Affordable Learning Solutions & OER for Faculty @ Cal State LA

 

In partnership with Associated Students, Inc., the University Library is excited to announce the Spring 2025 S.C.O.R.E. courses and stipends for all Cal State LA faculty. The S.C.O.R.E. Fund promotes using Open Educational Resources (OER) and zero-cost materials, making education more affordable and accessible. This initiative encourages faculty to adopt high-quality, no-cost learning resources for their classes. All participants will be recognized at a campus-wide event hosted by the University Library.

 

Funding: This program is funded by CSU's Affordable Learning Solutions, the Cal State LA University Library, and the Associated Students, Inc. The University Library provides $750 per instructor/semester. Submissions will be evaluated and approved taking into account the class enrollment size and the availability of funds.

 

Timeline:

• November 8 - Please submit your request by November 8 to express your interest in participating in the SCORE Faculty Stipend program.
• December 16 - You will be notified of your approval (college/department) to participate in the S.C.O.R.E. program.
• January 6 - January 16 - Workshop Completion & Open Education Resource Developments.
• January 16 - The deadline to complete the three self-paced workshops and convert your course to an OER course by submitting the form. 
• January 17 - Spring Semester - Zero-Cost Course Materials Applied.

Requirements:

Please note that you can complete all the requirements once you get approval from your college/department. We will notify you once we receive your approval from your department.

To earn S.C.O.R.E. funding, all participants are required to complete the following steps:

1. Completion of the three self-paced S.C.O.R.E. workshops. Please visit the S.C.O.R.E. page to enroll and complete your course orientation tasks. Also, please visit the S.C.O.R.E. page and click on the grades link to view the completion grades for all three modules.

• Scholarly Communication and Measuring Your Research Impact
• Open Scholarship and Increasing Access to Your Scholarship
• Open Educational Resources

2. You are required to use only zero-cost course materials for your Spring 2025 class. Only courses converting to zero-cost or zero-cost courses taught for the first time in Spring 2025 are eligible. You can use an e-textbook or e-book, or other e-resources available from the University Library.

3. You are required to enable the Canvas Reading List in your Canvas Course page to provide seamless access to electronic course materials.

4. You are required to share the Open Educational Resources (OER) course materials to MERLOT.

Eligibility: All full-time tenured faculty, tenure-track,  full-time adjunct, and part-time adjunct faculty are eligible to apply and, upon approval and completion of requirements, can receive funds.

Faculty instructors are not eligible if current workload is 125% or will exceed 125% with application to the scholarly communication and open resources eLearning (S.C.O.R.E.)

Note: Your proposal will be reviewed by Jayati Chaudhuri, Coordinator, Affordable Learning Solutions, Cal State LA Library.

Questions: Please visit the FAQ page or email Jayati Chaudhuri at jchaudh5@calstatela.edu