If you are thinking about converting your courses to OER fill out this interest form and a librarian will contact you to start the process.
A detailed discussion of Open Educational Resources in higher education, covering a wide variety of critical topics.
Have you adopted, adapted or created OER? Then you may be eligible for a stipend. Fill out this form to get the process started. Before you submit have you:
Met with a librarian to locate resources?
Met with an Instructional designer to help implement your resources in your course space?
Completed the OER process in your course?
There will be a three-tiered stipend for faculty selected for this program. Stipends will be awarded after completion of training and course adaptation to ensure use of OER in lieu of a textbook and submission of both their redesigned syllabus and an invoice.
Most OER projects fall into one of three tracks: Adopt, Adapt or Create.
Adopt: Eligible for a $250.00 stipend. Find, evaluate and adopt an existing open textbook for a course you teach.
Adapt: Eligible for a $500.00 stipend. Find an existing open textbook with the appropriate licensing and enhancing it by:
The American Library Association's guide to fair use and its limitations.
If you are interested in applying OER to your courses or have already converted to OER email Susan.Souza-Mort@bristolcc.edu for further information about stipends.