SUS OPEN TEXTBOOK WEEK
 Student/Faculty Panel:
November 18 - 12 PM TO 2 PM Central Time

MOTIVATION & REFLECTIONS ON OPEN TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AT SU: FACULTY AND SGA PRESIDENTS PERSPECTIVES 
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WHAT WILL WE DISCUSS:

This panel will be delivered virtually using a web conferencing tool. We will confirm your attendance after your registrationis and will send you more information about the event. This event dedicated to faculty, students, staff and administration from the Southern University System (SUS) institutional network is also open to other educational systems in Louisiana. This panel will raise awareness about Open Textbook, the potentials to improve access and college affordability, and the barriers to implementation. The panelist are faculty who have national leadership in the is area and could lead transformational changes at SUS. The SGA Presidents of SUNO, SUBR and SUSLA will discuss their experiences with textbook cost, how to engage the student associations of the system campuses. The participation and advocacy role of the student body at SUS is critical to implementing curricular changes involving the adoption of Open Textbook. 

PANEL DISCUSSION REGISTRATION
MOTIVATION AND REFLECTIONS
CLICK ON THE REGISTRATION BUTTON BELOW TO REGISTER. YOU MUST REGISTER TO RECEIVE A FOLLOW UP LINK TO ATTEND THE PANEL. THE MAXIMUM NUMER OF PARTICIPANTS IS 50.

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SU OPEN TEXTBOOK PANEL MODERATORS

Francesca M. Mellieon-Williams, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Doctoral Program in Science/Math Education 
Apple Foundations Trainer
Southern University - Baton Rouge 
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Dawn Ventress Kight
Assistant University Librarian for
Technology and Information Services
John B. Cade Library
Southern University and A&M College 

SU OPEN TEXTBOOK WEEK
REFERENCES WE SUGGEST YOU CONSULT

Assessing the Governor Zero-Cost-Textbook Proposal
Governor Proposes $5 Million (One Time) for Creating “Zero–Textbook–Cost Degrees” at the California Community Colleges (CCC). Zero–textbook–cost degrees allow students to complete a degree entirely by taking courses that use only free instructional materials, called open educational resources (OER).

Opening the Textbook
Most higher education faculty are unaware of open educational resources (OER) – but they are interested and some are willing to give it a try. Survey results, using responses of over 3,000 U.S. faculty, show that OER is not a driving force in the selection of materials – with the most significant barrier being the effort required to find and evaluate such materials. Use of open resources is low overall, but somewhat higher for large enrollment introductory-level courses.

What I really Want To Say
The Association of American Publishers, which represents college textbook publishers, just wrote an inadvertently funny letter to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.  By misspelling common words, including some typos, and making other factual errors the publishers have accidentally made a case for the very same quickly-fixable open educational resources (OER) whose use within California’s community college system their letter seeks to undermine. 

Faculty Perspectives on Open Textbook

Open, but undiscovered

Increasing College Access and Success through Zero-Testbook-Cost Degrees

VIDEOS MAKING THE POINT

1. Tidewater Video Highlight Z Degree
2. Tidewater Video Affordable Degrees

EVENT SPONSORS

1. Office of the President Chancellor: Dr. Ray Belton
2. John B. Cade Library: Dean Emma Perry
3. Office of the Associate V. P. for IT and CIO: Dr. Gabriel Fagbeyiro
4. Office of the Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs & Provost: Dr. M. Christopher Brown 
5. Office of the Graduate and Professional Studies: Dean Damien D. Ejigiri
6. SUNO Office of the Chancellor & Academic Affairs: Chancellor Lisa Mims and V. C. David Adegboye
7. SUSLA Office of the Chancellor: Dr. Rodney Ellis
8. SULC Office of the Chancellor: Chancellor John Pierre
9. SU Ag Center Chancelor/Dean Office: Chancellor Bobby R. Phills
   10 SUBR Office of Media & Communication: Mr. Henry Tillman