{"id":5504,"date":"2023-03-03T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:01:45","slug":"aim-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/aim-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropology Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You don’t have to dig too far to find a group of faculty members dedicated to student learning and savings. The Anthropology department was selected to receive the 2023 AIM High<\/a> Impact Group Award because of their large-scale efforts to implement open educational resources (OER) and library-sourced materials across the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department’s decision to use these course materials has had a huge impact on thousands of students resulting in an estimated savings of over $580,000 for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all started when Dr. Michael Callaghan and Dr. Lana Williams created their own OER textbook for GEP course ANT2000, and by Summer 2021 all sections of ANT2000 adopted this textbook. Because of the success of this initiative and the positive student response about the textbook, adoption was also pursued for GEP course ANT2511.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the significant faculty effort and time involved in changing the course materials and course design, the faculty remained committed to prioritizing low-to-no-cost course materials for students while continuing to provide a quality education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The understanding that college students typically suffer financial hardships and the inclusion of a completely free textbook, the use of a free attendance app, and the efficient use of Canvas Webcourses to help the class [allows students to] really thrive without added pressure.<\/p>\n