The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2021 OER Grant Programs: 2021 Faculty OER Mini-Grants and 2021 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 2021 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, 17 faculty grantees were selected from eleven 2- and 4-year Maryland public higher education institutions, with a potential impact for 4,670 students in AY 2021-2022.
M.O.S.T. also awarded Institutional OER Grants to three 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 launching in 2014, M.O.S.T. has supported 181 courses across 27 Maryland public higher education institutions, with a cumulative savings of $14.2 million.
2021 Institutional OER Grant Recipients
- Community College of Baltimore County
- Montgomery College
- Morgan State University
2021 Faculty OER Mini-Grant Recipients
Grantee | Institution | Course | Grant Type |
Jessica Adams | Harford Community College | Introduction to Statistics, Topics of Introduction to Statistics, Pre-Statistics | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Jan Baum | Towson University | ENTR 110 Creativity & Idea Development | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Tammy Bowers and Karen Frank | Towson University | NURS 474 Nursing & Healthcare VI: Child Health | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Michael Brown and Sheldon Linker | University of Maryland Global Campus | Software Engineering Principles and Techniques (CMIS 330) and Software Requirements (SWEN 645) | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Carole Champagne | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Fundamentals of Spanish I | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Katrina Kardiasmenos | Bowie State University | Cognitive Psychology | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Elena Klimova and Cassandra Scott | Bowie State University | Math 215 - Elements of Calculus | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Diane McMahon | Allegany College of Maryland | Introduction to Sociology (online) | Adopt/Adapt OER |
John McMullen | Frostburg State University | Introduction to Sociology | Evaluate OER |
Brandye Nobiling | Salisbury University | HLTH 230: Chronic and Communicable Disease | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Andrew Schonebaum and Mei Kong | University of Maryland, College Park | Classical Chinese 1 | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Jayanta Sen | University of Maryland Global Campus | Accounting and Financial Management | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Horacio Sierra | Bowie State University | ENGL 254: Queer Cultural Studies | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Sonya Smith | Community College of Baltimore County | Management 101-Introduction to Business and Industry | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Tracy Tomlinson and Benjamin Jones | University of Maryland, College Park | Statistical Methods in Psychology (PSYC200) | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
Benjamin Wilson | Stevenson University | Precalculus | Adopt/Adapt OER |
Tracy Worley | University of Baltimore | WRIT 300 MSB Composition and Research | Create, Revise, & Publish OER |
