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Summary of VIVA-level options to engage with open and affordable course materials - tcassidy - 09-30-2020
As of Fall 2020, VIVA offers five distinct library-led options to support teaching and learning through use of open & affordable course materials:
- VIVA Open Repository
- OEN Workshops & Reviews Stipend (formerly OTN)
- Faculty Textbook Portal
- Open Adopt Grants (new in Fall 2020)
- Open Course Grants (formerly Course Redesign Grant)
VIVA Open Repository
- OER adopted, adapted, and/or created by colleagues at VIVA institutions. Grant-funded work lives here.
- Latest development: VIVA Open offers a VCCS Transfer Course Mapping Hub, a listing of OER selected and aligned specifically for VCCS transfer courses.
- The OTN (Open Textbook Network) is changing the name to OEN, Open Education Network.
- Current and aspiring campus leads should watch for another OEN workshop facilitator training this fall.
- VIVA covers any costs for ebook adoption.
- This is the Textbook Portal access URL for VCCS faculty only: http://ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/loggedin/staff/vivatext.html -- Do not post this link on the open web.
- This is the Textbook Portal access URL for your A-Z list / the open web: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=guest&custid=s1135771&groupid=facportal
- $2,000 to instructors to support the time it takes to integrate existing open / affordable materials into a syllabus.
- Next applications for VIVA Open Adopt Grants are due October 19, 2020.
- $2,000 up to $30,000 to support individuals and teams in adopting, adapting, and creating open and affordable course content.
- The next application cycle for VIVA Open Course Grants will begin in December 2020.