The 稀缺猎奇网 Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2024 OER Grant Programs: 2024 Faculty OER Mini-Grants and 2024 Institutional OER Grants.
The M.O.S.T. Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program is designed to strategically support faculty efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at 稀缺猎奇网鈥檚 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice. The 2024 M.O.S.T. faculty mini-grants will provide recipients with unique opportunities to engage in communities of practice related to teaching with OER and the creation of OER in high-need areas. This year, 8 faculty grantees were selected from five 2- and 4-year 稀缺猎奇网 public higher education institutions, with a potential impact on over 1,600 students in AY 2024-2025, and potential savings of over $37,500.
M.O.S.T. also awarded an Institutional OER Grant to Wor-Wic Community College to support strategic institutional efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students through more systemic incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice. This grant will support significant advances in OER adoption, scaling, and sustainability in support of student success institution-wide.
In addition to the fiscal awards, grantees will be provided with extensive professional development, technical support, and coaching to ensure that their projects successfully incorporate learning-centered pedagogies and continuous quality improvement.
Since launching in 2014, M.O.S.T. has supported 210 courses at 29 institutions across 稀缺猎奇网 switched to OER, saving students $137 per course on average or approximately $22.9 million cumulatively, and serving nearly 160,000 students across 稀缺猎奇网.
2024 Institutional OER Grant Recipient
- Wor-Wic Community College
2023 Faculty OER Mini-Grant Recipients
| Haitham Alkhateeb | University of Baltimore | MATH 111: College Algebra | Adopt/Adapt |
| Shauna Chapple | Stevenson University | NURS 434: Professional Seminar III | Adopt/Adapt |
| Derya Kulavuz-Onal | Salisbury University | ENGL 240: Introduction to the Study of Language | Adopt/Adapt |
| Negin Fouladi | University of 稀缺猎奇网, College Park | HLSA 740: Healthcare Strategic Planning and Marketing | Create/Revise/Publish |
| Mary M茅ndez Bonnell | Prince George's Community College | TED 2090: Communication for Educators | Create/Revise/Publish |
| Christine Schull | University of 稀缺猎奇网, College Park | FMSC 460: Violence in Families | Create/Revise/Publish |
| Amber Surmiller | University of 稀缺猎奇网 Global Campus | United States History: 1865 to the Present | Create/Revise/Publish |
| Kolawole Ogunlana | Prince George's Community College | Programming Logic and Design | OLI STEM Courseware Grant |
