Preface
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The Creation of this Open Educational Resource (OER)
This textbook and ancillary materials were created as part of the Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources (SCOERs) project, facilitated by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.[1]
Illinois SCOERs is a true statewide enterprise fundamentally changing the open educational resources landscape in Illinois by providing a new holistic support model that promotes student success through OER awareness, implementation, growth, and adoption. This project features a collaboration between educational systems in Illinois, the library community, and workforce representatives. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others., the library community, and workforce representatives. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.
About this Book
This book and its ancillary materials were made possible through an Illinois SCOERs Subgrant awarded to Dr. Diana J. Zaleski at the University of Illinois Springfield. The materials were created for Exceptional Child, a high enrollment course for undergraduate students.
Contributors
Contributors to the development of this OER textbook include educators, librarians, and staff from the University of Illinois Springfield, Illinois State University, and the Illinois State Board of Education:
Mary O’Brian, Illinois State University
Angela Foxall, Illinois State Board of Education
Alana Gomoll, University of Illinois Springfield
Sally LaJoie, University of Illinois Springfield
Illinois SCOERs Project Staff
The Illinois SCOERs Project Staff helped coordinate the management of the Open Textbook Pilot grant that made this OER possible. Topical experts shared their knowledge on open educational resources, incorporating technologies including 3D printing, accessibility, author rights, instructional design, publishing, and participated with the review and proofreading processes.
- Anne Craig, Principal Investigator, CARLI Senior Director
- Michele Leigh, Ph.D, Project Director, CARLI Senior Coordinator Open Illinois
- Margaret Chambers, CARLI Director and Advisor, Membership and Communications
- Michelle Haake, CARLI Senior Coordinator Membership and Communications
- Diane Day, CARLI Fiscal Officer
- Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI Director, Collections Services and OER Committee Liaison
- Nicole Swanson, CARLI Senior Coordinator, Library Services and Outreach and OER Committee Liaison
- Sara Benson, Copyright Training Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Copyright Librarian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Emily Boles, Instructional Design Coordinator and Trainer, eLearning Specialist, University of Illinois Springfield
- Elisandro (Alex) Cabada, 3D Printing Coordinator Trainer, Assistant Professor and Medical & Bioengineering Librarian, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Ann Fredricksen, Disability Specialist, Coordinator of Accessible Media Services, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES)
- Kathleen Ricker, Proofreader, ProofreadingPal.com Editing Services
Advisory Committee
The Illinois SCOERs Advisory Committee provided input on the subgrant applications, and the materials produced and contains industry members, librarians, graduate students, and representatives from our project partners:
· Illinois Community College Board
· Illinois Board of Higher Education
· Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
· Illinois Heartland Library System
· Reaching Across Illinois Library System
· Illinois State Library
· Illinois Library Association
· Health Sciences Librarians of Illinois
· University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services
· Laurie Brown, Executive Director, Hickory Point Christian Village (assisted living) and Illinois Workforce Investment Board Local 1949 Chair
· Lisa Jones, DCEO, Manager, Office of Employment & Training (state workforce agency)
· Suzanne Kinsey, Executive Director, Fox Valley Community Services, (in-home service agency) in DeKalb, LaSalle, Kendall, and Kane Counties
· Danna Williamson, Nursing Education Specialist, Carle Foundation Hospital Clinical Education
Peer Review
The Peer Reviewer process was completed by the following reviewers:
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[1] The contents of this publication were developed under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.