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Affordable Learning Solutions
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AL$ Webinar Agenda
AL$ Overview (Leslie Kennedy, 5 min) CSU East Bay (Aline Soules, 20 min) The Wall Street Journal (Mary Rose Craycraft, 20 min) Wrap Up
Affordability Choice of Quality Content Accessibility
CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions
AL$ 2014 The Year in Review
AL$ Workshop, Feb. 2014 AL$ Grants AL$ Campus Showcases Two new rent digital partners Two new ereaders
AL$ 2014 The Year in Review
Professional Development Newsletter
AL$ 2014 The Year in Review
Campus Webinars
In the news
AL$ 2014 Overview
CSU Bookstores Saved Students $30 Million Dollars CSU Rent Digital saved over $2.5 Million Dollars
AL$ 2014 Overview
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Gerry Hanley Asst Vice Chancellor Academic Technology Services Jeff Kahn LMS Integrations David Norton AL$ Reports
The AL$ Team
David Walker Libraries and Xporter Erin Walker, Professional Development Fred Neely Marketing Sandy Ehrhorn Vendor and Bookstore Consultant Leslie Kennedy Director, AL$
AL$ Workshop February 12-13, 2015 San Diego, CA http://www.tac2015.com/
Registration Promo Code:
CSUTAC2015
Credit: bccampus.ca
Experiences at
California State University, East Bay
Aline Soules
Affordable Learning Solutions Subcommittee of the Committee on Instruction and Curriculum of the Academic Senate Approved Nov. 4, 2014
T E X T B O O K S
Credit: bookstore.yosemite.cc.ca.us
Credit: dealer-communications.com
Credit: susanfitzell.com
Faculty incentives Upgrades to web pages Better faculty recognition a) through web b) through ceremony c) through certificate/documents for dossiers Collaboration with our new Director of the Online Campus A white paper/report for CIC and the Academic Senate, including a list of projects that have been completed or are underway.
Credit: www.famia.co.uk
http://als.csuprojects.org/deploying_als http://library.csueastbay.edu/using-the libraries/collections/textbooks/ (to be upgraded to a LibGuide this year) https://alttextcsueb.wordpress.com
(to be brought in-house this year, meaning a change in URL) [email protected]
WSJ COLLEGE OVERVIEW AFFORDABLE LEARNING SOLUTIONS WEBINAR SERIES
WHAT IS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL COLLEGE PROGRAM?
The WSJ COLLEGE program is an easy and affordable way to enhance your curriculum and help your students excel. The foundation of the program is The Wall Street Journal, the most trusted source for news in America. When you integrate the Journal’s content into your curriculum, students are more engaged and discussions are livelier.
WHEN YOUR STUDENTS SUBSCRIBE: They’ll receive The Journal in print, online and via tablet and smartphone They’ll pay the lowest available rates – Currently just $1.00 per week for a15 week term PLUS: Faculty receive a complimentary one-year subscription to The Journal when 10 or more students subscribe And… $25 Barnes & Noble gift card when 25 or more students subscribe.
RESOURCES: Student Subscriptions: www.wsj.com/studentoffer WSJ College Professor Website: www.professorjournal.com
ONLINE
With the click of a mouse, your students can experience The Journal’s broad content, in-depth analysis, personalization and more.
•BREAKING NEWS Stays on top of business, political and economic news, with Journal analysis.
•MY JOURNAL Personalize your Journal to track the companies and industries that interest you most.
•EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ARCHIVE Access information on nearly 30,000 companies and 3,000 topics for student projects via our 2-year archive.
•MARKET DATA CENTER Scan comprehensive market statistics, interactive data and extensive stock listings.
•MULTIMEDIA Access Journal videos, podcasts, blogs and more.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF INTEGRATING THE WSJ INTO YOUR CURRICULUM?
Career Tool: Daily exposure to the Wall Street Journal provides tools that students can utilize during their job search. From broad exposure to many different industries to the development of essential entrepreneurial skills, The Wall Street Journal is an invaluable career resource. Lifelong Learning: Keep students current and well informed about both the opportunities and challenges that they’ll face in business and life – so they can form opinions and lead proactive lifestyles. Critical Thinking Skills: Business leaders rely on The Journal to help make sense of the changing world around them and to inform them about what’s important and relevant. Students develop these same skills when WSJ is integrated into the classroom.
WHAT ARE THE TEACHING TOOLS AVAILABLE?
Weekly Reviews: Faculty, experienced with Journal-in-Education programs, offer weekly article summaries and quizzes in 16 disciplines providing a valuable resource for class planning and project development. Assessment Tool: Quickly and easily assess student comprehension of course concepts and awareness of current events. Multiple choice tests are administered online and scored automatically, so you can easily view student performance.
WHAT IS THE WSJ ASSESSMENT TOOL?
The WSJ Assessment Tool is a powerful resource that will help you quickly and easily assess your student's comprehension of course concepts and awareness of current events. • • • Web based program Complimentary to all faculty and students who participate in the WSJ College program Supported by discounted educational subscription rates In order to utilize the WSJ Assessment Tool, every educator will need create an instructor account.
1) Go to www.WSJ.com/Assessment 2) Click on the Professor Login link at the top of the page.
3) Click on the Not Yet Registered link below the login fields.
Disciplines available in the Weekly Review and/or the Assessment Tool include:
Accounting Business Law Business Ethics Entrepreneurship Finance Human Resources Organizational Behavior Information Technology International Business Introduction to Business Leadership Macroeconomics Microeconomics Marketing Operations Management Political Science Strategic Management To begin using the WSJ Assessment Tool, you’ll need to first set up your courses and sections in your account. You’ll first set up the courses you teach; you’ll then set up your sections for each of the courses.
You can now invite your students to set up their accounts via one of two methods: 1) send an email invitation to your students 2) and/or share a unique URL with them.
For each discipline you subscribe to, a weekly test with 10 questions and links to the corresponding article will be automatically loaded into your instructor account . After you have set up your Courses and Sections, you can begin assigning Tests to your students.
Add the test to your My Tests file, then you can Edit the Test or Assign it to your class.
As your students complete the Test, you can view their results. You can also download the results to a .csv file for upload into your Learning Management System or other grading software.
1) Select My Reports from the menu on the left side.
2) Select the School, Discipline, Semester, Course, Class and Test from the dropdown menu. This will display each student’s result for the selected Test. You can also select a specific student from the Select Student dropdown menu.
Students will be taken to the welcome page of the test which lists all the articles (with links) they should read before beginning the test, along with any custom message the instructor may have included. Students will then begin the test, either timed or untimed. STUDENT VIEW: Once signed in all assigned tests will be available for students to begin by clicking on Take Test Now.
Questions?
Contact: Peter Eliason Regional Education Representative The Wall Street Journal 877.211.4521
a toll free call [email protected]
CSU ALS Activities: What’s the Schedule?
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