KYVL: Committees and Work Groups: Affordable Learning

Charge and tasking

The KYVL Leadership Team authorized the Affordable Learning Exploratory Task Force as an ad hoc KYVL task force with an initial term through June 2021. In July 2021, the task force became the Affordable Learning Steering Committee.

Affordable Learning Steering Committee Charge

The charge of the Affordable Learning Steering Committee is to facilitate efforts to expand availability and use of low- and / or no-cost high-quality educational resources for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with an initial focus on undergraduate higher education.

The steering committee coordinates the work of subgroups focusing on specific aspects of the overall project and makes recommendations to the Council on Postsecondary Education by way of the KYVL Leadership Team. A member of the steering committee serves as a liaison to each subgroup.

Revised May 2021

Affordable Learning Steering Committee Tasking, F22-23

Work with Affordable Learning Project Coordinator to implement and facilitate the work of project teams. Possible areas of focus include:
- Seeking grant funds
- Improving the AffordableLearningKY website
- Conducting student surveys and a campus environmental scan
- Collecting and publishing Kentucky OER data
- Coordinating training opportunities
- Fostering disciplinary communities of practice for adoption and creation
- Supporting incentives for faculty OER creation and use
- Exploring statewide OER publishing platform(s)
- Researching a peer-review process for Kentucky OER

July 2022

Affordable Learning Steering Committee Tasking, F21-22

Five representatives from the steering committee will take part in the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) OER Institute from July 2021 through July 2022. Institute participants will serve in a liaison role between the institute and the steering committee.
Develop charge and tasking for, identify members of, appoint liaisons for, and convene initial subgroups, based on priority and capacity.
Develop recommendations for strategic planning and sustainability.

Revised May 2021

Affordable Learning Exploratory Task Force Charge and Tasking, F20-21

The charge of the task force is to develop recommendations for expanding availability and use of low- or no-cost high-quality educational resources in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The initial focus of the task force is undergraduate higher education.

The group will report on its work at the 2021 Joint Session.

Approved 11.16.2020

Affordable Learning Task Force Tasking, F20-21

The tasking of the Affordable Learning Exploratory Task Force is to:

Explore existing affordable learning efforts within and beyond Kentucky.
Identify materials, platforms, and models for funding, partnerships, coordination, oversight, etc., with the greatest potential for success and impact in Kentucky.
Develop recommendations for affordable learning in Kentucky for the next one to three years.
Cultivate / maintain an awareness of potential grant opportunities / funding tie-ins.

Approved 11.16.2020

Roster and composition

Makeup of Affordable Learning Steering Committee

The steering committee for F2-23 has been expanded to include a representative from each of Kentucky's public universities and three each from KCTCS and AIKCU, and includes a KYVL leadership team liaison. The KYVL executive director represents the Council on Postsecondary Education.

Makeup of Affordable Learning Steering Committee, F21-22

The steering committee is formed around a core of KYVL member institutions currently engaged in and actively exploring OER or other affordable learning efforts, and includes representation from SAALCK, KCTCS and AIKCU. Other steering committee members include a KYVL Leadership Team liaison and the KYVL executive director with the potential for participation by additional CPE staff.

Participating institutions may be represented by one or two actively engaged individuals, such as librarians, instructional designers, faculty champions, etc. Additional institutional representatives may participate in the subgroups.

Makeup of Affordable Learning Exploratory Task Force, F20-21

The task force is formed around a core of KYVL member institutions currently engaged in and actively exploring OER or other affordable learning efforts and will include the KYVL executive director and a KYVL Leadership Team liaison. Participating institution will be represented by one or more librarians along with other appropriate staff, such as instructional designers, faculty champions, etc.

The group will submit a recommendation for chair to the Leadership Team for approval.

Approved 11.16.2020

F22-23 Affordable Learning Steering Committee Roster

Updated 7.1.2022

F21-22 roster

Representing	First	Last	Email	Phone	Office
Eastern Kentucky University	Kelly	Smith	kelly.smith2@eku.edu	859.622.1790	Co-chair
Eastern Kentucky University	Steven	Shisley	steven.shisley@eku.edu	859.622.1790
KCTCS Gateway	Elizabeth	Hartlaub	elizabeth.hartlaub@kctcs.edu	859.442.4162
KYVL	Ilona	Burdette	ilona.burdette@ky.gov	502.892.3073
KYVL Leadership Team	Naulayne	Enders	nenders@kcu.edu	606.474.3276	LT Liaison
Murray State University	AJ	Boston	aboston@murraystate.edu	270.809.2849
Murray State University	Cris	Ferguson	cferguson13@murraystate.edu	270.809.5607
Northern Kentucky University	Crissy	Ross	rossc2@nku.edu	859.572.5220	Co-chair
Northern Kentucky University	Stephanie	Korslund	korslunds1@nku.edu	859.572.5220
Thomas More University, AIKCU	Mike	Wells	wellsm@thomasmore.edu	859.341.5800
Thomas More University, AIKCU	Rebecca	Graetz	graetzr@thomasmore.edu	859.341.5800
University of Kentucky	Adrian	Ho	adrian.ho@uky.edu	859.257.9000
Western Kentucky University	Laura	DeLancey	laura.delancey@wku.edu	270.745.3979

Updated 8.11.2021