Applying for the incentive program
- Faculty who currently use a traditional textbook and elect to adopt, adapt, or author an Open Education Resource (OER) textbook may be eligible to receive a stipend.
- Stipends are limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis. The OER Taskforce makes final approval for consideration and for the stipend amount within the tiers below.
- Only open resources will be considered. Open Educational Resources (OER) are released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others.
- The rubric is available here.
- Faculty must survey their students at the end of each semester and report the survey results to the OER Taskforce.
Please submit this form for consideration.
Award levels:
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$500, first-time adoption of OER textbook for a section.
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$800 - 1000, first-time adoption of an OER textbook that has been remixed or adapted.
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$1200 - 2000, authoring of an OER.
Adopted: using existing OER materials without significantly modifying the content.
Adapted: modifying existing open educational resources to suit the specific needs of a particular audience, academic context, or learning objectives.
Authored: creating new educational resources from scratch or significantly contributing to developing original OER materials.
