Applications are not being accepted at this time. Please stay tuned for future announcements.
Fiscal Year | Grants Awarded |
2022-2023 | No funding available |
2021-2022 | 10 |
2020-2021 | 10 |
2019-2020 | 9 |
2018-2019 | 7 |
The OER Development Grant (OERDG) program at TRU provides funding and staff support to TRUFA and TRUOLFA members who wish to integrate open educational resources (OER) into their TRU courses. This direct support can be used by faculty to adopt, adapt, create, and/or integrate OER as primary materials within their TRU courses.
Integrating OER into your courses may involve adopting or adapting an existing open textbook, creating a new open textbook, or creating supplementary resources such as test banks, case studies, lab manual, videos, assessment tools, etc.
The purpose of this initiative is:
This grant program was originally funded by a Strategic Initiative Fund (SIF) Grant, but was later funded out of the Provost's Office on a short-term basis.
The project is administered by the University Library, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), and Open Learning.
Successful applicants may receive up to $6,500 to be used for course release or financial incentive to help faculty redesign a TRU course to use OER as their primary course material, and to help them adopt and/or adapt open textbooks and other OER for that purpose. An additional $500 may be available to support dissemination of results of their efforts.
Successful applicants are encouraged to work closely with faculty and staff from the University Library and CELT who will be available to assist recipients in locating, evaluating, and adapting high-quality open resources as an alternative to commercial course materials. Support staff in Open Learning are available to assist with digital formats, text editing, and layout needs.
Current limited-term, tenure-track, or tenured TRUFA or TRUOLFA members are eligible to hold an OER Development Grant (OERDG). Faculty members, individually or jointly, as well as course teams may submit grant proposals.
Application for OER development grant must include the following:
Grant recipients will benefit from the expertise of the Open Education Librarian who can assist with identifying and evaluating suitable OER, and with the application of Creative Commons licenses. CELT may consult with curriculum development and course design. Open Learning can provide instructional design expertise, support in technology and educational media, and text editing and layout.
Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Contact the Open Education Librarian, Brenda Smith, for help on finding what OER resources are currently available in your field and/or to find out more about having an OER sprint.
Please contact the OER Development Grant Project Coordinator, Christine Miller for all other questions.