{"id":13281,"date":"2018-07-10T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/?p=13281"},"modified":"2019-03-30T05:08:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:08:56","slug":"course-materials-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/course-materials-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"COURSE MATERIALS FEE*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:22%;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:22%;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:46;line-height:1.13;\">Use this play to:<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sustain and expand OER initiatives by adding a low-cost OER course fee to cover courseware and other program support costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note: Asterisk denotes this is a proven, high-impact play.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-1 {border-radius:1px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type btn-scaling\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/champion-playbook\/sustaining-impact\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">See More Plays<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-2 {border-radius:1px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type btn-scaling\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/champion-playbook\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Back to Playbook Home<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-3 {border-radius:1px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-3 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type btn-scaling\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/contact\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Ask a Lumen Expert<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #e6e6e6;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:30px;padding-right:22%;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:22%;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:46;line-height:1.13;\">Running the Play<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Timing is the biggest threat to the success of this play. Many institutions decide too late in the game to tag courses, so beginning early will be key. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Verify ability to add a course fee and connect with key players to identify institutional timelines.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Some institutions are unable to offer a course fee option, and those that do must adhere to strict deadlines and complex administrative processes that often occur months in advance. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Make the case! <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To support adding a course fee, Invite students to help advocate for affordable course materials and make a strong case around benefits of OER:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Affordability: Cost savings for students<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Access: Day one access to course materials<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ability to pay with financial aid, versus finding cheaper options via third parties but being unable to pay with financial aid dollars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ownership: Ability to retain materials after the end of the semester, and print without fear of copyright violation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Control &amp; Editability: Ability to make changes to content so the materials can exactly fit the needs of the course.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Success: Passing rates and retention improve. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> Keep faculty informed. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maintain a regular schedule of communication of upcoming deadlines. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>4. Collect data! <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensure growth and ongoing success by tracking key metrics for OER courses (drop rates, completion, passing), and consider triangulating this data with a student satisfaction survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Examples:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Odessa College <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uses a $20 course fee to support courseware, professional development, and faculty mini-grants to continue expanding their OER efforts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>El Paso Community College<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> employs a $20 course fee for each OER course using the same mechanism for identifying courses with Lab fees:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Salt Lake Community College<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> communicates course fee guidelines, including submission deadlines, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.slcc.edu\/curriculum\/course-fees.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here on their website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:30px;padding-right:22%;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:22%;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:46;line-height:1.13;\">Helpful Resources<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;background-color:#e6e6e6;padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:46;line-height:1.13;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc_x37yGT7OSYnJqo2-BIBKz_eJSKCeLc9-pOz-HD7kpENXeQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tool: Sample Student Satisfaction Survey.<\/a><\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc_x37yGT7OSYnJqo2-BIBKz_eJSKCeLc9-pOz-HD7kpENXeQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OER Course Feedback Survey:<\/a> &#8220;Course Reflection&#8221; by Allen Fortune, Greg Kennedy, and Vera Kennedy, West Hills College Lemoore is licensed under CC BY 4.0<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;background-color:#e6e6e6;padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:46;line-height:1.13;\"><b>Example:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.slcc.edu\/curriculum\/course-fees.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salt Lake Community College OER Course Fee Schedule.<\/a><\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Website link from Salt Lake Community College.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #e6e6e6;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:30px;padding-right:22%;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:22%;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>Attributions:<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/3aVlWP-7bg8?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikael Kristenson<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/classroom?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":13296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,204],"tags":[184,209,227,64,56,205,211],"class_list":["post-13281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playbook","category-sustaining-impact","tag-affordability","tag-champion","tag-course-fee","tag-oer","tag-open-educational-resources","tag-playbook","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}