Low-Cost Curriculum Revision Team Project
This project is intended to support faculty work to revise curriculum and instructional materials for
specific courses in order to take advantage of low-cost online materials and instructional resources.
Curriculum revision teams may typically receive between 30 and 45 hours (at $33/hour) in stipends for
revising a course to incorporate open/low-cost educational resources (textbooks and other instructional
elements) such that the total cost of course materials to students is not more than $50.
Program Summary
Teams of faculty and/or staff working together to develop or adopt low-cost instructional resources for
a course or related group of courses are eligible for stipends under this program. The revision must
reduce the total cost of all required textbooks and instructional materials for each course to $50 or less.
Teams should be formed to include faculty who teach the same course(s) and are willing and able to
devote time and effort toward the course/resource revision. Teams are strongly encouraged to find a
faculty mentor/coach who has experience making similar changes to their courses and include
him/her on their team. They are also encouraged to include librarians or library faculty. Teams should
indicate in their application how they want the funds to be expended or shared among the team
members.
Guidelines
Receipt of support under this option would be made available under the following guidelines:
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Initially, only courses typically offered with multiple sections or one section that fills every
quarter taught by at least one faculty member are eligible for support.
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Current course textbooks and instructional materials costs must total $100 or more for the
course to qualify for this support.
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Courses eligible for revision with Workforce Education support include all professional-technical
courses, all pre-requisite or co-requisite courses for professional-technical programs, and all
general education and related elective courses that are identified in the curriculum plans of any
existing professional-technical certificate, AAS, or AAS-T degree. If there are other courses that
do not meet these criteria that a team is interested in revising, they should fill out the form and
we will try to identify another funding source (e.g., student leadership, instruction).
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Priority will be given to teams of two or more faculty.
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Teams will receive stipend amounts based on number of hours of work required, the number of
students affected annually, and the amount of resource/textbook savings anticipated.
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As a general guide, a team revising a course that enrolls at least 30 student per year that wants
to adopt a new open/low-cost educational resource textbook (requiring revision of lesson plans
with supplemental instructor-developed plans and added assessments) that reduces the cost to
$50 or less could expect to receive stipends totaling between $1,000 and $1,500 (30-45 hours
total work by the team). Projects may receive more or less depending on the availability of
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funds, the size of the team, and the impact and complexity of the project, as described in the
application.
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Instructional materials for the revised course must be adopted by all team members (and
possibly other faculty teaching the course) and may not be supplemented or revised to raise the
total cost above $50 for at least two academic years following the adoption of the revision
(unless it can be shown that the changes resulted in a substantial negative impact on student
success).
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Teams are required to work with the e-learning support center team on best pedagogical
practices in use of online materials.
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For the first year of implementation, teams are required to report to the e-learning support
center team at the end of each quarter on student feedback on the course materials and on
their own satisfaction with the use of the open/low-cost educational resources.
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Faculty are encouraged to use free, open-source, library course reserves, or e-readings uploaded
to Canvas and made available to enrolled students in compliance with copyright and fair-use
requirements.
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A required final project task is to review the Master Course Outline (MCO) for the course(s)
being revised and determine if an MCO revision is needed based on the use of the new
materials. If so, a revised MCO should be submitted prior to project completion.
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All curriculum and instructional materials developed for use through the project should be
forwarded electronically to the division dean and the e-learning associate dean who will review
the material and ensure compliance with academic standards and the project description.
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Once approved (by the Division Dean or CAS, as appropriate), the completed project materials
will be made available for District-wide access through webshares and Canvas.
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All projects must be completed and the materials submitted by April 30 of the academic year
in which they are funded. Projects completed after that date may not receive funding for work
undertaken.
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All supplementary curriculum materials developed through the state-funded project used in
conjunction with open-source materials are the property of North Seattle College. These
supplementary materials may be made available to the general public.
Resources
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Washington’s Open Educational Resources Network
http://www.openwa.org/
North Seattle College library Open Educational Resources Reference List,
http://libguides.northseattle.edu/oer
NSC e-Learning Open Educational Resources,
http://nscc-elearningfaculty.wikifoundry.com/page/Open+Education+Resources
NSC Sustainability Committee Wiki
http://northseattlecommunitycollegesustainabilitycommittee.wikispaces.com/
Low-Cost Curriculum Revision Team Project
Application Form
Please read the program guidelines prior to the completion of this application.
Course or courses to be revised and approximate number of students effected:
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Current instructional resources and textbooks that students are REQUIRED to purchase for this course
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Description of planned changes to the instructional resources and textbooks required for the course(s)
and their total price:
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Revisions to course materials, lesson plans, assessments, course Canvas site (if any) that will be required
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Master Course Outline review. MCO Revision, if necessary.
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Budget narrative for the project. Amount requested and justification. Include any goods and services
needed to complete the project (if any), and the cost. Projects should be budgeted based on the current
faculty stipend rate of $33/hour.
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NOTE: Upon project completion, request payment for an approved funding request by submitting both a
Personnel Activity Report (PAR) and Effort Certification Report (EC). The report forms are available at:
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/pesaunders