American Indian Higher Education Consortium

For Engaging Tribal Colleges And Universities In The Open Education Movement

  • Amount
    $443,743
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    10/18/2023
  • Term
    18.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Program
Overview
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium provides leadership and informs public policy on American Indian and Alaska Native higher education issues. With this grant, it will engage faculty and students at all 35 Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in the open education movement, facilitated through their participation in the Open Education Network. This initiative seeks to bridge existing digital and educational gaps by creating opportunities for TCUs to create and implement high-quality, locally sourced educational content. The project involves a comprehensive two-year plan that includes workshops, capacity-building programs, and resource development, focusing on culturally responsive education that honors Indigenous communities’ rich traditions and histories. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.aihec.org 
Address
121 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for engaging tribal colleges and universities in the open education movement  
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium provides leadership and informs public policy on American Indian and Alaska Native higher education issues. With this grant, it will engage faculty and students at all 35 Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in the open education movement, facilitated through their participation in the Open Education Network. This initiative seeks to bridge existing digital and educational gaps by creating opportunities for TCUs to create and implement high-quality, locally sourced educational content. The project involves a comprehensive two-year plan that includes workshops, capacity-building programs, and resource development, focusing on culturally responsive education that honors Indigenous communities’ rich traditions and histories. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)
for engaging tribal colleges and universities in the open education movement  
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) provides leadership and informs public policy on American Indian and Alaska Native higher education issues. With this grant, AIHEC will engage faculty and students at all 37 tribal colleges and universities as members of the Open Education Network and as developers of content. Faculty and students will create materials that contextualize and indigenize course topics by incorporating local cultural knowledge and perspectives, and develop a repository of openly accessible Indigenous learning materials using a range of digital media. Research conducted as part of this effort will focus on how students participate in course development. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)

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