OER News
UTSA Libraries announces 2024-25 Adopt-a-Free-Textbook grant recipients
UTSA Libraries has announced the recipients of its 2024-2025 Adopt-a-Free Textbook grants, which aim to save students nearly $240,000 by adopting, adapting, or creating free and low-cost course materials. The 13 awardees span disciplines like Russian, education, history, and environmental science. Since 2016, the program has saved students over $12 million, advancing affordability and inclusivity in education. Faculty projects include using Open Educational Resources (OER), no-cost materials, and custom-designed resources to enhance access and reduce costs for students.
UTSA’s Adopt-A-Free-Textbook grant benefits faculty & students
(SEPTEMBER 22, 2022) UTSA Libraries awarded 13 Adopt-a-Free-Textbook grants to UTSA faculty for the 2022-23 academic year that will save students nearly $206,000. These grants will support and enable faculty to adopt or create free or Open Educational Resources (OER) textbooks as the primary textbooks in their courses.
UTSA Awarded Grant to Self-Assess OER Program and Faculty/Student Engagement
(March 02, 2023)
UTSA has received a $10,000 grant from Driving Open Educational Resources Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) to implement the “DOERSS Equity Through OER Rubric” on campus throughout 2023, expanding access and enhancing the university’s efforts to provide wider access to textbooks and learning resources.
Writing Program Awarded State Grant
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) awards a $25,000 OER Grant to UTSA faculty to tailor a Creative Commons textbook for Writing Program 1013 class.
Management Science and Statistics Awarded State Grant
In Summer 2021, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board awarded a $5,000 OER Implementation Grant to two UTSA faculty.