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.

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June 04th, 2019

Tina B. Jones added Sample Course Calendar for Biology 101, Introduction to Biology 1

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 04, 03:34pm

Tina B. Jones added Completing Lab Reports in Canvas Orientation Exercise

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 04, 03:13pm

Tina B. Jones added Biology 101 Laboratory Quizlet Tutorials

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 04, 02:44pm

Tina B. Jones added Biology 101 Vocabulary Quizlet Exercises; Modules 1-16

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 04, 02:44pm

Lydia Host added Virtual Museum visit and Art review response paper

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on Jun 04, 02:23pm

Caterina Bristol removed (a deleted resource)

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Caterina Bristol added Music Appreciation: A Thematic Approach (Complete Course)

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Caterina Bristol added Music Appreciation: A Thematic Approach (Complete Course)

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May 31st, 2019

Josh Hill added British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on May 31, 10:38am

May 30th, 2019

OpenStax was unpublished by the OER Commons

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on May 30, 12:55pm

May 28th, 2019

Barbara Kilgore removed (a deleted resource)

from ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on May 28, 01:11pm

May 26th, 2019

Barbara Kilgore removed (a deleted resource)

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May 23rd, 2019

Chad Thomas added Open Anthology of Early World Literature in English Translation

to ACHE / ACCS OER Grant Recipients - on May 23, 10:31am