Spring Open Textbook Workshop application

When: Monday, January 6, 2025 - Sunday, February 16, 2025 Location: Online workshop; approximately 90 minutes to complete Instructors and faculty are invited to apply by Friday, February 7, 2025. Capacity is limited and open textbooks are not available for all subjects. Preference will be based on textbook subject area availability, and enrollment will be capped at 24 participants. After the workshop, participants will be asked to write a short review of an open textbook. Your review will benefit other faculty considering open textbooks. If selected, you will receive a $200 stipend for your workshop participation and written review. The stipend is funded by VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium (http://vivalib.org/).

First name

Last name

Institution

(If not JMU, please add your institution in the next field)

James Madison University
Other

College / Department

(If not JMU, please include your institution in this field)

Classes/Courses you teach: Please provide descriptive course names as well as course designators. This information will help us gauge whether or not relevant open textbooks exist for your field.

(e.g. PHYS 140 - College Physics)

Please describe the course material selection process and your role in this process

{name}

Title of the Open Textbook selected for review (instructions about the review process will follow via email)

Please identify an Open Textbook from the Open Textbook Library at https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks. If you need help or have questions about selecting a book, please contact Liz Thompson at thomp3ea@jmu.edu. If an open textbook is not available for your course/discipline, you are welcome to attend the workshop but will not be eligible for a stipend.

{name}

Are you teaching a course(s) relevant to this book now or in the next 12 months?

Teaching it now
Teaching it next semester / year
Hope to teach it sometime in the future
No

Availability to complete a Spring 2025 asynchronous workshop

Attending the workshop is one of the requirements for earning the stipend. Please confirm that you are available to attend if selected.

Yes, I can complete the online workshop before March 30, 2025 and will write a review of an open textbook.
No, I cannot complete the online workshop before March 30, 2025. I am interested in future workshops or events related to open textbooks.

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