The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2020 OER Grant Programs: 2020 Faculty OER Mini-Grants and 2020 Institutional OER Grants.
The M.O.S.T. Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program is designed to strategically support faculty efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Maryland’s 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice. The 2020 M.O.S.T. faculty mini-grants will provide recipients with unique opportunities to engage in communities of practice related to teaching with OER, creation of OER in high-need areas, and evaluation of OER use in relation to student success. This year, 23 grantees were selected from eighteen 2- and 4-year Maryland public higher education institutions, with a potential impact for 10,500 students in AY 2020-2021.
New this year, M.O.S.T. also awarded five Institutional OER Grants to seven Maryland institutions to support strategic institutional efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students through more systemic incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice. These grants will support significant advances in OER adoption, scaling, and sustainability in support of student success institution-wide.
In addition to the fiscal awards, grantees will be provided with extensive professional development, technical support, and coaching to ensure that their projects successfully incorporate learning-centered pedagogies and continuous quality improvement.
Since the M.O.S.T. OER Grant Program launched in 2017, M.O.S.T. has supported 111 projects across 26 Maryland public higher education institutions, with a cumulative savings of $7.6 million. Learn more about our past grantees.
2020 Institutional OER Grant Recepients
- Anne Arundel Community College
- College of Southern Maryland
- Towson University
- University of Baltimore
- Western Maryland Consortia (Frostburg State University, Allegany College, and Garrett College)
2020 Faculty OER Mini-Grant Recipients
Grantee | Institution | Course | Grant Type |
Patsy McKenzie | Allegany College of Maryland | General Psychology (PSYC 101) | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Fabio Chacon | Bowie State University | PSYC205 -Research Methods in Psychology | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Elena Klimova | Bowie State University | Math 133 – Finite Mathematics | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Jennifer Hawley | Chesapeake College | General Psychology | Adopt/Adapt OER |
John McMullen | Frostburg State University | Introduction to Sociology | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Paul Bernhardt | Frostburg State University | PSYC 301 Statistical Methods in Psychology | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Christine Dubowy | Hagerstown Community College | BIO 116 Human Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Mary E. Robinson | Montgomery College - Germantown Campus | Technical Editing course (ENGL 103) | Adopt/Adapt OER |
LaPortia Davis | Morgan State University | FACS 101- Introduction To Business Fashion | Adopt/Adapt OER |
David Jacobs | Morgan State University | Business ethics and society | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Emily Bailey | Towson University | RLST 105: Introduction to the Study of Religion | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Katharine Fernstrom | Towson University | Art History (ARTH) 108, Introduction to Non-Western Art | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Pallavi Guha | Towson University | Media Criticism | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Mari-Jo Ulbricht | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Principles of Composition I | Adopt/Adapt OER |
L. Robert Slevc | University of Maryland, College Park | Introduction to Memory & Cognition | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Robin Armstrong | Carroll Community College | World Music | Create OER |
Zachary Townsend | Salisbury University | FTWL 106: Lifelong Fitness and Wellness | Create OER |
Mark Branson | Stevenson University | MATH 135: Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning | Create OER |
Nataliya Reznichenko | Baltimore City Community College | MAT 128 Precalculus I: College Algebra; MAT 129 Precalculus II: Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry; | Evaluate OER |
Tracy Worley | Coppin State University | English Composition 102 (ENGL 102) | Evaluate OER |
Barbara Maestas | Howard Community College | Processes and Acquisition of Reading | Evaluate OER |
Tammy Cameron-Allen | Prince George's Community College | Introduction to Information Technology | Evaluate OER |
Maria Martha Manni | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Elementary Spanish 101 (1st semester) 102 (2nd semester) 103 (review second semester) | Evaluate OER |
