Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals to Develop Open Educational Resources

The University of Regina is pleased to issue a third call for proposals to develop open educational resources as part of the U of R Open Textbook Publishing Program. The Program, funded by a grant from the Government of Saskatchewan, provides funding and support to faculty and instructors who want to adopt, adapt or create new open textbooks or supplementary teaching materials. By supporting open educational resource development and use, the Program aims to improve the teaching experience for faculty and instructors and increase accessibility and affordability of education for students.

There are two separate grants being offered as part of this Call.

1. OER Small Project Grant: This grant assists interested faculty and instructors with undertaking small OER projects, such as creating supplementary materials, and helps them to get started using existing OER.

• Examples of projects: creation of PowerPoint slide decks, test banks, images and videos to support an existing open textbook or lab manual
• Approximate time line for project creation: 4-6 months
• Funding available: up to $3,000
• Application deadline: on-going until 1 June 2020

2. Open Textbook Creation and Adaptation Grant: This grant is meant to support faculty and instructors to undertake large open projects. This type of project requires larger budgets and commitments from participants in terms of time (course releases, research assistance) and resources (instructional design, peer review, editorial).

• Examples of projects: new open textbook creations, major adaptations, transformation of a set of open educational resources into a textbook
• Approximate time line for project creation: 2-3 years
• Funding available: dependent on scope of project
• Application deadline: 1 June 2020 (extended from 31 March 2020)

Who is eligible?
Tenure-track or tenured faculty and instructors employed by the University of Regina or the federated colleges. Applications from faculty / instructors who are on term-appointment and sessional lecturers will also be considered. However, since their employment contract is temporary, applicants falling into one of these groups must make a convincing case that there is a very good prospect that the proposed textbook or supporting teaching material will be used in U of R / federated college courses within one year of product completion.

Funding criteria
The funded project must:

• be released under a Creative Commons license;
• be used as one of the primary teaching resources in the course outlined in the application form;
• reduce or eliminate the cost of course materials for students;
• be used in the course within one year of project completion; and
• be developed for use in high-enrollment first- or second-year courses offered at the U of R and/or its federated colleges.

Application Forms
OER Small Project Grant

Open Textbook Creation and Adaptation Grant

Further information on the Open Textbook Publishing Program and current publications, please click here.

For more information on this call for proposals and the U of R Open Textbook Publishing Program, you may contact Associate Vice-President Academic Dr. Nilgün Önder at AVP.Academic@uregina.ca  and/or Program Manager at open.textbooks@uregina.ca.