The M.O.S.T. OER Grant Program strategically supports Maryland public higher education institutions’ efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students through the incorporation of OER into teaching practices.
The M.O.S.T. initiative OER Grant Program was launched to enhance OER efforts at all of Maryland’s postsecondary education institutions across the state.
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program supports faculty efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Maryland’s postsecondary institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.
The goals of the Faculty OER Grant Program are to impact student success through:
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Institutional OER Grant Program supports strategic institutional efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Maryland’s postsecondary institutions through more systemic incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.
For 2024 Institutional OER Grants, selected institutions will be awarded $20,000 grants to support significant advances in OER adoption, scaling, and sustainability in support of student success. In addition, grantees will receive strategic planning and implementation support for their projects from M.O.S.T. in the form of consultations and regular monthly check-ins.
Institutions applying for these grants should be able to articulate a vision for how OER will help them achieve strategic goals, such as:
To date, M.O.S.T. has supported 210 courses at 29 institutions across Maryland.
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Patsy McKenzie, Associate Professor, Psychology
Kamal Hennayake, Professor of Mathematics
Cristina Cardona, Associate Professor, Physical Science
Gonzalo Baptista, Assistant Professor, World Languages
Joanna Bartow, Professor of Spanish and Chair
Jill Vasbinder Morrison, Adjunct Faculty II, Dance
Derek Richardson, Professor, Astronomy
Negin Fouladi, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Online Graduate Studies
Jesse Schneiderman, Faculty Director - Zirkin Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Melanie Morris, Lecturer and Director of Public Speaking Program
Elena Klimova, Department Chair, Mathematics
Patience Ebuwei, Assistant Professor, Health Information Management
Robin Butler, Professor, Health
Glenn Gebler, Associate Professor, Dept. of Natural Sciences
Bardia Yousefi, Lecturer, Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Karen Clark, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Jessica Clark, Assistant Provost for Faculty Success, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Diane McMahon, Associate Professor of Sociology
Katrina Kardiasmenos, Professor
Elena Klimova , Chair
Horacio Sierra, Associate Professor
Sonya Smith, Assistant Professor
Jaime Witman, Open Educational Resources Coordinator
John McMullen, Associate Professor
Jessica Adams, Associate Professor
Paul Miller, Professional Development Director
Bryan Fuller, Reference and Government Documents Librarian
Brandye Nobiling, Associate Professor and Chair of Community Health
Benjamin Wilson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Jan Baum, Professor, Dir. Minor in Entrepreneurship, Faculty Dir. Entrepreneurship@TU
Tammy Bowers, Assistant Clinical Professor
Tracy Worley, Adjunct Instructor, University Writing Program
Carole Champagne, Professor
Michael Brown, Program Director/Collegiate Faculty
Jayanta Sen, Collegiate Professor, Financial Management
Andrew Schonebaum, Associate Professor, Head, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Tracy Tomlinson, Senior Lecturer
Patsy McKenzie, Associate Professor, Psychology
Pam Deering, Director, eLearning & Ed Tech Services
Colleen Eisenbeiser , Dean, Learning Advancement and Virtual Campus
Nataliya Reznichenko, Professor, Mathematics & Engineering
Fabio Chacon, Director Academic Computing
Elena Klimova, Chair, Mathematics
Robin Armstrong, Adjunct Instructor, Music
Jennifer Hawley , Department Chair, Social Sciences
Daphne Morris, Dean, Academic Affairs, Learning Technology & Resources Division
Tracy Worley, Adjunct Professor, Humanities
John McMullen, Associate Professor, Sociology
Paul Bernhardt, Associate Professor of Psychology
Doris Santamaria-Makang, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Professions
Fred Stemple, Academic Director of STEM/Coordinator of Distance Learning & Instructional Design
Christine Dubowy, Instructor, Biology and Anatomy & Physiology
Barbara Maestas , Associate Professor, Teacher Education
Mary E. Robinson, EdD , Professor, English/Reading
LaPorchia Davis , Assistant Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
