Current OER Grants at USU
College of Engineering Grant: Due February 11, 2019
Overview
The College of Engineering, in partnership with USU Libraries and Academic & Instructional Services, is offering a grant opportunity for Utah State faculty and instructors in adopting, adapting, and creating Open Educational Resources (OER) to support their teaching. OER are resources for teaching, learning, and research materials that are either in the public domain or released under an open license, permitting others to use, revise, remix, keep, and redistribute the content. OER can range from full textbooks to instructional videos, images, course modules, lectures, assignments, activities, simulations, and other resources.
More information on this currently available grant can be found on the AIS website.
College of Science Grant: Due February 25, 2019
Overview
The College of Science, in partnership with USU Libraries and Academic & Instructional Services, is offering a grant opportunity for Utah State faculty and instructors in adopting, adapting, and creating Open Educational Resources (OER) to support their teaching. OER are resources for teaching, learning, and research materials that are either in the public domain or released under an open license, permitting others to use, revise, remix, keep, and distribute the content. OER can range from full textbooks to instructional videos, images, course modules, lectures, assignments, activities, simulations, and other resources.
More information on this currently available grant can be found on the AIS website.
Past Grants
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
In 2017, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences partnered with USU Libraries and Academic & Instructional Services to create a grant opportunity for the creation, adaptation, and adoption of OER within the college. Below is a snapshot of the grant's impact.
Previously Awarded Projects
Projects that received grant funding can be found below, along with links to the OER created, adapted, or adopted.
2017
Awardee | Course | Type | OER |
Dr. Nolan Weil | IELI 2470/2475 | Creation | Speaking of Culture |
Dr. Susan O. Shapiro and Jessica Mellenthin | HIST/CLAS/RELS 3210 | Creation | Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology |
Brian Champagne | JCOM 3200 | Creation | Writing for Electronic Media |
Dr. Li Guo | CHIN 3540 | Adaption | Translating from and into Chinese |
Dr. Avery Edenfield | ENGL 3400 | Adoption | Technical Writing |
Dr. Gabriele Ciciurkaite | SOC 3330 | Adoption | Individualized Medical Sociology: Placing Sociology in Medical Practice |
Dr. Julia Gossard | HIST 1110 | Adoption | Fordham University's Internet Modern Sourcebook |
Dr. Stephen Van Geem | SOC 2120 | Adoption | Introduction to Statistics |
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Erin Davis
Regional Campuses &
E-Learning Librarian
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Erin.Davis@usu.edu