Open Educational Resources: Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Programs

Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Program 

The high-cost of textbooks is one of the factors that affects student learning outcomes and student success. Students avoid certain classes, drop a class, or do poorly when they cannot afford the text for a course. Morris Library's Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Program supports students by creating incentives for teaching faculty to use alternative lower-cost educational materials rather than high-cost textbooks. This may include the adoption or adaption of an existing open textbook, or, in some cases, the creation of a new open textbook. Sponsored by Morris Library, a small fund will be available annually.

Interested faculty will be required to submit a proposal. Please go here to submit your proposal: https://forms.gle/Jd9sAGgdbLs3dJmi6

Proposals will be submitted in one of the following tiers:

• Tier 1 (Adopt)
  • Individual faculty members incorporate an existing open textbook into their course ($500 award).
  • Individual instructors or multi-section course teams of at least two instructors who adopt an existing open textbook(s) for use in multi-section courses (must be two or more sections) ($1,000 award).
• Tier 2 (Adapt)
  • Individual faculty members adapt an open textbook(s) for a single section course. Must result in the development of new open education materials ($1,500 award).
  • Individual instructors or multi-section course teams of at least two instructors adapt an open textbook(s) for use in multi-section courses (must be two or more sections). Must result in the development of new open education materials ($2,000 award).
• Tier 3 (Create)
  • Individual faculty members write new open textbook ($3,000 award).
  • Multi-section course teams of at least two instructors write new open textbook ($3,000 award).

Please go here to submit your proposal: https://forms.gle/Jd9sAGgdbLs3dJmi6