Faculty > Apply now for the UNK Open Nebraska Grant
The UNK Open Nebraska (ONE) grant promotes UNK strategic goals and a “culture of open” where affordability, quality, and accessibility intersect to create change in the educational landscape. Affordable content for the sake of this grant includes open educational resources, but may also incorporate other materials, in lieu of or in addition to OER’s, that achieve the goal of “no cost to student” materials. This may include free content online, library resources, content you have created, and more.
The cost of traditional textbooks has increased 88% in the last decade, so much so that 67% of students no longer can afford to buy required textbooks for their courses. As the COVID- 19 pandemic arrived in 2020, the University of Nebraska aimed to increase student affordability by supporting faculty in adopting free or reduced-cost digital course materials in their courses.
Open Nebraska (ONE) also known as Open Educational Resources (OER) "are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."
UNK Library Guide to ONE resources
The University of Nebraska is committed to student affordability by supporting faculty in adopting free or reduced-cost digital course materials in their courses. Collaborative efforts for utilizing Open Educational Resources (OER) and Inclusive First Day Access eBook programs have saved NU students over $7M as of the Spring 2022. The goal is to save NU students $10 million by 2023 through this program.
Course Marking - in Class Search for students
The University of Nebraska course attributes increase transparency so that students and their families can determine which UNK courses are using these free and reduced-cost digital course materials at the time of registration instead of learning this information as the course is beginning.
No Cost Materials
Course materials are included at no additional cost to the student. No book purchase is required.
Low-Cost Materials
Course materials for this course cost students less than $40.
Students can search for ONE-Open Nebraska or OER courses when they register for classes. This means the course will include no- or low-cost materials or reduced cost materials.
Students choosing ONE courses who are taking a full course load can save up to $500 per semester. That's a potential savings of $4,000 over the course of the academic career.
How do I find ONE courses when doing a UNK Class Search?
Go to: MyBlue > UNK Class Search > scroll to bottom and select options in Open Nebraska.
No Cost Materials
Course materials are included at no additional cost to the student. No book purchase is required.
Low-Cost Materials
Course materials for this course cost students less than $40.
Directions:
Using CLSS, be sure you include which option (KONE-NCM Or KONE-LCM) in the comment section that applies to your course. Add your initials and date.
If you have questions, contact the person in your college department that does your scheduling.
View How-To Video, Lisa Neal, UNK Registrar
No Cost Materials
Course materials are included at no additional cost to the student. No book purchase is required.
Add to comments: KONE-NCM, initials and date.
Low-Cost Materials
Course materials for this course cost students less than $40.
Add to comments: KONE-LCM, initials and date.
If you have any questions about your ONE course (formerly known as an OER Course), feel free to contact the UNK ONE committee:
Martonia Gaskill
Jane Petersen
Kim Carlson
Rochelle Reeves
Eric Tenkorang
Don Ray.
UNK Library Guide to ONE resources
If you need help identifying open textbooks for your class, contact your subject librarian or Rochelle Reeves.
