Spring 2021 OER Grant Recipients The Office of Open Education is pleased to announce and congratulate recipients of the Spring 2021 Open Educational Resources Grant: Arley Cruthers (School of Business), Lilach Marom (Arts), Seanna Takacs (Teaching and Learning Commons) | Story Based UDL Guide (Creation) * Create story-based Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guide that can act as a training module for instructors, education students and students of EDUC 4210 Andrew Frank (School of Business) | Writing for Public Relations, PRLN 1120 (Adaptation) * Adapt an existing OER with local examples and case studies toward a Public Relations OER relevant to our context Leonora King (Arts) | Natural Hazards (Creation) * Create a comprehensive open access natural disasters textbook that will emphasize the British Columbia context but be versatile for adaptation for international audiences [Graphical user interface Description automatically generated] Educational Leave Recipient The Office of Open Education would like to extend its congratulations to Pamela Ip (School of Business) on receiving an Educational Leave to create an open educational resource (OER) and ancillary resources for MRKT 1199: Introduction to Marketing. This project is estimated to save KPU business students roughly $300,000 a year. Pamela’s project is the first step toward establishing an open online course in Marketing in the hope of further reducing barriers. About Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants The Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant program provides funding and staff support to regular KPU faculty members interested in creating, adapting, and adopting OER. Faculty can apply for up to $4000 in funding to create OER or up to $2000 to adapt existing OER! The application deadline for OER Creation and Adaption grant for Summer 2021 is May 1. Apply anytime for an OER Adoption Grant. For more information and to apply, visit kpu.ca/open/grants<file:///C:/Users/unizami/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/0YZZ0O4U/kpu.ca/open/grants>. Best, [logo gif] Urooj Nizami; MISt, MA (she/her) Open Education Strategist, Office of Open Education Kwantlen Polytechnic University e urooj.nizami(a)kpu.ca<mailto:urooj.nizami(a)kpu.ca> w www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> Subscribe to the KPU Open listserv here<https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/openkpu> Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action 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.