Colorado Springs, CO, United States
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Type: Public 4-Year
Annual Enrollment: 11,761
Open CU will have a positive impact on thousands of students in financial savings and will increase the quality of student learning experiences. This initiative represents the University of Colorado’s commitment to reducing barriers to OER adoption across our campuses by demonstrating institutional support; providing learning and educational opportunities to educators to enhance OER skill and knowledge; sharing expertise and tools for successful identification, evaluation and adoption of OER; and offering incentives for educator time and effort.
Campus Entities Most Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
Library Departments Active in Efforts Advancing OER:
Academic Subjects With Greatest OER Traction:
Mechanisms to Support OER Included in the Following:
The Open CU team, which includes representatives from all four campuses and the system office, was awarded $60,000 from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, with matching grants from the university. At UCCS, stipends of $250 and $1,000 will be available to faculty members who participate in workshops, review OER for their courses, and/or engage in course redesign efforts to take advantage of the benefits of OER. The first round of stipends has been awarded to 30 participants for completing a workshop series and the second round of 10-12 participants will be selected for OER adoption grants.
Program Type:
Duration: 03/2019 - Present
Program Webpage: https://www.uccs.edu/frc/teaching_resources/open-educational-resources
Scope: OER (open course content)
Primary OER Strategy: OER Awareness
Secondary OER Strategies: OER Adaptation, OER Adoption, OER Pedagogy, OER Review/Assessment
Unit Housing the Program:
Program Partners:
Source of Program Funding:
Total Program Funding to Date: $ 28,000
Incentives Offered by the Program:
Total amount of incentive grants awarded to date: $ 7,500
Total number of incentive grants awarded to date: 30
Typical amount of each grant: $ 250
Susan Vandagriff
Scholarly Communications Librarian, Kraemer Familty Library