American University
For Support Of Creative Commons-U.S. OER Advocacy
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/30/2015
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
Creative Commons United States (CC-USA) is the American affiliate of Creative Commons and operates as a project of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University Washington College of Law. CC-USA will work to increase federal policymaker awareness and understanding of OER and Creative Commons licenses, as well as the consequences of copyright licensing choices in the creation of publicly funded resources. This work will support the development, documentation, and understanding of the legal and technical infrastructure for OER, catalyzing wider use of OER.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.american.edu
Address
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20016-8033, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the New Perspectives in Studies of American Governance Program
American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies serves scholars, students, policymakers, and the public by propelling actionable research, providing public education, and promoting a more reasonable public square. This grant will support Phase II of the New Perspectives in Studies of American Governance Program. The New Perspectives program fuels boundary-pushing scholarship as it pertains to the rapidly evolving executive and legislative branches of the U.S. federal government. It does so by providing new research grants and dissemination outlets to scholars pursuing novel research questions from traditionally underrepresented points of view.
for reducing copyright barriers to OER creation
Through the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University, this grant will support the OER community through technical assistance on copyright, Creative Commons licensing, and fair use, working to strengthen and complement existing projects while mapping what additional legal resources are needed to enable teaching practices focused on personalization, open pedagogy, and universal design. This helps teachers understand how to take advantage of the flexibility of OER, facilitates a diverse ecosystem of OER, and supports implementation at a system level. (Substrategy: Field Building)
for support of the Accountability Research Center
The Accountability Research Center is part of American University’s School of International Service. The center bridges research and frontline perspectives in the Global South to learn from ideas, institutions, and actors that advance strategies to improve public accountability. During this grant period, they will work with partners to contribute to global thinking that informs strategies to bolster transparency, participation, and accountability. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
