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PALSave has named eight faculty members from five PALNI schools recipients of the “PALSave Open Educator Award” for the 2020-2021 academic year.  The Open Educator Award recognizes innovation and excellence in support of textbook affordability and student success.  The awards go to: Name Institution Award Category Laura Herder Butler University Open Education Champion James McGrath […]

PALNI’s PALSave Textbook Creation Grants Program has awarded funding to faculty members from PALNI supported institutions to create six open textbooks. These open textbooks will be freely available on the web, reducing costs to students enrolled in courses in the future. Financed with support from Lilly Endowment Inc., each author will receive up to a maximum of […]

We’re pleased to announce a one-time, Lilly Endowment grant-funded program to purchase a limited amount of JSTOR ebooks published in the last three years for students to use as course materials.  This program provides another zero-cost option in addition to open textbooks. Once purchased, the ebooks are available for unlimited concurrent use and are permanently […]

PALSave has named seven faculty members from four PALNI schools recipients of the “PALSave Open Educator Award” for the 2019-2020 academic year.  The Open Educator Award recognizes innovation and excellence in support of textbook affordability and student success.  The inaugural awardees were all pilot participants in the PALSave Course Redesign Grants, and embody the spirit […]

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 […]