The Colorado Commission on Higher Education has awarded $1 million to 26 Open Educational Resources (OER) projects, including two at the University of Northern Colorado. These projects aim to create high-quality teaching and learning materials at no cost to Colorado students.

The OER grant program, now in its sixth year, has saved Colorado students over $31.5 million on textbook costs and transformed more than 1,600 courses to no-cost options.
The grants support various initiatives, including zero textbook degree development, collaborative partnerships and institutional general incentive funds.

UNC received two grants totaling nearly $82,000. Oscar Levin, Ph.D., associate professor of Mathematical Sciences, will host a workshop on collaborative OER mathematics textbooks, and Nancy A. Henke, assistant professor in the University Libraries, will support faculty in converting courses to OER.

For more information about UNC’s awards, see the Affordable and Open Educational Resources Committee website.