| CATEGORY | EXAMPLE |
|---|---|
| 1. As Is – Adopt an existing open textbook or open course content without making changes to the content ($750 per person). | Redesign your ASTR 121 course, making use of OpenStax Astronomy as course materials. |
| 2. Maintenance – Update existing OER that requires minor editing for currency or relevance, without major changes to the content or structure ($1,000 per person, capped at $3,500 per course). | Redesign your COMM 111 course, making use of Stand Up, Speak Out. Incorporate additional video examples of speeches that support learning objectives while adding representation of diverse speakers to the curriculum. |
| 3. Interactives – Adopt existing OER and develop missing ancillaries such as quiz question banks, lecture slides, or lab manuals; the preferred platform for output is a master course shell ($1500 up to $3,500 per course). | Redesign your CG 100 course, making use of Blueprint for Success in College and Career, Oregon Edition. Create a fillable workbook where students practice the skills covered in the textbook. |
| 4. Revise/Remix – Update existing OER with major revisions, or develop custom course content from multiple open educational resources and original open content in order to support learning objectives not met by existing open resources ($2000 per person, up to $3500 per course). | Redesign your CAS 170 course, making use of How to Use Microsoft Excel: The Careers in Practice Series. Significantly revise each chapter to include new software features and write new chapters to cover learning objectives for your course not supported by the original book. (Note: for the finished product from this example, see Beginning Excel by Noreen Brown, Barbara Lave, Julie Romey, Mary Schatz, and Diane Shingledecker.) |
| 5. Professional Development – After applying, self-enroll in and complete both the ASCCC OERI’s OER Basics and Accessibility Canvas courses. Submit screenshots of your final grades. ($500 per person or 40 hours of flex credit). If you choose the $500 stipend, instead of the 40 hours of flex credit, all screenshots of your final grades must be submitted to Ana Figueroa by December 15, 2024, in order to meet the December 2024 payroll. If you have instead chosen to complete the 2 courses for 40 hours of flex credit, you have until the end of the Fall semester to complete the training and submit all screenshots of your final grades to Ana Figueroa. | Self-enroll in and complete both the ASCCC OERI’s OER Basics and Accessibility Canvas courses. Submit screenshots of your final grades. |
Some of this content was taken from the OpenOregon Call for Proposals: Open Educational Resources Grants web page.