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Call for Applications (Closed)
The OER Development Program is not accepting grant applications for the creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OERs) at this time. The most recent call closed on Friday, December. 15, 2023.
Questions? Contact the Teaching & Learning Centre at TLC@upei.ca.
The Open Educational Resource (OER) Development Program provides funds for the creation, adaptation, adoption, and review of open education resources through 3 types of grants:
- Open Educational Resource or Textbook Grant: up to $6000
- This grant supports the development of a new open educational resource or textbook on a topic that is currently not covered by an existing open textbook.
- Open Textbook Adaptation Grant: up to $4,000
- the adaptation of one or more open educational resources or textbooks to create a new version or edition of an open textbook (i.e. a Canadian edition of an existing open textbook);
- Supplementary Resources Grant: up to $2,000
- This grant supports the creation of ancillary materials for existing open textbooks, including, but not limited to test banks, slide decks, or interactive media, etc. for an open textbook or other open education resource.
Applications that support first year courses will be given priority as they reach the largest number of students, but all applications will be reviewed and considered.
Application & Forms
- OER Development Grant Application Form [Google Form]
- Budget Template [Google Doc]
- Faculty conference fees (registration, travel, etc.) are not eligible budget expenses.
- Student conference fees (registration and per diem) are eligible budget expenses.
- Timeline Template [Google Doc]
- Final Report Form [Google Docs]
- Budget Template [Google Doc]
Eligibility
- Anyone providing instruction in a credit bearing course at UPEI may apply.
- Team members may be from multiple institutions, but at least one team member must be a UPEI instructor at any level.
- Applicants may apply as an individual or jointly as a course team.
- Applicants who are not tenured or on probationary contracts are eligible as sole applicants for grants that are proposed for completion during their current period of employment, and are eligible to be part of team grants where at least one member of the team holds a contract that at least meets the duration of the project.
Requirements
- Agreement to release the final product, including source materials, with a Creative Commons license (CC-BY would be preferred which lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation).
- A commitment to use of the product in a credit-bearing course to be offered at UPEI.
- Follow best practices for accessibility of content by a diverse student population.
- Submit a final report after completion of the grant (form provided above).
Selection Process
Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- The extent to which applicants include curation and customization of open textbooks that will be freely and openly shared throughout and beyond UPEI;
- Their potential impact on student experience in the form of high-quality materials, maximum access, open and innovative pedagogy, and cost savings to students;
- Projects that impact the most students, either with larger class size or multiple sections. The intent of the program is to distribute funds to maximize direct benefit to a wide range of student learners and inquiry across a diversity of disciplines;
- The inclusion of plans to re-use open educational resources in courses in subsequent semesters;
- Description of how you will measure success (e.g. improved access to curriculum, new partnerships, number of adoptions, estimate of money saved by students as a result, etc.);
- Development of a coherent project plan and timeline; and
- Accessible in the Library’s Pressbook site or on another open platform.
Past Grant Recipients and Projects
Some open textbooks are available on UPEI's Pressbooks platform. They can be viewed at https://pressbooks.library.upei.ca/catalog/.
