University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, MO, United States
Official Website
• @umsl
Type: Public 4-Year, Research University
Annual Enrollment: 17,072
Overview
The University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) is one University in the University of Missouri System which has embarked to address the rising cost of textbooks and other course materials with a system wide Affordable and Open Educational Resources (A&OER) Initiative. An A@OER taskforce has launched a grant program to provide funding to support faculty to incorporate lower cost materials into their courses. The grants are available for several different activities, including:
- Adopting, adapting and/or creating open and affordable materials
- Reviewing open textbooks
- Mentoring faculty new to A&OER
Specific details of the program, including grant categories, selection criteria, requirements and application information, can be found online. If you have further questions, please contact umoer@umsystem.edu.
Academic freedom includes the right of faculty members to choose the educational resources used in courses, and the UM System remains committed to ensuring academic freedom. The grant program simply seeks to support those faculty interested in utilizing more affordable or open educational resources in their courses.
The UM System Affordable & Open Educational Resources (A&OER) initiative works to enhance the use of affordable and open educational resources at the university. A&OER provide students immediate and unlimited access to course materials, enhance learning by providing up-to-date and interactive resources, and lead to greater retention and graduation. Additionally, they help to lower the cost of education.
A&OER also benefit faculty as they can easily tailor course materials to keep content relevant and up-to-date. To support faculty in transitioning to more affordable and open educational resources, the A&OER Taskforce, formed in 2017, has created a faculty-first grant funding programs for all UM System faculty who which to adopt or develop new A&OER course materials.
Campus Details
Campus Entities Most Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
- Campus Store
- Faculty Champions(s)
- Faculty Senate or Union
- Library
- Teaching and Learning Center
Library Departments Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
- Scholarly Communication
Academic Subjects With Greatest OER Traction:
- Other
Mechanisms to Support OER Included in the Following:
- Campus Store Policy
- Course/Curriculum Design/Redesign
- Library Services
OER Events
OER Workshop 3/9/2018
Come celebrate Open Educational Resources Week at the library! Also, find out more about the UM System grant opportunities for using Open Educational Resource (OER) and Affordable ebook options in your teaching (https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/aa/oer). In the workshop we will explore and learn how you can use these vetted peer-reviewed resources to enhance your teaching and learning. You will leave understanding how to find, adopt, adapt and create your own OER materials to supplant expensive textbooks. More than free textbooks, OER is an ecosystem of information at your fingertips. Light refreshments provided and opportunities to win some fabulous prizes.
Date: March 9, 2018 - March 9, 2018
Event Type:
- Workshop/Professional Development
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 10
Links:
Slides
OER Workshop 3/7/2018
Come celebrate Open Educational Resources Week at the library! Also, find out more about the UM System grant opportunities for using Open Educational Resource (OER) and Affordable ebook options in your teaching (https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/aa/oer). In the workshop we will explore and learn how you can use these vetted peer-reviewed resources to enhance your teaching and learning. You will leave understanding how to find, adopt, adapt and create your own OER materials to supplant expensive textbooks. More than free textbooks, OER is an ecosystem of information at your fingertips. Light refreshments provided and opportunities to win some fabulous prizes.
Date: March 7, 2018 - March 7, 2018
Event Type:
- Workshop/Professional Development
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 8
Links:
Slides
Open Education Resources Workshop Online
We invite you to a presentation on open educational resources, and the opportunity to speak one-on-one with library specialists to learn more about adopting open content.
Students need help with managing their school cost, which has prompted institutions of higher education to adopt programs that keep the costs of textbooks low. One such initiative — in place across the University of Missouri System since 2017 — promotes open educational resources, or OER. These openly licensed materials are available at once, free-of-charge to students.
To learn more, register for our November 16th sesson!
Date: Nov. 16, 2020
Event Type:
- Event Series
Event themes:
- Other
Approximate Attendees: 2
Links:
Event Summary
Slides
OER Workshop - Open Textbook Network
Are you concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? Interested in light refreshments and learning about Open Educational Resources (OER)? Attend our 1-hour Open Textbook Workshop and learn about the Open Textbook Library. After the workshop, full-time faculty are eligible to receive $250 for writing a review of an open textbook. Find out more at http://libguides.umsl.edu/oer or just come by.
Date: Nov. 19, 2019
Event Type:
- Talk/Presentation
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 2
Links:
Slides
OER Workshop - Open Textbook Network - English Department
Are you concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? Interested in light refreshments and learning about Open Educational Resources (OER)? Attend our 1-hour Open Textbook Workshop and learn about the Open Textbook Library. After the workshop, full-time faculty are eligible to receive $250 for writing a review of an open textbook. Find out more at http://libguides.umsl.edu/oer or just come by.
Date: March 12, 2020
Event Type:
- Event Series
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 4
Links:
Slides
OER Workshop - Open Textbook Network
Are you concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? Interested in light refreshments and learning about Open Educational Resources (OER)? Attend our 1-hour Open Textbook Workshop and learn about the Open Textbook Library. After the workshop, full-time faculty are eligible to receive $250 for writing a review of an open textbook. Find out more at http://libguides.umsl.edu/oer or just come by.
Date: Sept. 19, 2019
Event Type:
- Talk/Presentation
Event themes:
- Other
Scope: OER (open course content)
Approximate Attendees: 2
Links:
Slides
OER Resources
UMSL Institutional Repository Library OER Collection
The UMSL Institutional Repository Library OER Collection contains OER works that were adopted, adapted or created by UMSL faculty.