Channel Islands Affordable Learning Solutions
The California State University Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) program encourages campuses to find ways to use high quality and affordable course materials. While student costs for higher education continue to rise, we find it critical for student success to reduce these costs, while maintaining quality education. Through a variety of ALS programs, partnerships, and open educational resources (OER) efforts have been made for faculty and student to have greater access to quality, affordable, and readily available materials while achieving individual learning goals.
The Channel Islands campus started OpenCI as a resource to provide quality educational resources to faculty and students, while reducing direct student costs for course materials. Through the Broome Library, OpenCI provides tools, support, and guidance to assist faculty in accessing OER materials, support curating materials, or resources for finding open textbooks, as part of the ongoing efforts toward the º£½ÇÉçÇø ALS initiatives. Take a look at our for resources and ideas for affordable alternatives to textbooks.
Through 2025, OpenCI efforts have resulted in over 13.5 million dollars in student savings. Additionally, CI has developed the first two º£½ÇÉçÇø Z-Major's - with Z referring to zero textbook costs - in Communication and Early Childhood Studies, followed by a third Z-Major in Health Science.
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Questions
Jeff Benedetti-Coomber
Open Educational Resources Librarian
jeff.benedetti-coomber@csuci.edu
Affordable Learning Solutions Coordinators
- Jeff Benedetti-Coomber
Open Educational Resources Librarian
jeff.benedetti-coomber@csuci.edu - Thomas Clobes
Assistant Professor of HealthScience
thomas.clobes@csuci.edu - Jacob Jenkins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
jacob.jenkins@csuci.edu - Janet Pinkley
Head of Access Services
janet.pinkley@csuci.edu