American Indian Higher Education Consortium
For Engaging Tribal Colleges And Universities In The Open Education Movement
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Amount$356,039
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Program
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Date Awarded4/6/2021
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Term18 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
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)
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 (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)
