VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia) hosts many events/initiatives regarding open educational resources, including grants and a digital library of OER resources.

*** 打开万岁 Adopt 奖助金: VIVA has just announced a new round of Open Adopt 奖助金 with an application deadline of December 7, 2022. 的se grants provide awards of $2,000 to individual instructors to support the time it takes to integrate existing open or no-cost materials into a syllabus, and to ensure that the results of those efforts are widely available to Virginia educators. 的 打开万岁 Adopt Grant RFP and application can be found on the VIVA website.

Informational webinars will be held on the below dates. Registration is required. More information is available on VIVA's website.

Team and departmental adoptions, as well as projects seeking to adapt or create new Open Educational 资源, should apply for the next round of the larger scale 打开万岁 Course 奖助金. Questions can be sent to vivaopen@gmu.edu.

*** Getting Started with 打开万岁: VIVA is hosting a 60-minute interactive webinar, "Getting Started with 打开万岁," on November 10, 2022 from 1-2 PM EST. This session, facilitated by ISKME, is designed for Virginia faculty and higher education professionals interested in learning more about open educational resources (OER) and practices, 和 打开万岁! digital library. Learn more and register here: http://vivalib.org/va/viva-open-get-started. Questions can be sent to wrondeau@gmu.edu.

*** 联系 Karen Vaughan kvaughan@geosagrada.com with questions about these initiatives or open and affordable course resources.