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Nominations for 2023 Textbook Heroes

by Laura Gleason on August 7th, 2023 in Education, Library Science, Technical Writing | 0 Comments

Do you knowIcon figure wearing a cape of a Textbook Hero an instructor, student, or administrator who champions textbook affordability?

Textbook Heroes are members of the ISU community who have promoted or adopted low-cost or free course materials, including open educational resources (OER), helping ISU students save on the cost of materials and showing an outstanding commitment to student success.

Nominees can be an instructor who has adopted OER, a student who has advocated for OER, or someone who has supported OER in an administrative role at ISU.

Honorees will be recognized by the library as a Textbook Hero and a letter of appreciation will be sent to the hero’s relevant dean or department chair; they will also receive an invitation to give a talk about their textbook affordability work during ISU Open Education Week in Spring 2024.

Use the Textbook Hero Nomination form to submit your nomination by October 9th, 2023. In your nomination, please be prepared to explain the work the nominee has done to engage in textAn orange letter O wearing a graduation capbook affordability and include as many details as possible about the nominee's efforts, impact on students, level of engagement, and other information you feel is relevant.

 

General Eligibility

Self-nominations are accepted. Previous Textbook Hero honorees may be recognized again for new affordability projects they undertake. The project does not have to be initiated or completed in 2023 to be considered for the honor. For this honor, “affordable” should be understood to include OER materials, existing library resources, and/or other low-cost course materials even if they may be under copyright. 

 

Instructors

Instructors who are eligible and who have made a notable effort which may include (but is not limited to) the following types of effort:

  • Creating open educational resources (OER), which are openly published educational materials which are not under traditional copyright (i.e. under a Creative Commons license)

  • Creating free online course materials under traditional copyright

  • Adapting existing open content to a new course context (i.e. updating/revising existing OER)

  • Adopting existing OER (with no changes) for use in their course

  • Adopting the use of collective (e.g., library) resources with licensing terms amenable to sustained ISU use as alternatives to course materials containing severely restricted access terms

  • Adopting low-cost affordable resources (leading to a substantial reduction in course material costs)

  • Other notable efforts

 

Students

Students are eligible who have made a notable effort which may include (but is not limited to) the following types of effort: 

  • Raising awareness of OER or textbook affordability issues on campus, 

  • Creating open content or hosting an event related to creating open content 

  • Assisting faculty with creating OER

  • Working with student government and/or administrators to promote awareness or adoption of OER or affordability-related policies

  • Other notable efforts

 

Administrators

Administrators are eligible who have made a notable effort which may include (but is not limited to) the following types of effort:

  • Advocating OER for inclusion in Promotion and Tenure documents

  • Encouraging faculty to use OER or other affordable materials

  • Providing administrative support to enable faculty to adopt OER

  • Providing funding to help the creation/adoption of OER

  • Helping with identifying funding sources and applying for grants

  • Organizing and promoting campus OER events

  • Participating in SBOE workgroups or committees

  • Sponsoring, hosting, or helping to organize a workgroup, committee, presentation, or continuing education

  • Other notable efforts

Use the Textbook Hero Nomination form to submit your nomination by October 9th, 2023!

For more information about the Textbook Hero honor, please contact the University Libraries OAER Committee at oaer@isu.edu.


 

Learn more about OER/OAER at ISU:  Instructional Technology Resource Center [OER] (ITRC) and University Libraries [OER] support faculty as they explore and research the possibility of creating or adapting high-quality, innovative learning materials to increase student learning and engagement. View the Open Educational Resource Plan in accordance with SBOE Policy III.U. - Instructional Material Access and Affordability.

 


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