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ALG Awards $275,853 in 20th Round of Grants to Expand OER Adoption

Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) recently awarded more than $275,000 to University System of Georgia faculty and instructors to further the adoption and use of open educational resources, or OER. These grants will save students an estimated $367,000 annually in the cost of course materials.

Award amounts ranged from $2,000 to $30,000. Georgia Southern University received the most grants and the highest award total, with $102,062 in funding for eight projects.

A team led by Christine Whitlock, an organic chemistry professor at Georgia Southern, received the highest single award of $30,000 to create no- or low-cost materials for two courses. This would impact approximately 670 students per academic year, with an estimated student savings of $30,240 annually.

“Any positive change in teaching and learning will have a huge impact on the success of the overall student body,” Whitlock’s team stated in their proposal. “Having a low- or no-cost option for students will guarantee that each student has access to the critical learning materials needed for these challenging courses.”

In this grant round, ALG awarded $275,853 in funding for 24 proposals—on topics including linguistics, computer science, fashion and more—from 10 USG institutions. To read more about the grantees, visit the ALG site.

An initiative of GALILEO and the University System of Georgia, ALG promotes student success by increasing the availability of affordable alternatives to expensive commercial textbooks. Since its inception, the grant program has awarded more than $6 million.

Round 20 Grant Awardees

Clayton State University

  • $3,000 (Project Lead: LaTasha Adams)
  • $9,564 (Project Lead: Dmitriy Beznosko)

Columbus State University

  • $25,000 (Project Lead: Linqiang Ge)

Georgia Highlands College

  • $13,764 (Project Lead: Bronson Long)

Georgia Southern University

  • $4,000 (Project Lead: Weitian Tong)
  • $7,000 (Project Lead: Donna Mullenax)
  • $8,400 (Project Lead: Beulah Narendrapurapu)
  • $9,482 (Project Lead: Nancy Remler)
  • $10,300 (Project Lead: Nalanda Roy)
  • $12,880 (Project Lead: Addie Martindale)
  • $20,000 (Project Lead: Shainaz Landge)
  • $30,000 (Project Lead: Christine Whitlock)

Kennesaw State University

  • $3,600 (Project Lead: David Johnson)
  • $25,000 (Project Lead: Daniel Farr)

Savannah State University

  • $12,259 (Project Lead: Sherry Serdikoff)

University of Georgia

  • $10,000 (Project Lead: Bridget Garner)

University of West Georgia

  • $6,280 (Project Lead: James Bellon)
  • $8,000 (Project Lead: Elizabeth Pope)
  • $10,000 (Project Lead: Agnieszka Chwialkowska)

University of North Georgia

  • $22,324 (Project Lead: Katherine Rose Adams)

Valdosta State University

  • $2,000 (Project Lead: Shafat Mubin)
  • $3,000 (Project Lead: Shantanu Chakraborty)