The Nancy Tannery Grants for Open Educational Resources (OER) were awarded to 11 projects during the spring 2025 term by the Office of the Provost.
The funding supports faculty’s efforts to adapt, adopt and/or create OER for use in an existing course. These projects will save students money on course materials as well as provide these faculty with the ability to customize their courses.
The grants are named for former Assistant Provost Nancy Tannery, who was the inaugural chair of the Provost’s Standing Committee on OER. Tannery died in 2021.
The grants go to:
Jessica McCormick, Education, Pitt–Greensburg, Integrating the Creative Arts for Primary Teachers
Sharon Welburn, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Developing an Interactive Textbook: OER for Introduction to Epidemiology
Anusha Balangoda, Geology and Environmental Science, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Enhancing OER Adaptations with Self-assessments to Boost Student Accountability in GEOL 0840
Jessica FitzPatrick, English, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Design a Spaceship: OER Toolkit for Introducing Universal & Inclusive Design Principles through Science Fiction
Katherine Wolfe, Economics, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Online Homework system for Economics — adapting existing STEM systems
Marina Barsky, Computer Science, School of Computing and Information, Linear Algebra and Its Machine Learning Applications: open interactive material to supplement the course textbook.
Jane Elizabeth Richey, Psychology, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Remixing an interactive, open textbook for Cognitive Psychology
Rebecca Webb, Biology, Natural Sciences Division, Pitt–Johnstown, Adoption of Text and Establishment of Instructor Resources for Medical Terminology
Marian Hampton, University Library System, Disciplinary Focused Academic Integrity Modules
Khirsten Scott, Teaching, Leading, and Learning, School of Education, Expanding Access to Writing Instruction: Developing Open Educational Resources for the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project
Stephan Wojtowytsch, Mathematics, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, High-dimensional problems of data science