David Jacobs , Professor, Business Administration, GBSM
Tammy Cameron-Allen , Adjunct Assistant Professor, Technology, Engineering, and Construction
Zachary Townsend , Fitness and Wellness Coordinator
Mark Branson , Associate Professor, Mathematics and Physics
Emily Bailey, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
Katharine Fernstrom , Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Art and Design
Pallavi Guha, Assistant Professor, Mass Communications
Jennifer Scott, Professor, Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences
Michael Shochet, Associate Director for Reference and Faculty Affairs
María Martha Manni, Spanish Senior Lecturer and Language Teaching Coordinator
Mari-jo Ulbricht , Lecturer, English and Modern Languages
L. Robert Slevc, Associate Professor, Psychology
Audra Butler, Assistant Professor and Department Chair
Krista White, Assistant Professor
Kathleen Berlyn, Associate Professor
Rebecca Johns-Hackett and Baba Zak Kondo, Professors
Lance Mauck, Associate Professor
Brandon Myers, Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Co-Coordinator of Developmental Mathematics
Carole Quine, Professor, Developmental English
Malathi Radhakrishnan, Professor
Nataliya Reznichenko, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Shakil Rabbi, Assistant Professor
Carolyn Shuttlesworth, Adjunct Lecturer
Horacio Sierra, Associate Professor
Eric Hess, Discipline Coordinator of Psychology
Stacie Miller, Associate Professor; ESOL and Learning Community Coordinator
Sara Osman, Instructor
Radhakrishnan Palaniswamy, Instructor
Lauren Pollak, Instructor
Blessing Diala-Ogamba, Professor
Deidre Ferron, Adjunct Instructor
Christa Gilliam, Assistant Professor
Julie Manley, Faculty
Victoria Miller, Assistant Marketing Professor
Rolande Murray, Assistant Vice President for Academic Operations
Diana Culp, Instructional and Technical Designer
Christa Bowser, Associate Professor of Biology
Suzannah Moran, Associate Professor
Veronica Stein, Professor
Laura Hutton, Associate Professor & Teacher Education Program Coordinator
Anjula Batra, Professor and Coordinator, Business
Crystal Walker, Assistant Professor
Mari Wepprecht, Assistant Professor
Rosemary Williams, Assistant Professor
Barbara Warschawski, Chair/Professor
Milledge Mosby, Associate Professor
Deirdre Thompson, Professor
Rebecca Anthony, Assistant Professor
Maureen Yarnevich, Professor
Ben Payne, Instructor
Terese Thonus, Professor and Writing Program Director
Madan Kharel, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phil Terry-Smith, Associate Professor & Department Chair
Shawn Lane, Coordinator of Business Programs
Paul Long, Associate Professor
Malathi Radhakrishnan, Professor
Nataliya Reznichenko, Assistant Professor
Karen Cook-Bell, Associate Professor
Joyce Davis, Assistant Professor
C. Eric Cotton, Assistant Professor
Jignasa Rami, Assistant Professor
Patricia Rhea, Associate Professor
Katherine Cameron, Associate Professor
Debra Morlier, Assistant Professor
Jessica Young, Assistant Director of Distributed Learning
and Adjunct Faculty
Deborah Devlin, Lecturer
Christa Bowser, Associate Professor
Joan Bontempo, Associate Professor
Michael Harsh, Professor
Jessica Adams, Professor
Michael Smith, Department Chair and Associate Professor
Zachary Townsend, Lecturer, Health & Sport Sciences
Nathan McNew, Assistant Professor
Kristin Conlin, Reference & Instruction Librarian
Stanley Kemp, Associate Professor
Jennifer Keohane, Assistant Professor and Director
Carey Miller, Student Success and Transitions Coordinator
Terese Thonus, Professor and Writing Program Director
Gabriela Vlahovici-Jones, Lecturer
Sara Lombardi, Lecturer
Susan Davis, Instructor
Donald Orso, Professor
Robyn Toman, Professor
Patricia Edwards, Coordinator, Academic Services
Malathi Radhakrishnan, Associate Professor
Karen Shallenberger, Professor
Horacio Sierra, Assistant Professor
Rebecca Walker, Director
Donna Mandl, Department Chair
Nelda Nix-McCray, Associate Professor
Patricia Rhea, Associate Professor
Jason Spiegelman, Associate Professor
Jennifer Pemberton, Associate Professor
Dennis Sullivan, Assistant Professor
Matthew Hatkoff, Instructor
Katherine Cameron, Associate Professor
Deborah Devlin, Lecturer
Nazanin Tootoonchi, Assistant Professor
Sarah Dumnich, Assistant Professor
Justin Dunmyre, Assistant Professor
Justin Dunmyre, Assistant Professor
Karen Kyger, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Scott, Associate Professor
Alex Storr, Associate Professor
Courtney Harned, Freshman Composition Coordinator, Lecturer
Bonni Miller, Lecturer
Alketa Nina, Associate Professor