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2020 Grant Recipients and Projects
Recipients Grant Type Project Description Status Course Average Enrolment per Semester Dr. Bill Montelpare, Dr. Emily Read, Dr. Krista Ritchie, Dr. Teri McComber & Dr. Alyson Mahar Create a new OER, $2900 Applied Statistics in Healthcare Research
Subtitle:Theoretical concepts and computational methods using SAS applications and the WebulatorsCompleted NURS 6360 25 Students Dr. Andrew Godbout Create new OER, $3500 Competitive Programming: Start to Finish In Progress CS1920
CS 2910
CS 2920120 Students Dr. Dave Hickey Create new OER, $3500
Create/Adapt Supplement/Ancillary Resource, $1000
The Smartphone Storyteller: An Undergraduate's Guide to Digital Narrative
The Design of Not-So Everyday Ideas: InDesign Templates for Research Posters
In Progress
In Progress
ACLC 1080
ACLC 4000
35 Stuents
24 Students
Dr. Dave Hickey & Dr. Richard LemmCreate new OER, $3500 Cold Openers: Warm Up Exercises for the the Creative Writing Classroom In Progress In Progress 15 Students Dr. Joshua MacFadyen, Dr. Jim Clifford, & Dr. Lisa Chilton Create new OER, $3500 Practical Geospatial Methods for Historians In Progress ACLC 2090 25 Students Dr. Matthew Pauley Adapt an OER, $1000
Adapt an OER, $1000
Completed
Completed
BUS 3545
BUS 3710
25 Students
280 Students
Dr. Christopher Power & Dr. Andrew Godbout Create/Adapt Supplement/Ancillary Resource, $1000 Lab Book Completed CS 1910
CS 1920380 Students Dr. Lisa Steele, Dr. Derek Lawther & Dr. Bill Whelan Create/Adapt Supplement/Ancillary Resource, $1000 online downloadable flashcards (slide decks) based on a physics open textbook. Completed Physics 1110/1120
Physics 1210/1220250 Students Dr. Libby Osgood Adapt an OER, $1000 Engineering Mechanics: Statics Completed ENGN 1230 75 Students -
2022 Grant Recipients and Projects
Recipients Grant Type Project Description Status Course Average Enrolment per Semester Terrie Hardwick
Open Textbook Grant Online Histology Resource for Bio 2260 Labs In Progress BIO 2260 / BIO 1210 250 Students Dr. Christian Lacroix & Ms. Heathyr Francis Open Textbook Grant Botany Lab Manual In Progress BIO 2020 96 Students Dr. Stacey MacKinnon
Dr. Beth Archer-Kuhn
Dr. Brenton Dickieson
Dr. Phoenix Horrocks
Dr. Carla DigiorgioOpen Textbook Grant Inquiry-Based Learning Handbook In Progress UPEI 1020 / PSYC 2420 / PSYC 1010 PSYC 1020 565 Students Dr. Libby Osgood Create/Adapt Supplement Resource Enhancement of Engineering Mechanics: Statics In Progress FSDE 1230 80 Students Dr. Marina Silva-Opps Open Textbook Adaptation Grant Ecology Open Textbook In Progress BIO 2220 / BIO 4520 142 Students Dr. Joel Ross & Ms. Heathyr Francis Open Textbook Adaptation Grant Manual for generating figures, tables, and basic
statistics for communicating biological researchIn Progress BIO 3310 100 Students Dr. Bill Whelan & Dr. Lisa Steele Open Textbook Adaptation Grant Open textbook for Physics courses In Progress Physics 1110 / 1120 250 Students -
2024 Grant Recipients and Projects
Recipients Grant Type Project Description Status Course Doris Googoo OER or Textbook Adaptation Grant
Supplementary Resources Grant
This project will convert an existing OER text, No’kmaq Village Mi’kmaw Language Project - Level 1 (CC-BY-SA-NC), into a digital version of the text with updated words/expressions and include local examples of the Mi’kmaw language as it is used on Epekwitk. This grant will also support the creation of audio and video recordings featuring Mi’kmaq speakers and will include examples of the local vocabulary and sentence structure in a variety of forms (individual words, sentences, songs, stories) that will help support the text and language learning activities. In Progress IKE 2010 - Mi'kmaq Language I H. Carolyn Peach Brown OER or Textbook Adaptation Grant EThe overall goal of this project is to adapt one or possibly more open educational resources or textbooks to create a new open textbook for use in ENV 1010. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the BES, it is sometimes hard to find a textbook that covers all of the topics that are integral to the introductory course of the degree. In Progress ENV 1010- Intro to Environmental Studies Margaret Augustine OER or Textbook Grant
Supplementary Resources Grant
Currently there is no textbook to teach the Mi’kmaq Foodways course and I aim to use my research material, knowledge of the Mi’kmaw culture and other material to create a textbook that can be used in my classes, in community and at other institutions of learning. There will be ten chapters in this book which will be openly available and each topic will address one important topic in the course. In Progress IKE 2060 - Mi'kmaq Foodways