Deciding on next year’s textbook adoption? Learn about ways to save your students money
Are
you interested in bringing down the cost of textbooks for your
students? The high cost of commercial textbooks (print and electronic)
is a major concern for both students and their parents. A continuing
program at UNCG encourages you to do something about that concern.
The
Office of the Provost and the University Libraries are joining together
to support UNCG’s Open Education “Mini-Grants” initiative to encourage
instructors to use low-cost or free alternatives to expensive course
materials; these can include open-access scholarly resources,
library-licensed and owned resources, and learning objects and texts
that faculty create themselves.
Fifteen
$1000 “mini-grants” will be available this Spring and are meant to
offer an incentive for the time it will take faculty to identify new
resources, adjust syllabi, and modify assignments and can also be used
to cover any actual expenses you incur.
If
you are interested in applying for these “mini-grants”, you are
encouraged to attend one of the Open Education Initiative information
sessions to be held February 4th or 5th from
12 pm to 1 pm in Jackson Library Room 216. (Drinks and dessert will be
provided you are welcome to bring your lunch) Please RSVP prior to the
workshop or direct your questions to Beth Bernhardt at brbernha@uncg.edu.
The deadline to apply for the “mini-grants” is March 5th. You can apply at https://tinyurl.com/minigrants2019
