Campus Entities Most Active in Efforts Advancing OER:

• Faculty Champions(s)
• Library

Library Departments Active in Efforts Advancing OER:

• Collections & Technical Services
• Scholarly Communication

Academic Subjects With Greatest OER Traction:

• Other

Mechanisms to Support OER Included in the Following:

• Campus Store Policy
• Library Services

OER Staff Location:

• Library

The ACMI seeks to improve educational outcomes by lowering the cost of course materials. UTC Library by working directly with faculty to swap costly required and supplemental course texts (textbooks, workbooks, course packs, or supplemental readings) with existing library electronic resources, open educational resources (OERs), open access scholarship and/or alternative educational resources.

Program Type:

• Grant Program

Duration: 09/2016 - Present

Program Webpage: https://www.utc.edu/library/services/faculty-staff/affordable-course-initiative.php

Scope: Affordable course content, including cost-free course content and OER

Primary OER Strategy: OER Awareness

Secondary OER Strategies: OER Adaptation, OER Adoption, OER Pedagogy, OER Publication

Unit Housing the Program:

Library

Program Partners:

• Faculty Champions(s)
• Library

Source of Program Funding:

• Library’s special project fund

Total Program Funding to Date: $ 40,000

Total Student Savings to Date: $ 204,612

Incentives Offered by the Program:

• Financial incentives (grants, stipends)
• Instructional design assistance
• Technical assistance

Conditions: Recipients are encouraged to openly license and freely share resources created or adapted

Total amount of incentive grants awarded to date: $ 8,500

Total number of incentive grants awarded to date: 17

Typical amount of each grant: $ 500