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VIVA: VIVA Open Adopt Recipients, 2020

Virginia's Academic Library Consortium

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VIVA Open Adopt Grant Recipients, 2020

In December, 2020, VIVA awarded their first round of VIVA Open Adopt Grants. $2,000 was awarded to individual instructors for the adoption of a pre-existing open resource. Awards support the time it takes to integrate open and no-cost materials into a syllabus, and they ensure that the results of those efforts are made widely available to Virginia educators. The awards listed here are anticipated to impact 7,633 students and provide a total of $857,734 in cost avoidance over the next 5 years. 

Instructor: Jason Barr
Institution: Blue Ridge Community College
Course: ENG 111: College Composition 1
Resource to Be Adopted: Let's Get Writing!
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $42,900
Students Immediately Impacted: 390
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, handouts, video lectures

Instructor: Amel Ben Abdesslem
Institution: Marymount University
Course: ECO485: International Economics
Resource to be Adopted: International Economics: Theory and Policy
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $37,500
Students Immediately Impacted: 150
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, course modules

Instructor: Jeffrey Copeland
Institution: Eastern Mennonite University
Course: BIOL 20: Introduction to Microbiology
Resource to be Adopted: Microbiology
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $43,000
Students Immediately Impacted: 200
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, online assessments, revised PowerPoint slides

Instructor: Robert G. Eliason
Institution: James Madison University
Course: COB 300A: Integrative Business Management
Resource to be Adopted: Principles of Management
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $132,000
Students Immediately Impacted: 1,650
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, study guides for each of 10 textbook chapters

Instructor: Julius N. Esunge
Institution: University of Mary Washington
Course: STAT 180: Introduction to Statistics
Resource to be Adopted: Introductory Statistics
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $112,500
Students Immediately Impacted: 750
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, in class and homework exercises

Instructor: Pamela Grothe
Institution: University of Mary Washington
Course: EESC 121: Oceanography with Lab
Resource to be Adopted: Introduction to Ocean Science
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $65,520
Students Immediately Impacted: 360
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, lab manual, presentation slides, class activities

Instructor: Deana Jaber
Institution: Marymount University
Course: CHM 151: General Chemistry
Resource to be Adopted: Chemistry 2e
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $67,500
Students Immediately Impacted: 250
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus

Instructor: Elizabeth Johnson-Young
Institution: University of Mary Washington
Course: COMM 206: Small Group Communication
Resource to be Adopted: Small Group Communication
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $15,000
Students Immediately Impacted: 200
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, assignments and grading rubrics, and PowerPoint slides

Instructor: Steven Keener
Institution: Christopher Newport University
Course: CRIM 208: Crime in America
Resource to be Adopted: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $29,877
Students Immediately Impacted: 228
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, course learning materials and activities

Instructor: Christopher Loy
Institution: Christopher Newport University
Course: ANTH 200: Human Adaptation
Resource to be Adopted: Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $83,825
Students Immediately Impacted: 700
Contributing to VIVA Open:  syllabus, labs, and quizzes

Instructor: Kristopher M. Paal
Institution: Longwood University
Course: COMM 460: Communication Research
Resource to be Adopted: Social Science Research: Principles, Methods and Practices
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $13,066
Students Immediately Impacted: 100
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, chapter quizzes, classroom activities, research guide, and PowerPoint presentations

Instructor: Brian Pendleton
Institution: Marymount University
Course: IT 129: Python Scripting
Resource to be Adopted: Python for Everybody: Exploring Data in Python 3
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $19,176
>Students Immediately Impacted: 480
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus and revised Jupyter notebooks (interactive coding notebooks)

Instructor: Christine Rosenfeld
Institution: George Mason University
Course: CGS 101: Major World Religions
Resource to be Adopted: World Regional Geography
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $82, 496
Students Immediately Impacted: 1125
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, online and in-person lessons for geography simulation, mapping tutorial

Instructor: John Morgan Russell
Institution: Virginia Tech
Course: STAT 3615: Biological Statistics
Resource to be Adopted: Introductory Statistics for the Life and Biomedical Sciences
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $112,000
Students Immediately Impacted: 800
Contributing to VIVA Open: syllabus, videos, case studies, in-class materials

Instructor: Nancy Warren
Institution: Paul D. Camp Community College
Course: CST 151: Film Appreciation
Resource to be Adopted: Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema
5 Year Student Cost Avoidance: $26,562
Students Immediately Impacted: 250
Contributing to VIVA Open:  syllabus