ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients

The Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) and the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) have a common goal of reducing the cost of college for Alabama’s students. Since textbooks are a major expense for both university and community college students, ACHE and ACCS are co-sponsored a grant program with $50,000 in total awards to encourage faculty members at Alabama’s public institutions of higher education to replace existing expensive traditional textbooks and other costly teaching and learning materials with open educational resources (OER). Open educational resources are teaching and learning materials that instructors and students may freely use and reuse at no cost without asking permission. Unlike traditionally copyrighted resources, OER are developed and posted for public use by the creators who agree to retain few, if any, ownership rights. While the primary purpose of the OER grant program is to reduce students’ textbook costs, additional positive outcomes are expected. Open educational resources are designed to be available to all students on the first day of class, and therefore improve course accessibility for financially-strapped students. And because OER are either created by (or adopted and modified by) the students’ instructor, they are more perfectly aligned with classroom instruction, promoting higher achievement of desired learning outcomes by all students, regardless of socio-economic status.

51 members | 87 affiliated resources

June 11th, 2019

YouTube: Piecewise Functions was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 11, 11:48am

June 10th, 2019

Frances Beech added Introduction to Sociology 2e

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 10, 03:26pm

Emily Peck added American Government

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 10, 03:21pm

Brian Cushing added Physical Science II online simulation as quiz - Momentum

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 10, 03:08pm

William Nast added Openstax Psychology for General Psychology classes

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 10, 01:41pm

Art Appreciation Textbook was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 10, 01:40pm

Lydia Host added Art Appreciation

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 10, 01:39pm

June 07th, 2019

Brinda Mahalingam added Principles of Macroeconomics

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 04:55pm

Brian Cushing added Physical Science II online simulation as quiz - Forces and Motion

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 12:41pm

Introduction to Sociology 2e was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 12:04pm

Macro Economics was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 12:03pm

Who Killed Benny Paret? was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 12:02pm

Who Killed Benny Paret? was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 12:02pm

Narrative Essay Propmt and Samples was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 11:58am

Narrative Essay Propmt and Samples was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 11:58am

Narrative Writing WriteAlong Videos was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 11:58am

Narrative Writing WriteAlong Videos was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 11:58am

A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Narrative Writing was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 11:58am

A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Narrative Writing was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 11:58am

Overview of Narrative Essays was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 07, 11:53am