The Ambassadors Program
Is any of these statements relevant to you?
- I know the cost of instructional materials impacts the selection of the courses students take.
- I know students' academic achievement decreases when students cannot buy their books.
- I want to explore Open Educational Resources (OER), but I am unsure where to start.
- I want to incorporate lower-cost instructional materials but want to ensure content quality.
- I want assistance in identifying more inexpensive instructional materials and discovering how to incorporate them into my course.
If any of these statements apply to you, you are an excellent candidate for The Ambassadors Program
eMail OET@fullerton.edu for mor information
about The Program
The Ambassadors Program is always looking for faculty that want to reduce the cost of instructional materials for their courses, thus lowering the cost of higher education for students.
CSUF's concern for the prices of books and other educational materials triggered the Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) and Open Educational Resources (OER) campaign, which began in 2016. The Ambassadors program is sponsored in part by funds provided through the CSU Affordable Learning Solutions initiative and the AB 798 -The California College Textbook Affordability Act.
Purpose of the Program
AL$ and OER Faculty Ambassadors' purpose is to learn about affordable and no-cost alternatives to costly textbooks. The overall hope is to reduce the cost of higher education for students by eliminating the cost of instructional materials from all courses in which free, high-quality options are available.
Benefits for Faculty
AL$ and OER Faculty Ambassadors receive a stipend for completing professional development on the topic of Open Educational Resources (OER). All faculty (part-time and full-time) are welcome to apply. Online Education and Training runs the program at CSUF.
Amazing Results
Since 2017, hundreds of Faculty Ambassadors had completed the Open Educational Resources (OER) Certificate Program.
2021 Ambassadors
Ahmed Afzal
Heather Agnew
Lizette Arellano
Michelle Barboza
Melissa Base
Julio Bermejo
Erin Besser
Sandeepa Bevli
Gayle Brisbane
Shana Charles
Kevin Chen
Edward De La Torre
Lorraine Delfin
Eric Gonzaba
Victor Haynes
PaulSalvador Inventado
Thomas James
Rebecca Kessin
Rajnish Lekhi
Daoji Li
Edward Lynch
Barbara Malley
Sycil Mathai
Tim Morton
Michael Ray
Shannon Takeuchi
Victoria vanTwist
2020 Ambassadors
Ed Alizadeh
Roya Azizi
Darren Banks
Ella Ben Hagai
Alain Bourgault
Gulhan Bourget
Zhenghong Broyles
Azza Carmona
Leah Cleveland
Zack Dafaallah
Kristina Fortes
Stacy Fox
Sonia Hirschauer
Floyd Holliday
Asma Khan
Danny Kim
Benedicta Lusk
Christopher Medina
Marcella Mendez
Thuy Nguyen
Guillermo Noffal
Yuko Okado
Courtney Ozovek
Shannon Perry
Eric Price
Derek Romo
Maureen Salsitz
Debra Saxton
Erika Thomas
2019 Ambassadors
Robert Byrne
Elliot Cross
Marta Davis
Phuoc Duong
Veronica Herrera
Eve Himmelheber
Ryan Hunt
Brian Mccabe
Amelia Mills
Judith Perez
Edward Pineda
Christy Yan
Saeedeh Yavari
Silvia Zamudio
2018 Ambassadors
Pictured above are the 2018 faculty ambassadors who could attend and be recognized at the March 11, 2019 Lunch and Learn and AL$/OER Event.
Jennifer Coons
Raelynne Hale
Michael Hom
Teri Humphrys
Juan Ishikawa
Michael Lahlou
Carrie Lane
Elisa Mandell
Michelle Priest
Sarana Roberts
Allison Schmitendorf
Georgia Spiropoulos
Sana Tayyen
Dana Wanzer
2017 Ambassadors
The picture above shows the Summer/Fall 2017 faculty ambassadors certificate recipients who attended the March 14, 2018, AL$/OER Expo.
Alissa Ackerman
Jennifer Acosta-Licea
Lucia Alcala
Gwendolyn Alexis
Debra Ambrosetti
Natasha Anderson
Tara Barnhart
Freddi-Jo Bruschke
Todd Cadwallader Olsker
Nathalie Carrick
Nora Castro
Christine Champion
Min Choi
Therese Cooper
Victoria Costa
Sarah Culbertson
Dydia DeLyser
Cindy Duong
Phuoc Duong
Tamatha Esguerra
Amy Essington
Melissa Essman
Farimah Fazeli
Sarah George
Sara Ghadami
Leslie Grier
Michael Groves
Emily Hamecher
Gina Harmston
Aja Henriquez
Scott Hewitt
Khanh Hoang
Erin Hollis
Andrew Howat
Sagil James
Volker Janssen
Irwing Jimenez
Charlene Keeler
Cynthia King
Catherine Lamar
Sunny Le
Jinghui Liu
Ymasumac Maranon-Davis
Trevis Matheus
Rachel McClanahan
Aja McKee
April Medrano
Phoolendra Mishra
Sinjini Mitra
Kimberly Mundala
David Naish
Ana Nez
Angela MinhTu Nguyen
Janice Nguyen
Amy Novak
Urvi Patel
Maureen Provenzano
Brian Riches
Arlene Ring
Diana Robles
Jeff Rowe
Jelan Saeed
John Sanders
David Sandner
Banafshe Sharifian
Leaa Short
Anelise Shrout
Valerie Smolek
Shivani Soni
Dallas Stout
Debra Stout
Doug Swanson
Lisa Tran
Yuying Tsong
Justin Tucker
Michael Turi
Elizabeth Turi
Karen Wong
Adam Woods
Jindong Wu
