What is Affordable Learning georgia?

What is Affordable Learning Georgia?

• A USG initiative to reduce the costs of textbooks to students, therefore contributing to student success, retention, and graduation

• A set of programs to support the implementation of more affordable learning materials in the classroom including OER, library resources, and low-cost commercial resources

• A one-stop service to help USG faculty and staff understand and identify these resources

Why do Grants Help?

From our surveys and interactions with faculty, we know that all educational resource adoption and sustainability requires extra time. OER adoption and sustainability requires even more time to be successful.

Through more team members and extra time, Affordable Materials Grants support:

• Creation of new OER, revision of existing OER

• Curriculum/Outcomes revision and alignment with new no-cost and low-cost resources

• Continuous improvement of OER and ancillary materials

• Support for training and development

Impact Beyond Savings

Student savings are the main objective of Textbook Transformation Grants, but projects also help other USG faculty through:

• Shared Evaluations of Materials (Final Reports)

• Shared Sustainability Measures

• New OER and New Adaptations/Revisions

• Lessons Learned

• New Research on Outcomes and Perceptions