Touro University Libraries, in collaboration with The Office of the Provost, is pleased to offer the 2024 Touro University OER Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship is intended to support faculty to develop an Open Educational Resource (OER), which would replace a previously required commercial textbook, in one of their courses. Fellows receive a stipend of $500 for their full participation in the fellowship program and finished OER to be used in their course within the next calendar year. The fellowship period is six months long.
Participants will:
• Develop an open educational resource for a specific course, completing the work by the end of the fellowship and publishing the finished project via Touro Scholar
• Fellows may choose to adopt existing OER, make their own OER adaptations, or create original OER
• Retain copyright to their materials and all resources will be released under a Creative Commons license allowing derivatives
• Use their OER project materials in their course within the next calendar year
• Attend meetings with the OER librarian as needed and meetings with the cohort of OER Fellows monthly, during the fellowship term; these meetings will be held via Zoom
• Attend monthly group meetings with the cohort of OER Fellows, led by the OER Librarian, and individual consultations with the OER Librarian as needed
• Complete trainings and short assessments during the fellowship term
• Present their work to the campus at a to-be-determined event/date
• Engage in OER advocacy efforts at Touro, as an OER ambassador during the fellowship term and beyond
• Receive faculty development digital badges
Eligibility:
• Any full-time, part-time, or adjunct faculty member in the Touro University System with anticipated teaching responsibilities for the following academic year
• Review criteria: Please see attached rubric
Robin (Brooks) Ishler, History/Political Science, NYSCAS
GPLN 200 - Introduction to American Government
GHSN 105 - History of the US, Settlements To 1876
GHSN 106 - History of the US, 1877 To Present
GHSN 205 - Emergence of the Modern World
Fellowship project: “A Primary Source Reader for Students of History and Political Science”
Rivka Levron, Biological Sciences, Touro College in Israel
BION 228 - Microbiology
Fellowship project: "Practical Microbiology Laboratory Exercises"
Caitlin Lapine, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, School of Health Sciences
PSGN 649 - Organizational Health Psychology
Fellowship project: “Creating an Organizational Health Psychology Text for Future Industrial-Organizational Psychologists”
Elhanan Marvit, Graduate School of Social Work
SSWN 650 - Foundations of Social Work I
Fellowship project: “Swipe Up”
Tom Rozinski, Political Science, Lander College for Men, Lander College for Women, NYSCAS
POLN - 309 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Fellowship project: “Constitutional Freedoms”
Albert H. White, Education, NYSCAS
GEDN 316 - Language Acquisition and Emergent Literacy I
Fellowship project: “Language Acquisition and Emergent Literacy OER”
Gena Bardwell, MFA
Director, General Education
Chair and Assistant Professor, Speech and Communication
Touro University NY, NYSCAS
Project: Exploring Human Communication: at School, at Work and at Home. Textbook for Survey of Human Communication.
David Nussbaum, MA
Assistant Professor, Speech and Communication
Touro University NY, NYSCAS
Project: Exploring Human Communication: at School, at Work and at Home. Textbook for Survey of Human Communication.
Michelle Buccinna, OTD, OTR/L
Director, Long Island Campus, Occupational Therapy MS
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS
Touro University NY, School of Health Sciences
Project: Lab manual for OTHN 334 Human Movement, Behavior, and Occupation.
Regina Burch, AB, MSA, JD
Interim Assistant Dean for Academic Excellence and Bar Success
Visiting Professor of Law
Touro Law Center
Project: Navigating Business Organizations: Cases, Statutes, and Practice for Law Students. Textbook for Business Organizations I
Stephanie Klinesmith, MS
Instructor of Anatomy and Neuroanatomy
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown
Project: BSCI-619-M Neuroanatomy.
Jacqueline Randa, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS, OCS
Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy
Touro University Nevada
Project: Evidence-Based Practice 1: An introduction to research methods and statistics.
Deborah Ratti, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Touro University NY, NYSCAS
Project: Intro to Sociology.
Tom Rozinski, JD, MA
Associate Professor and Deputy Chair for Lander College for Men
Department of Political Science
Touro University NY
Project: Selected Readings in American Political Theory.
James Van Rhee, MS, PA-C
Associate Professor and Chair of Assessment and Remediation
Physician Assistant Program
Touro University (all locations with PA program: NY, Chicago, CA)
Project: MPAN 690 Knowledge Integration for Clinical Practice I.
Michele Bunker-Alberts, DNP, APRN-FNP-BC, IBCLC
Assistant Professor, Chair and Clinical Preceptor, FNP Program
School of Nursing, Touro University of California
Project: Pharmacology for Interprofessional Use
Virginia E. Koenig, OTD, MSA, OTR/L
Associate Professor and OT Academic FW Coordinator-Touro University, Manhattan
Executive Chair/President: Alpha Eta Honor Society, Chapter 83
Member: The Metropolitan Occupational Therapy Education Council-NY/NJ (MOTEC-NY/NJ)
Project: Optimizing Your Capstone Experience: A Guidebook for Allied Health Professionals
Michelle Zakarin, JD
Associate Professor of Legal Process
Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Project: Legal Writing
Fernando Bruno, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy / Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Project: Histology and Cell Biology Question Banks
Judithe LaBarge, DC
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anatomy
Biology / Touro School of Health Sciences, Middletown
Project: Human Anatomy & Physiology
Neil Normand, M.S.
Lab Director, Instructor
Biology / Touro College- Lander College for Women
Project: The Human Microbiome
Olalekan Ogunsakin, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH
Assistant Professor of General and Systemic Pathology
Basic Biomedical Sciences / Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Project: Evaluation and Assessment of Public Health Interventions to Chronic Diseases in East Harlem; A Historical Perspectives of Population Utilization of Health Education and Awareness.
Tanupreet Suri, PhD, LMHC, LPCC, NCC
Assistant Professor
Behavioral Sciences / Touro School of Health Sciences
Project: Multicultural Counseling and Consultation in Schools. Toolkit for Teaching Communication Skills in Social Work.
The Touro University OER Initiative is an effort by Touro Libraries to support faculty across the Touro system in adopting, adapting, and authoring open educational resources for their teaching. Touro’s OER Initiative is tied directly to the University’s mission to operate “In the service of knowledge, compassion, and social justice.”
Faculty will be supported through workshops, one-on-one consultations, technical support, and instructional support.
This initiative is committed to:
Expanding awareness of OER and the benefits of OER
Improving student performance and retention at Touro University
Lowering the cost of a quality secondary education by lowering the cost of materials for students
Supporting faculty as they engage in meaningful and sustainable pedagogical practices
Empowering Touro University members to collaborate in the service of student success
With this statement, the Touro Libraries affirm the importance of equity in education and commit to helping faculty utilize free and low cost open educational resources through the Touro University OER Initiative.
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