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Free digital textbooks from the University of North Georgia Press
In partnership with the Affordable Learning Georgia initiative, the University of North Georgia Press offers a number of free digital textbooks. Most of the free digital textbooks include a Creative Commons license that allows them to be uploaded to iCollege … Continue reading
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Lower the cost of textbooks for your students through an Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) Textbook Transformation Grant
The GSU Library and The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning are collaborating with GALILEO’s Affordable Learning Georgia to offer grants for teaching faculty who would like to reduce textbooks costs for their students by adopting, adapting, or creating textbooks … Continue reading
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Textbook Transformation Grants Round Nine: Due April 30, 2017
The ALG Textbook Transformation Grants Round Nine Request for Proposals has been released, and Round Nine is currently open. Round Nine applications are due on April 30, 2017. Request for Proposals Link The Request for Proposals, including all details regarding the Textbook Transformation … Continue reading
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Transform Your Textbooks! Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation Grants: Round Six
Affordable Learning Georgia’s Textbook Transformation Grants support the replacement of expensive commercial textbooks with low-cost, no-cost, and open educational resources. Use existing open educational resources such as OpenStax College Textbooks, no-cost-to-students library and web resources, and new affordable authoring applications and … Continue reading
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Textbook Transformation Grants Call for Proposals Rounds 3-5
Affordable Learning Georgia has issued a call for proposals for their Textbook Transformation Grants here. The grants support the adoption of low-cost or no cost course materials. This is the rounds 3-5 of Textbook Transformation grant opportunities. So far, these … Continue reading
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Why Professors are creating and using free and open textbooks
College textbook prices are increasing faster than tuition and inflation. The College Board estimates that students need $1200 per year for textbooks. Based on that number, students in the University System of Georgia (USG) could spend $360,000,000 this year on … Continue reading
Textbook Transformation Grants Call for Proposals
Affordable Learning Georgia has issued a call for proposals for their Textbook Transformation Grants. The grants support the adoption of low-cost or no cost course materials. This is the second round of Textbook Transformation grant opportunities; the first round resulted … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable learning georgia, ALG, Grants, OER, open education, open educational resources, open textbooks, textbooks
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