About
ALG Champions
Affordable Learning Georgia Champions are affordable learning specialists and advocates at each USG institution. Champions work together to inform the institution about affordable resources, including open educational resources (OER), along with the fundamentals and practices behind open licensing and the potential to enhance instruction through open pedagogy.
There are three ALG Champion roles:
- ALG Faculty Champion: a faculty instructor using no- or low-cost materials in their courses with open educational resources (OER) experience. Faculty Champions work within their campus to inform faculty, staff, and students about Affordable Learning Georgia and the benefits of open educational resources.
- ALG Library Champion: a campus librarian with OER expertise. Library Champions work together with the Faculty Champion to identify, evaluate, and provide access to affordable, library-subscribed, and open educational resources. They also inform faculty, staff, and students about ALG and OER alongside the Faculty Champion.
- ALG Design Champion: an instructional designer or Center for Teaching and Learning representative with open and OER-enabled pedagogy expertise. Design Champions work together with the Faculty Champion to inform faculty, staff, and students about open and OER-enabled pedagogy and to help identify ways in which it can be implemented in courses using OER. They also inform faculty, staff, and students about ALG and OER alongside the Faculty Champion and Library Champion.
New ALG Champions can take the ALG Champions Welcome Training for an introduction to ALG and the work we do.
Faculty, Librarians, and Designers, Oh My!
Tiffani and Jeff presented at the Open Education 2020 Conference on our amazing ALG Champions and how we’ve organized system-wide advocacy. Check it out below!
Institution |
ALG Champions |
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Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College |
Faculty Champion: April Abbott |
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Albany State University |
Faculty Champion: Anilkumar Devarapu |
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Atlanta Metropolitan State College |
Faculty Champion: Eze Nwaogu |
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Augusta University |
Faculty Champion: Clément Aubert |
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Clayton State University |
Faculty Champion: Sheryne Southard |
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College of Coastal Georgia |
Faculty Champion: Marci Culley |
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Columbus State University |
Faculty Champion: Brian Muse
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Dalton State College |
Faculty Champion: Alicia Briganti |
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East Georgia State College |
Faculty Champion: Deborah Lee |
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Fort Valley State University |
Faculty Champion: James Scott |
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Georgia College and State University |
Faculty Champion: Shaundra Walker |
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Georgia Gwinnett College |
Faculty Champion: Cathy Hakes |
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Georgia Highlands College |
Faculty Champion: Sharryse Henderson |
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Georgia Institute of Technology |
Faculty Champion: David Joyner |
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Georgia Southern University |
Faculty Champion: Chelda Smith |
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Georgia Southwestern State University |
Faculty Champion: Judy Orton |
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Georgia State University |
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Gordon State College |
Faculty Champion: Lynn Rumfelt |
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Kennesaw State University |
Faculty Champion: Tammy Powell |
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Middle Georgia State University |
Faculty Champion: Christopher Lawrence |
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Savannah State University |
Faculty Champion: Antonio Velazquez |
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South Georgia State College |
Faculty Champion: Molly Smith |
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University of Georgia |
Library Champion: Mariann Samuel |
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University of North Georgia |
Faculty Champion: Tamara Spike tamara.spike@ung.edu |
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University of West Georgia |
Faculty Champion: Rod McRae |
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Valdosta State University |
Faculty Champion: Jan Drake |