2021-22 OER Awardees

OER Modification

$3,000

Hawaiʻi Community College

Jennifer Sims (project lead), Gigi Goochey, and Meghann Decker

Extensively modify the Libretexts Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual to match the level required for BIOL 100L. 

Project Status: Complete

OER Modification

$2,500

Hawaiʻi Community College

Pamela Scheffler (project lead) and Jennifer Sims

Revise, localize, and expand an existing OER composed of chapters from three OER texts; author two chapters on Consumption & Waste Management and Marine Ecology. 

Project Status: Complete

OER Creation

$4,000

Hawaiʻi Community College

Debbie Weeks (project lead) and Aimee Maclennan

Develop 10-12 new labs to complement the CHEM 100 lecture course. Lab exercises include instructions, pre-labs, and report forms.

Project Status: Complete

OER Creation

$2,000

Kapi‘olani Community College

Carl Polley

Create a second-semester OER textbook for CHN 102 that complements the previously authored CHN 101 textbook, both in the Libretexts platform.

Project Status: Complete

CHN102 Elementary Mandarin II textbook

OER Modification

$3,000

UH Maui College and Hawaiʻi Community College

Cynthia Foreman (project lead) and Terianne Brown

Create a UH version of the OpenStax Macroeconomics 2nd Edition textbook in Pressbooks. Update data tables, charts, graphs, and external resource links. Add coverage of the 2020 COVID-19 recession. Create PowerPoint presentations to accompany chapters. 

Project Status: Complete

UH Macroeconomics 2022 textbook

OER Creation 

$3,000

Honolulu Community College

Patrick Patterson (project lead), Mieko Matsumoto, and Cynthia Smith

Create a World History textbook that better engages students by reflecting the point of view of those living in Hawaiʻi.  Incorporate Pacific and non-Western perspectives to existing OER texts and address issues of relevance to students such as the environment and climate change.

Project Status: Complete

Textbook published in 2023 

He Huaka'i Honua: Journeys in World History to 1500 CE 

OER Modification

$1,300

Leeward Community College

Anika Gearhart

Create a guided narration for the OpenStax Psychology 2E textbook to increase accessibility for all learners. Using Kotobee Author, the narrated textbook will be available to students in several export formats .

Project Status: Complete

OER Creation

$2,000

Windward Community College

Christian Palmer

Create a textbook covering sustainability issues from a Hawaiʻi  perspective to support instructors across a wide variety of disciplines teaching sustainability focused courses.

Project Status: Complete

He Aliʻi Ka ʻĀina: Learning to Live and Teach Sustainability in Hawaiʻi textbook