The Open Education Working Group (OEWG)<https://www.kpu.ca/open/oewg>, in collaboration with the Kwantlen Student Association (KSA)<https://kusa.ca/>, has established an OER adoption grant to support faculty who wish to adopt OER in place of commercial textbooks and to recognize the efforts involved in implementing this change. Individuals or teams teaching multi-section courses may apply for the grant. Successful individual applicants are eligible to receive up to a $500 towards the professional development activity of their choosing. Teams may receive up to $1,500 towards a group event, project or activity. Annual funding for the OER adoption grant fund is $10,000. Ultimately, the purpose of the OER adoption grant is to reduce the cost of education to students while maximizing access to, and use of, textbooks and other learning resources, by all students--regardless of their financial circumstances. Note: It is recognized that for pedagogical and practical reasons it may not be possible to adopt OER in every course/discipline. Application guidelines • Applicants must be regular faculty members. • Faculty members or teams may only submit one application per course. • The open textbook/OER must be a required resource for the course, replacing a commercial textbook or resource. • The adoption of the OER must reduce the cost to students and increase their use of a learning resource. • The number of course sections offered per year will be considered when adjudicating applications. • The grant will be awarded to faculty or teams following their successful adoption of an open textbook or other OER. • The OEWG will put out a call for applications each semester. • The OEWG will review applications until the available funding has been allocated. Note: The application form is attached to this email. [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. (pronouns: he/him) Associate Vice Provost, Open Education Kwantlen Polytechnic University t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies. At KPU, we work, study, and live in a region south of the Fraser River which overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semihamoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlen peoples.