special thx to @CalState's entire @AffordableCSU team for making the story possible. Too many names to tweet, but you know who you are. And. you. are. appreciated.
https://t.co/EN5jVCZapc

[Michelson 20MM Foundation @Michelson20MM]

While much of our attention has been directed toward Gov. Newsom’s historic investment of $115 million in the Zero-Textbook-Cost degree program, there have been equally impactful projects across our other initiatives over the past year. https://t.co/pixXuPT4Cy

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

Governor @GavinNewsom hopes to make #California a national model for #textbookaffordabilty with a $115M investment to “deal with the racket… that is the #textbook industry.”

#OER #GoOpen #OpenEd #HigherEd #CAopenEd #StudentEquity #RealCollege #BasicNeeds
https://t.co/f1062lAKqw

[Michelson 20MM Foundation @Michelson20MM]

In one semester @CSUCI saved students $1.8 million on textbook costs with #OER. We are thrilled to see #SparkGrant-supported projects like @CAopenEd help spread successes like this across the state!
https://t.co/avYfsw9Dzq

[J. Jacob Jenkins @JJacobJenkins]

Honored to learn "Textbook Broke: Textbook Affordability as a Social Justice Issue" was awarded @OpenEdGlobal's Open Research Award for 2021.

#Congrats to coauthors Luis Sanchez, @MeganAKoch, @JaimeHannans, @NitzanNavick & Jade Young for making it happen. https://t.co/AcPPeOhou2