RFP: Adopt OER / Zero-cost-course materials ($2k) Due Nov 7th

[Anita Walz]

Dear Colleagues, 

If you're considering changing your course materials to use zero-cost-to-students open educational resources or library resources for your class in Spring 2023 or Fall 2024, you may be interested in the following: 

VIVA, the Academic Library Consortium of Virginia, has released the RFP for "Open Adopt" Grants https://vivalib.org/va/open/grants/adopt in the amount of $2,000. The two-page application is due November 7th. As this is a direct payment, applications for this program are to be submitted directly to VIVA and do not go through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For further information on available a wide variety of open educational resources, not just open textbooks see: https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/opentextbooks  See also: https://pressbooks.directory for customizable OER using the Pressbooks platform. If you are teaching a course eligible for Transfer Virginia, the following faculty-reviewed resources may be of interest: https://vivaopen.oercommons.org/hubs/vccs_course_mapping 

To discuss further or to request a consultation about OER, please book an appointment with the library. Or, contact VIVA directly at viva...@gmu.edu.  

Please see forwarded message below for VIVA-offered webinars. 

Warm regards,

Anita 

Anita R. Walz

Associate Professor

Assistant Director for Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian
Library Liaison to Economics and Legal Studies

Virginia Tech | University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
arw...@vt.edu | T: 540-231-2204 | Twitter: @arwalz

http://www.lib.vt.edu

Open Educational Resources Guide http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Stephanie Westcott <swes...@gmu.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Subject: VIVA Open Adopt Grants
To: <VAVIR...@listserv.gmu.edu>

Dear Colleagues, 

 

VIVA is pleased to announce a new round of VIVA Open Adopt Grants opening today, with an application deadline of November 7, 2023. VIVA Open Adopt Grants provide awards of $2,000 to individual instructors to support the time it takes to integrate existing open or no-cost materials into a syllabus, and to ensure that the results of those efforts are widely available to Virginia educators. 

 

VIVA Open Adopt Grants will be awarded to individual faculty members hoping to adopt an already existing open resource.  Team and departmental adoptions, as well as projects seeking to adapt or create new Open Educational Resources, should apply for the next round of the larger scale VIVA Open Course Grants. The VIVA Open Adopt Grant RFP and application can be found on the VIVA website.

 

Informational webinars will be held on the below dates. Registration is required. More information is available on VIVA’s website.  

October 3, 2023, 11 am: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/11278527

October 18, 2023, 1 pm: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/11278542

November 3, 2023, 10 am: https://vivalib.libcal.com/event/11278590

Questions can be sent to viva...@gmu.edu. 

Thank you, 

Stephanie

 

 

Stephanie Westcott, Ph.D.

VIVA Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator

George Mason University

4400 University Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

she/her/hers

swes...@gmu.edu