This award recognizes the efforts of instructors at Weber State University who utilize affordable course materials, such as Open Educational Resources (OER) or library resources, in their courses.
Nominations are open mid-January through the end of February each academic year. Check back later for the active 2024-25 nomination form.
- Course Materials Affordability Nomination Form (This form is not accepting entries until January.)
- Nominee Evaluation Rubric
Award Overview
Three awards are given each year:
- One award recognizes a department, program, or faculty group for efforts to adopt, adapt, or create OER at a programmatic level. The department, program, or recipients as a group will receive a $1,500 cash award (minus relevant taxes).
- Two awards recognize individual faculty members for their efforts to integrate affordable course material including the use or creation of OER or use of non-OER materials such as library resources. Recipients will receive a $750 cash award (minus relevant taxes).
- Members of the WSU community (students, faculty, staff and administrators) may nominate a faculty member or faculty group. Self nominations are welcome.
- Nominees must have integrated affordable course materials into their course(s) sometime during the last three years.
- Nominees cannot have received the award in the past. Individual recipients recognized in a group or department award remain eligible for future nominations as long as continued affordability efforts significantly differ from past group work.
- Nominators should complete and submit the online form (see above), describing the efforts of the faculty member in making course materials affordable.
- Final selection of recipients will be made by WSU’s Affordable Course Materials Task Force.
- Award recipients will be notified and then recognized at the annual Thrive Symposium & Celebration held during the spring semester.
2024
Aminda O’Hare
Jim Hutchins
Women & Gender and Queer Studies Program
2023
Kathleen Paco Cadman
Sara Dant
Department of World Languages & Cultures
2022
Vikki Deakin
Stephanie Wolfe
Health Sciences Department
Communication Department