Textbook Affordability Grant Application

Applicant Information

Name: Click here to enter text.

Department Click here to enter text.

Email address Click here to enter text.

Telephone Click here to enter text.

About the Course

Let us know about the course you are seeking to change/enhance

Course name/number Click here to enter text.

Typical Enrollment per section Click here to enter text.

How many sections are taught per year? Click here to enter text.

Semester in which you plan to implement the materials you adopt or develop Click here to enter text.

Current required text(s): include title/author/cost Click here to enter text.

Project

Which type of project are you proposing? (please check only one)

Adopt: Adopt: Redesign your course to incorporate an existing open textbook as is or use other open course content to replace a traditional, high-cost textbook with a free, low-cost, or open

alternative. (Grant of $500)

Review: Can’t find an existing textbook that would meet your needs as is—consider

reviewing a textbook from the Open Textbook Library in your area of expertise to receive a

$200 stipend. Reviews help other faculty make decisions to adopt open textbooks.

Revise/Remix an Existing Open Textbook: Remix an existing open textbook or other

open educational resources (OER) and/or create new open content to bridge gaps in available

resources to enable a fully open course. New content may add missing chapters to existing

OERs or create ancillaries such as quiz question banks, lecture slides, or lab manuals. Goal—to

replace a traditional, high-cost textbook with an open textbook or articles, book excerpts,

audio, or video that are open access or licensed through the Library. (Grant of $1,000)

Deadlines

Completed application forms are due March 30, 2016. Open Textbook workshops will be available on March 22nd and March 24 for those who need more information. Presentation Dates:
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. in RT 502
Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in RT 502

Implementation

Describe your plan to implement this project, including a timeline for completion and the semester that the open materials will be first used.

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Sustainability

Describe the expected sustainability of the project (e.g. how often will course materials need to be
updated, how much effort or cost is likely to be involved?) and the feasibility that others teaching this
course in the future will be able to use the materials from this project.

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Impact

Describe your plan for evaluating the impact of this project on teaching and/or student learning and engagement in your course.

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Agreement and Signature

After printing the document, please initial each item as a sign of agreement to the following as stipulations for receiving this grant.

______I agree to choose a license for any materials I author using this award that will enable, at a minimum, Ohio State students and instructors to use them freely inside and outside of my course.

______I agree to conduct an evaluation as a component of the textbook project. (At a minimum, this would be a brief survey your students would complete about their experience using your materials. However, additional evaluation approaches are possible.)

______I agree to attend community events and to present my project a minimum of one time in order to inform others about how to increase affordability in their courses.

______I understand that if funded, this award will be provided as a taxable payroll supplement.

Submission

Please complete this form, using as much space as is needed, and email as a scanned document to . Subject Line: Grant Application
Or send printed copies via interoffice mail to Barbara Loomis, Michael Schwartz Library, RT 502. Grant applications are due March 30, 2016

I support and approve this grant application.

Signature of Department Chair______