Appendix A – The Application Process
The application process and the rubric to assess the application are included in this appendix.
Questions included in the application
OER Learning Circles Application Questions
- Name:
- Institution:
- Discipline:
- Course and course number:
- Current textbook title(s) and author(s):
- Are you Developmental Education faculty?
- Are you Career and Technical Education (CTE) faculty?
- Are you Fine Arts and Sciences Faculty?
- Project type: ( Course Redesign, Authoring, Authoring of Ancillary Resources)
- If course redesign / Course to be redesigned with OER: (please include prefix, number, and name of the course)
- If Ancillary / What type of ancillaries?/ Identify the open textbook to which authored ancillary materials will correspond./
- If Authoring / What textbook / Resources/ Identify the course that corresponds with the primary course resource you will develop: (please include prefix, number, and name of the course)/ What type of primary course resource will you author? (textbook, lab manual, etc.)
- Is this a Developmental Education course?
- Cost of current textbook(s) at college or university bookstore:
- What is the annual enrollment in the course?
- How will the course you redesign benefit or ancillary materials you create or text you author benefit students?
- How will the course you redesign benefit or ancillary materials you create or text you author benefit other Minnesota State faculty?
- I understand that to participate in OER Learning Circles, I will need to:
- Attend a minimum of 80% of the scheduled Learning Circle meetings. Five (5) virtual meetings will be held weekly at a day and time as determined by participants.
- Complete assigned activities in the OER Learning Circle D2L Brightspace course room.
- Plan to spend approximately eight (8) hours per week on this project.
- Agree that all original materials will be made available through a Creative Commons license; this CC license will not include a ND (no derivatives) condition.
- Write a reflective summary on the redesign process (a Pay it Forward Guide) to be shared with faculty across the system.
- Present your OER Learning Circle project at one of the four virtual OER Project Showcase Events scheduled in April .
- Select which April Showcase Event you wish to present at; (Dates)
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The rubric to assess the application:
Scoring rubric criteria
Scoring Rubric / Criteria:
• Courses with high PSEO and CIS enrollment will receive priority.
• Course is needed for Z Degree
• Course is scheduled to be taught in the next academic year
• Course is high enrollment (>50 students per year)
• Faculty is new to OER Learning Circles
• Application sustains current OER course (updates currently used OER materials, resources)
• Potential money saved next academic year.
• Are you Developmental Education faculty?
• Are you Career and Technical Education (CTE) faculty?
• Project type: ( Course Redesign, Authoring, Authoring of Ancillary Resources)
• Cost of current textbook(s) at college or university bookstore:
• What is the annual enrollment in the course?
• How will the course you redesign benefit or ancillary materials you create or text you author benefit
students?
• How will the course you redesign benefit or ancillary materials you create or text you author benefit
other faculty?