JMU Faculty and Instructors,
Do you want to redesign your
course to swap out an expensive textbook for an open, no cost, or library
option? Are you looking for funding to create or adapt open educational
resource materials for your course?
VIVA, Virginia’s academic library consortium,
is now offering Course Redesign Grants to provide support to faculty embarking
on these efforts. This new program will award grants from $1,000-$30,000 to
assist faculty members in transitioning to course materials available at no
cost to students, such as open educational textbooks and/or library resources.
Full or part-time faculty from public and private, non-profit institutions
may apply. Proposals may involve one person or teams that include: teaching
faculty, librarians, instructional designers, subject matter experts, editors,
graphic designers, or others as needed. Applications that include
multi-institutional partnerships are encouraged.
More information, including the Request for Proposals, application, and
evaluation rubric are available at http://vivalib.org/courseredesign.
Applications are due January 31, 2019, and award notification will take
place on March 1, 2019.
Webinars will be held at the following times, and will include a general
introduction to the grants, the application process, and a Q&A:
Successful applications will be selected on the basis of:
- Potential for student savings, including class
enrollment and existing resource costs
- Use of Open Educational Resources (freely available and
free to be modified)
- Frequency of course offering, with a preference for
high-enrollment, required courses, and/or courses that are part of the
SCHEV Passport Program
- Impact of the project on open education, such as the
development of high quality resources in areas for which no other open
content is currently available
- Preference for statewide reach through
multi-institutional efforts
- Commitment to continue offering the course for future
years
- Agreement to the terms of the grant and required
activities
Questions may be submitted to thomp3ea@jmu.edu or viva@gmu.edu.
*VIVA is funded by the Virginia General Assembly and VIVA member
institutions, and is sponsored by the State Council of Higher Education
(SCHEV).