Generous funding from Women Investing in Nebraska, the NU Provost’s Office, and UNL’s Center for Transformative Teaching has expanded UNL’s commitment to the adoption of open educational resources.
OER expands pedagogical and course design options while decreasing costs for students. Past grant recipients have used OER to enhance course content and student engagement, as well as solve a variety of challenges.
Grants are provided to support the adoption, adaptation, or creation of OER materials, including textbook alternatives, assessment tools, and ancillary materials. Grant recipients are expected to work with or provide data to an inter-campus faculty research team analyzing the impact of OER and low-cost digital course materials at NU.
The OER Seed Grant 2022 application will be available in NuRamp through September 12. Grants will be awarded in October for spring 2022 and summer 2022 courses.
The STAR team, which includes librarians, instructional designers, and instructional technologists available to consult and assist with integrating OER, will be administering these grants.
Contact Brad Severa at bsevera@nebraska.edu with questions, for a consultation, or information on submitting a proposal.
Learn more about the STAR initiative and open educational resources.