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1.Textbook Topic Year One Political Science
This textbook will address the following:
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Introduction of the fundamental terms and concepts relevant to political science
Introduction to the relevant geographic, demographic, and economic facts about Canada
Facts about Canadian history as they relate to politics
Introduction to the framework of the Canadian political system and its parts, including the
Constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Responsible Government, the House of
Commons, the Senate and the Electoral System
2. LEAD INSTITUTION/INDIVIDUAL:
Fictional University
Lead Contact Person
Name: Dr. Faculty of Political Science
Title: Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science
Telephone:
E-mail:
Course in which text will be used: Pol 100
Approximate number of student impacted
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8 sections of Pol 100 are offered in the Academic Year
8*40 or 320 students will be impacted at Fictional University
Pol 100 at Fictional University transfers to the following other institutions, thus the text could be used in those cases as
well:
POL 101 at Fictional College (300 students per year)
POLI 100 at Fictional University 2 (750 students per year)
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3. COLLABORATORS (Name the faculty with whom you will collaborate on this open textbook). State what each
collaborator is contributing, in what course the adapted text will be used.
Collaborator
Organization
Contribution
Course in which text will be used
Name
Faculty Friend
Fictional College
Expertise on
POL 101
terminology
and 2 chapters
on the
constitution
Faculty Friend 2
Fictional University 2
House of
POLI 100
Commons
expertise and
final editing
Instructional
Fictional University
Designer
Pedagogical
N/A
expertise
Additional Information:
4. Existing Open Educational Resources to be used in adaptation, including license (eg. CC-BY, CC-BY-SA).
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We have found the following resources which may be of use in our open textbook:
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MIT Open Courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/
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Memorial University Mapping Politics site: http://www.mappingpolitics.ca/
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10. PROPOSED PROJECT TIMELINE (Note that adaptations must be complete by Sept 5/14 )
Develop outline – April 2014
Develop content in consultation with Instructional Designer – May/June/July 2014
Develop multimedia – May/June/July 2014
Final editing – August 2014
Peer review – September 2014
11. FUNDING (Include a project budget that itemizes how funding will be allocated.
Funding Request
$3000
Rationale for Request: (Describe how your proposal is cost effective.)
Funding Breakdown by Activity: In the table below, identify how funding will be used. Break down the development
into activities – such as instructional design, faculty release time, media development, etc. – and show how much
funding you are allocating to each.
Development Activity
Funding Allocated to Activity
Content creation, including multimedia
$ 20000
Instructional Design
$5000
Editing
$ 5000
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