Open Education Grant Program
Grant Overview
The Fanshawe Open Education Grant Program provides funding and support to faculty interested in adapting and creating Open Educational Resources (“OER”). Open Education Resources are “teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under a license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others” (Hewlett Foundation). OER can include a wide variety of resources, such as textbooks, videos, lab manuals, instructor resources, interactive objects, and slide decks. This program has been funded by Fanshawe’s eLearning Organizational Development Group, the Student Technology Fund, eCampus Ontario, and Fanshawe’s Library and Learning Commons. This program supports the use of OER to benefit teaching and learning by enhancing equal access to learning resources, reducing cost to students, and promoting flexibility in teaching for faculty.
Grant Categories
| Category 1: Adaptation |
Adapt an existing open education resource(s). This may include, but is not limited to, creating a Canadian or localized edition of an existing open textbook, adding content and/or creating ancillary materials, such as test banks, slide decks, videos, or interactive media, etc. for an existing resource (such as an open textbook, a freely available educational resource, a modification to an existing open education textbook/ancillary object, or the development of new open education resource). Additional Resources:
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| Category 2: Creation | Develop a new open textbook or other open educational resource. This should cover a topic or subject area that is not currently included in an existing open textbook or other open educational resource. |
Selection Process
| Step 1: | Interested faculty (part-time, partial load, and full-time) are encouraged to begin the process by completing the OER Prep Course.
Once complete, faculty can create and submit a course map with their course learning outcomes to the Studio. The library staff will perform an environmental scan for open resources that already exist. |
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| Step 2: | At completion of the environmental scan, faculty are asked to complete the application form and have it signed by their Academic Manager.
The completed form can then be emailed to oer@fanshawec.ca Successful applicants will be notified by email. If you have any questions about the grant program, please reach out by email. |
Successful grant recipients will be required to sign an agreement of undertaking and submit a detailed project plan with milestones once the project. Funding will be determined and assessed by the Studio based on an estimate of time required to meet proposed project objectives. Recipients will also be required to attend check-in meetings throughout the duration of the project. Recipients may also be asked to attend events related to open education to help promote the use of OER at Fanshawe.
Support from the OER Design Studio will be provided with respect to: administration, research, copy editing, copyright review, graphic design, and publishing.
Selection Criteria
The following criteria will be considered during the evaluation process:
- Feasibility of timeline and project objectives, including a plan for sustainability (updates etc.)
- Impact on students: number of students and cost savings, availability for underserved or diverse groups, and potential for OER reuse
- Plan for measuring learners’ experience with the OER and project success
- Subject or disciplinary area (not already served by an existing OER)
The Fanshawe OER Design Studio has awarded eleven OER development grants to faculty to support the creation of open digital textbooks and resources. The Fanshawe (OER) Grant Program provides successful applicants with funding to create or adopt open educational resources, to promote access and flexibility.
The following faculty members, and their projects are supported by the funding and the Design Studio for the upcoming winter semester:
Grant Recipients for Winter 2022
Susan Loosley, School of Community Studies
- Open Textbook: Child Abuse and Neglect Case Studies
German Gutierrez, School of Language and Liberal Studies
- Open Textbook: Introduction to Spanish Adaptation & Video Creation
Debra Patterson, Kinlin School of Business
- Open Textbook: Essentials of Project Management Adaptation for HR Strategic Projects
Linda Whitehead, School of Community Studies
- Open Textbook: Recreation & Leisure Studies
Jennifer Fraser, School of Design
- Open Textbook: Art History for Interior Design
Sheryl Third, School of Community Studies
- Open Textbook: Early Childhood Education Reflective Practice
Robin Frkovic, School of Community Studies
- Open Textbook: Skills for College Success
Colin Robertson, School of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts
- Open Textbook: Marketing Strategies & Analysis in Golf Management
Sharmistha Nag, Kinlin School of Business
- Open Textbook and Resources: Microeconomics
Laura Westmaas, School of Language and Liberal Arts
- Open Textbook: Communication Psychology
Iuliia Kau, Kinlin School of Business
- Open Textbook: Global Value Supply Chain
