Grants now open - publish open textbooks!

Grants now open - publish open textbooks!

by Patrick Raets -
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Submissions for the DIY Open Textbook grants program are now open. 

The Open Educational Resource Collective (OER Collective) is a national initiative that enables authors to publish, adopt and adapt open texts on a shared platform (Pressbooks).

​This exciting opportunity supports staff to create and adapt equitable, flexible and contextualised teaching resources

Key benefits include:

  • Textbooks are unlimited access, equitable, downloadable, printable, shareable
  • Opportunities to co-author and collaborate
  • Inbuilt licensing and copyright support
  • Membership, support, and advocacy from national Academic Communities of Practice
  • Aligns with the University’s values of diversity and social justice 

Grant guidelines, EOI form and submission link are available from the OER Collective web site.

Submissions close Friday 29th April.

If you are interested in applying, register for the Collective authors Community of Practice meeting on the 12th of April and contact the Ask the Library for details.