Teaching Professor Sayali Kukday receives Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Program award
Kukday receives 26-27 Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Program funding
Teaching Professor Sayali Kukday is one of nine awardees of the 26-27 Open Textbook Faculty Incentive Program funding for BIOS 220, Genetics.
The UIC Today article notes
"The program encourages faculty to use and develop free open educational resources as alternatives to traditional textbooks for undergraduate courses. The incentive program is part of UIC’s student success initiative and was developed in response to student concerns about the high cost of course materials.
Nine faculty members will each receive a portion of the allocated funding for this program. Faculty members’ plans include adopting open textbooks and other open education resources, modifying open textbooks and creating new open access supplemental material. Instructors will be able to use resources more pertinent to their courses and tailor exercises and quizzes to their syllabi."