Open Educational Resources (OER) Program

2021/2022 participants | 2020/2021 participants | 2019/2020 (pilot) participants

Are you a faculty member at a PALNI supported institution considering switching to a zero-cost textbook?

If so, PALNI invites you to participate in the PALSave Course Redesign Program. As the recent recipient of a five-year Lilly Endowment, Inc. grant to support our affordable learning initiative, PALSave will be offering $500 stipends to faculty as an incentive to adopt zero cost textbooks. 

Apply here for the 2021/2022 cohort.

Zero cost textbooks may include open educational resources (OER), library ebooks, or other materials available to students at no additional cost.

If selected, PALNI will provide you:

• A module-based learning guide for adopting a zero cost textbook
• Support for the textbook adoption process through email consultation and/or web office hours
• A $500 stipend

In order to receive the stipend, participants will be expected to provide (by the start of the course): 

• Review the Zero-Cost Textbook Adoption learning modules
• Verification of the change from commercial to zero cost textbook, via syllabus submission
• Agreement to follow up with mid- and/or post-semester information. Includes the following:
  • Student Perception Survey 
  • Student Success Tracker
  • PALSave Course Tracker (number of students, previous textbook)

To apply, please fill out the application at this link, including a short personal statement addressing these questions: Why are you interested in adopting a zero-cost textbook? What are your barriers? What do you hope to learn by participating in this program?

Any questions may be directed to Jennifer Coronado, jraye@butler.edu.