Opportunities

If you are looking for opportunities to save your students money, practice open pedagogy, engage with the growing OER community, learn more about OER, or just get more ideas. Check back here regularly for opportunities.

Join the OER Innovation Quest!

$500 OER Innovation Quest All Faculty

This a challenge will benefit your teaching practice, your students, and your bottom line. Starting March 1, you will join other OER Heros in an effort to vanquish high-cost textbooks and materials in your course.  Engage with OER experts on campus to make your courses more affordable for your students without anxiety over copyright and IP rights trouble and earn $500 in the process!

Convert your course to open educational resources by May 25, 2021 to qualify.

Deadline for application is February 28, 2021

 

Introduction to OERs: Practices & Trends at UAF

OER: Open Educational Resource. One way to help students graduate successfully is to make suree their education remains affordable despite rising tuition and housing costs. Finding or creating free, open educational resources for students can be a game changer.April 1, 2021 – 1:00-2:00pm
Join the discussion about what it means to be “open” whether it’s open courses or open educational resources. Contact Madara Mason emason@alaska.edu for details.
Find additional opportunities at the UAF Faculty Accelerator – supporting faculty growth and adaptation.