Phoenix College OER Fellowship Projects
Open educational resource (OER) offerings have grown significantly over the last several years, and choosing the right materials can be challenging. A growing number of open textbooks are available online for faculty to use.
Phoenix College cares about student textbook costs and equitable access to information. Many of PC’s faculty members have chosen to use openly licensed materials in their courses. These materials maintain quality while radically decreasing student costs. View a sample of OER materials created and remixed by PC faculty.
PCs OER Committee is committed to educating stakeholders on the benefits of OER, facilitating the discovery and creation of the OER curriculum, and developing innovative strategies for sustainability.
To support faculty adoption and adaptation of open materials, members of the PC OER committee in collaboration with the PC Center for Teaching and Learning are able to coordinate with departments to facilitate transitions to open resources. We also work with faculty to leverage stipends/reassigned time or grants to compensate faculty for researching OER materials, authoring new materials, and remixing existing materials.
Join our OER Fellowship!
Each year the Phoenix College OER Committee invites residential faculty to participate in our OER fellowship project. Whether you are brand new to the world of OER or an expert, we encourage you to join us. Our goal is to empower our faculty to discover, revise, remix, enhance, or expand upon existing open content. The program will be facilitated by PC OER faculty, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Library faculty, and faculty accepted into the fellowship will gain valuable OER experience, personalized training, and have the opportunity to work directly with mentors.
See what other faculty are saying about the fellowship!
Faculty choose from three options:
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OPTION 1 Discovery - Find and use existing OER resources that are available and implement them into your course.
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OPTION 2 Creation - Develop your own materials and incorporate them into your course.
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OPTION 3 Create/Remix/Revise - Combine your own material with existing OER and incorporate it into your course
The project includes 1.0 load hours for participation (.5 load to create and implement in class) and completion (.5 load to review and evaluate). The fellowship is limited to 5 applicants for each cohort. Final projects will be evaluated by the PC OER Committee and shared in the PC OER Course and Canvas Commons.
Learn More or Apply Now
To learn more about application dates, deadlines, expanded information, or to apply, please see the current PC OER Faculty Fellowship Project Guide.
Maricopa Millions 2.O Open Grants
Open Maricopa/Maricopa Millions is pleased to announce a call for proposals for Open Maricopa 2.Open MOD Press Grants to develop digital publications, including faculty-authored and -remixed open educational resources (OER) for the Maricopa Open Digital (MOD) Press catalog which incorporate one or more of the following alignments:
- MCCCD Course Competency and Outcome Alignment
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Alignment
- Diversity and Inclusion (D/I) Alignments
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Maricopa Open Digital (MOD) Press
Call for Proposals
Proposals will:
- Describe new or existing OER materials to be developed into a MOD Press book.
- Describe how the prospective grantee is qualified to develop OER materials.
- Explain how the new or existing OER materials are necessary for student success.
- Describe how the new or existing OER materials support one or more elements of the CARE Framework.
- Identify a funding tier appropriate for proposed OER development; funding (in part or in full) for the proposed project will be based on the tier awarded by the determination of the OER Steering Committee.
Learn More and Apply
To learn more about application dates, deadlines, expanded information, or to apply, please see the Open Maricopa/Maricopa Millions 2.Open MOD Press Grants Guide.
Please email questions to the Open Maricopa Coordinators at openmaricopa@domail.maricopa.edu.