Provost’s office accepting OER grant applications
"The University is accepting
proposals from faculty until Feb. 19 for projects to adapt, adopt or
create open education resources for current course offerings.
The
third iteration of the funding program is part of a series of
initiatives run by Provost Ann Cudd’s office to encourage the use of
OERs. OERs are course materials like textbooks, lab notebooks and videos
that are free for Pitt students and allow for legal adaptation and open
use with attribution to the original author. They are typically free or
less expensive than traditional textbooks.
Faculty
can apply for smaller grants, ranging from $500 to $2,000, to adopt or
adapt an open textbook or OER course component such as online homework,
lab manuals or support materials. Larger grants, between $2,000 and
$5,000, are available to support individual or team-based development of
open textbooks, or combining an open textbook with course-specific
development."
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