ROTEL Project
Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens (ROTEL):
Culturally Relevant Open Textbooks for High Enrollment General Education Courses and Career and Professional Courses at Six Public Massachusetts Colleges
Our Mission
The ROTEL initiative promotes textbook affordability, student success, and inclusion and equity to benefit all students, particularly minoritized students at our six institutions. The project will provide stipends for faculty to remix and/or develop accessible, intentionally inclusive open textbooks and other OER that reflect students’ local and lived experiences.
ROTEL's Six Institutions
Jaqueline Kremer, Dean, Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Connie Strittmatter, Strategic Projects Librarian
Framingham State University
Millie Gonzalez, Dean, Whittemore Library
Holyoke Community College
Kris Ricker Choleva, Director of Planning, Curriculum and Assessment
Jennifer Rivers, Coordinator of Instructional Design
Northern Essex Community College
Susan Tashjian, Coordinator of Instructional Technology
stashjian@necc.mass.edu
Elizabeth McKeigue, Dean, Berry Library and Learning Commons
Springfield Technical College
Emily Butler, Outreach and OER Librarian
ROTEL Consultant
Marilyn Billings, Faculty Advisor & Advocate
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Robert Awkward, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness
In the News
- Fitchburg State University: Professor’s book chosen as finalist for national award
- Higher Ed DIVE: Use open educational resources to hit DEI goals, AAC&U says
- Northern Essex Community College: New Opportunity for Faculty to Create Inclusive Free Textbooks
- Framingham State University: Consortium of Colleges led by Framingham State receive $441K federal grant aimed at decreasing the cost of textbooks through the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Fitchburg State University: Grant will support open educational resources with an eye toward diversity and inclusiveness
- Holyoke Community College: Federal grant will help HCC increase use of open educational resources
- Northern Essex Community College: Grant to Provide More Free Resources to NECC Students
- Springfield Technical Community College: STCC obtains federal grant to lower cost of textbooks for students