CSU Faculty: Are you interested in reducing the cost and increasing ease of access for your course materials, but unsure where to start?
Do you find it difficult to change textbooks because you work with a team of instructors to teach a high enrollment course?
Are you curious what people mean when they talk about open education or open textbooks?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider applying for CSU’s Textbook Affordability Summer Symposium! Participants will receive a $600
stipend.
What: a program to help faculty consider and use openly-licensed or other affordable course content
When: August 3 – 14, 2020; asynchronous; 4-6 hours of work
Where: Blackboard
Who: Any full-time or adjunct CSU faculty are welcome to apply
How: Fill out our application form by July 13th
How does the program work?
Step One: Apply for the program and submit the syllabus for the course in which you are interested in using an OER for librarian review by July 13th.
Step Two: Librarians will review the syllabi of all successful applicants and map suggested openly-licensed, affordable, or library-licensed content to syllabus topics.
Step Three: Participants will participate in online training through Blackboard August 3rd to August 14th, exploring the basics of open education, how to align course content with learning outcomes, and how to advocate for affordable content among colleagues. There are three modules of content, and each should take 1-2 hours to complete.
As part of the training, each participant will:
- Review at least one openly-licensed, library-licensed, or low-cost resource in their discipline (preferably one found in the Open Textbook Library) by August 13th, 2020.
- Write a short report outlining how they will take action to implement the use of the openly licensed content across all sections/semesters of the course in their department
Step Four: After the training, each participant will:
- Use at least one openly-licensed, library-licensed, or low-cost resource (required or optional) in a course they are teaching in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 OR create and use openly licensed ancillary materials (e.g., quiz questions, PowerPoint slides, etc.) for a course they are teaching in Spring 2021 or Fall 2021.
- Speak at a future open textbook workshop offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence or the Michael Schwartz Library (or another institution, if approved), or other similar university event.
- Present a poster at the following year’s Provost Teaching Summit, either alone or as part of a group.
Each participant will receive a $600 stipend for participating in the symposium.
The following applicants will receive special consideration:
- Multiple faculty teaching the same course
- Faculty teaching high enrollment courses or gateway courses
Faculty who have already received a Textbook Affordability Grant will not be eligible to participate, but participants in the Summer Symposium are eligible and encouraged to apply for future Textbook Affordability grants.