Author : Amanda Hurford

We appreciate and want to recognize the faculty who participate in PALSave. These digital PALSave Faculty Badges signify progressive achievements in the PALSave program. Once faculty complete an achievement, they can right-click on each image and download a full-size PNG file to use in their email signature, personal website, or faculty profile. With each achievement, […]

PALSave’s own Caitlin Balgeman, based out of Marian University, completed the Open Education Network’s Certificate in OER Librarianship program as part of last year’s cohort. Caitlin states, ” I found the whole program to be thoughtful, well-structured, and valuable long past the end date. The main project, an action plan tailored to your own institution […]

Our affordable learning program has been getting attention this week in several venues.  Check it out! Open Education Network Member Spotlight: How PALSave’s Data Plan Demonstrates Open Ed Program Successhttps://open.umn.edu/otn/2020/10/27/member-spotlight-palsave-data-plan/ OER & Beyond, the official blog for the International Journal of Open Educational Resources: Understanding the Need for Open Educational Resource (OER) Programs at Private Institutionshttps://ijoerandbeyond.org/understanding-the-need-for-open-educational-resource-oer-programs-at-private-institutions/ […]

The PALSave Data Plan seeks to collect data in order to demonstrate the need for this program, assess the impact our program is having, and to further gather information about the use of zero cost resources at private colleges in Indiana. Why do we need a data plan? In May 2019, the PALSave program was […]

The PALSave team invites faculty applications for spring and summer 2021 courses (closes October 16, 2020). These grants offer $500 stipends to teaching faculty as an incentive to adopt zero cost textbooks. Zero cost textbooks may include open educational resources (OER), library ebooks, or other materials available to students at no additional cost. This program […]

The PALSave Admin team is thrilled to announce the launch of the PALSave Textbook Creation Grants Program, which will fund the creation of five open textbooks! Faculty members are invited to submit textbook creation proposals for courses they teach. Textbooks may cover any discipline at the undergraduate or postgraduate level. We seek proposals for complete […]

Butler University faculty Brian Weidner reduces the student textbook cost burden by creating an open access book for his course, “Brass Techniques 1,” after receiving a PALSave Course Redesign Grant.  Using an open-access textbook, each student in this course will save $50 with a total savings of $550 for Fall 2020. Along with receiving a […]

PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning was awarded a five year $520,000 grant by Lilly Endowment, Inc. mid-2019.  We recently submitted our first program report to Lilly, demonstrating key activities and performance indicators through December 31, 2019.  The graphic handout below accompanied the report as a high level overview of what PALSave has been up to. Also, […]

Erin Milanese will be joining the PALNI team as the quarter-time PALNI Affordable Learning Project Coordinator on July 1, 2019. Erin is based out of Goshen College, and has been working to develop the PALSave program as one of the Admin Team members and Open Education Network System Leaders for the past year. She’s also […]

Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded $520,000 to the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) for PALSave, an affordable education initiative that will combat rising textbook costs and their detrimental effects on student success and retention. “The PALSave program will provide education and funding support to the faculty of the 24 private Indiana colleges, […]