Open educational resources

Open textbooks

Individuals or teams teaching multi-section courses that have adopted, adapted or created an open textbook may apply for an incentive grant. Successful applicants are eligible to receive up to $500 towards the professional development activity of their choosing. Teams may receive up to $1500 towards a group event, project or activity.

Zero cost/low-cost supplementary resources

Individuals, or teams teaching multi-sections courses, that have replaced commercial supplementary resources with zero cost or low-cost supplementary resources may apply for an incentive grant. Successful applicants are eligible to receive up to $250 towards the professional development activity of their choice. Zero cost/low-cost materials may include library resources and digital course packs.

Please see our Zero cost/low-cost terms of reference for more details.

Grant submission process

1. Applications submitted to the Office of the VP Academic and Provost will be processed by the Open Douglas Working Group.
2. Applicants must be regular faculty members.
3. The open textbook must be a required resource for the course that replaces a commercial textbook. For a zero cost/low-cost grant, the OER supplemental resources must be at least 75% of the course and the total cost of course materials cannot exceed $25 CAD.
4. The adoption of the OER or zero cost/low-cost supplementary material must reduce the cost to students and/or significantly increase their use of a textbook/learning resource.
5. The VP Academic and Provost will review applications three times a year. Application deadlines are May 1, Sept. 1 and Jan. 1 annually.
6. The incentive grant will be awarded to faculty after successful implementation of the open education resource.

Fill out this form to apply for the OER incentive grant.