The CUNY Office of Research and Library Services invite faculty to contribute to a growing evidence base focused on the effectiveness of open educational resources (OER). We are soliciting applications from faculty in all departments and disciplines at CUNY two-year and four-year schools who have built, or are interested in building, OER capacity.  Applicants should develop a well-thought-out assessment of the impact of OER adoption on one or more of their courses.  The application package provides an assessment instrument that may serve as a guide and can be adapted to serve the needs of your course. We will also administer a version of this instrument at the end of the project period to help us with our program assessment.

Proposals should incorporate each of the following:

• A description of the course or courses that adopted or will adopt OER
• Plans to reflect on how and why the applicant chose to adopt OER
• A discussion of how the applicant determined which resources to select and how to incorporate them into the syllabus
• An evaluation of how OER affected pedagogical practices, student participation, and learning outcomes
• A description of how OER contributed to the adoption of accessibility best practices (for more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/2m1Z96I)
• Reflections on how the adoption of OER will affect the applicant, including demands on time, ease of use, and interactions with students
• Suggestions for scaling the course

Budgets of up to $10,000 will be considered.  The funding period will be October 28, 2019 – June 30, 2020. Awards will be disbursed as tax-levy funds. We anticipate up to 8 awards will be made in 2019.

Funds may be used for course-related expenses such as supplies and student enrichment activities. For full-time faculty, funds may be used for one month of summer salary in June 2020. Adjunct faculty may apply if they are eligible to receive non-teaching adjunct payments during the Spring 2020 semester.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES