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The WAC Resource Center

The centralized, online location for articles, tools, and tips designed to support
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) at CUNY.

NOTE TO 2015-2016 WAC FELLOWS: If you’re looking for the advance readings and the in-session handouts for the August 25 workshop, click on “Files” on the left, then the folder “WAC Fellow Professional Development.” Note that when you open the folder there is an option to download the folder as a zip file–this is probably the most efficient way to get all the documents at once.

If you’re coming back AFTER the August 25 workshop for online follow-up, click on “Forum” at the left. You’ll find follow-up activities for all of the workshops, plus an “Ask Us Anything” feature, and of course a link to the ubiquitous assessment survey.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAC RESOURCE CENTER:

At the WAC Resource Center, you can:
Search — for materials in *Files* by topic, or upload your own.
Workshop — projects using the group *Docs* function.
Discuss — the ins, outs, dos, and don’ts of WAC in the *Forum*.

All the files and info submitted to this group are available on the new, easy-to-use CUNY WAC Resources site!

http://wacresources.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Potential OER Opportunity

  • Posted by Curtis Kendrick on June 26, 2014 at 6:18 pm

    We have developed a proposal for a pilot program, the CUNY Open Educational Resources Project, to incentivize CUNY faculty to adopt OERs instead of high-priced textbooks. The program is expected to produce OERs for 50 CUNY courses, at a savings to our students of about $4.7 million over a three-year period.

    As a first step, we would like to identify the CUNY faculty initiatives that could be incorporated into this program, or cited as examples of what CUNY is already doing. If you have experience converting textbooks into OERs, or have ideas for what classes would lend themselves to an OER project, please let us know, by responding to and providing a synopsis of your OER project here.

    If you are interested in converting your class from using a traditional textbook to using an OER please let us know too. While no commitments can be made, we are optimistic that there will be some funding available for this. Ideally, we will be able to provide funds for courses with high enrollment. Please share this with others you know who may be interested, and apologies for any duplication.

    Inquiries should be sent to Irene.gashurov@cuny.edu.

    Thanks.

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