{"content":[{"text":"University of Missouri System’s Affordable & Open Educational Resources Initiative","bbox":{"left":0.088331,"top":0.186379,"width":0.8231899999999999,"height":0.019087999999999994}},{"text":"The UM System Affordable & Open Educational Resources (A&OER) initiative works to \n enhance the use of affordable and open educational resources at the university. To \n support faculty in transitioning to more affordable and open educational resources, the \n A&OER Taskforce, formed in 2017, has created a faculty-first grant funding program \n for all UM System faculty who which to adopt or develop new A&OER course materials.","bbox":{"left":0.095588,"top":0.232426,"width":0.805591,"height":0.08442400000000003}},{"text":"In addition to the grant program, the initiative focuses on five main priorities areas:","bbox":{"left":0.095588,"top":0.333713,"width":0.7626189999999999,"height":0.016849000000000003}},{"text":"1.","bbox":{"left":0.125,"top":0.367501,"width":0.017901,"height":0.016849000000000003}},{"text":"Providing more affordable and open educational resources to enhance student \n learning and increase cost savings for students.","bbox":{"left":0.154406,"top":0.367501,"width":0.720891,"height":0.03374899999999997}},{"text":"2.","bbox":{"left":0.125036,"top":0.418117,"width":0.017901,"height":0.016849000000000003}},{"text":"Engaging faculty in converting existing and developing new courses into O/AER \n courses.","bbox":{"left":0.154441,"top":0.418117,"width":0.728645,"height":0.03374899999999997}},{"text":"3.","bbox":{"left":0.125036,"top":0.468817,"width":0.017901,"height":0.016849000000000003}},{"text":"Increasing sustainable support, resources, and tools for faculty using \n affordable/open resources.","bbox":{"left":0.154441,"top":0.468817,"width":0.6399600000000001,"height":0.033747999999999945}},{"text":"4.","bbox":{"left":0.125036,"top":0.519433,"width":0.017901,"height":0.016849000000000003}},{"text":"Developing a sustainable system-wide strategy to: \n • Increase awareness of affordable and open resources. \n • Incentivize the transition to those resources. \n • Encourage UM created materials to be shared as open resources.","bbox":{"left":0.154412,"top":0.519433,"width":0.6121219999999999,"height":0.06749299999999991}},{"text":"5.","bbox":{"left":0.124997,"top":0.603793,"width":0.017901,"height":0.016849000000000003}},{"text":"Identifying collaborative partnerships at each campus to ensure sustainability & \n quality of the initiative.","bbox":{"left":0.154403,"top":0.603793,"width":0.737212,"height":0.03374900000000003}},{"text":"Initiative Results (as of Spring 2018)","bbox":{"left":0.095586,"top":0.675625,"width":0.35930199999999995,"height":0.019087999999999994}},{"text":"• \n • \n • \n • \n •","bbox":{"left":0.095584,"top":0.711578,"width":0.009799000000000002,"height":0.097796}},{"text":"770 faculty participating \n $393,825 awarded in grants \n 1,885 course sections using OER \n 47,908 students enrolled in affordable courses \n $1,313,058 total UM System cost savings including \n major cost reductions","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.714168,"width":0.47474,"height":0.11139999999999994}},{"text":"UM Representative Contact Information","bbox":{"left":0.090663,"top":0.864786,"width":0.393172,"height":0.019087999999999994}},{"text":"Grace Atkins, Outreach and Open Education Librarian \n University of Missouri-Columbia atkinsge@missouri.edu","bbox":{"left":0.090312,"top":0.894016,"width":0.502751,"height":0.03374899999999992}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.617647,"top":0.67115,"width":0.296078,"height":0.22803},{"left":0.453268,"top":0.062563,"width":0.493464,"height":0.079735},{"left":0.053268,"top":0.045455,"width":0.385621,"height":0.111742}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.617647,"top":0.67115,"width":0.296078,"height":0.22803},{"left":0.453268,"top":0.062563,"width":0.493464,"height":0.079735},{"left":0.053268,"top":0.045455,"width":0.385621,"height":0.111742}]}