Rice University
For OER Advisor
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Amount$50,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/23/2010
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Term6.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Department of Education (ED) is looking for technical assistance in educating the federal government on the use and benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER) and administering its OER program. The ED is looking for technical assistance both generally and on specific projects. This grant to Rice University will support a fellow to provide technical assistance on OER to the ED. Rice University is the host of the Connexions platform and community and has a number of the leading experts in OER.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.rice.edu
Address
6100 Main Street, MS-16, Houston, TX, 77005-1892, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of OpenStax
Building upon 25 years as the world’s leading publisher of open educational resources (OER), OpenStax advances equitable access to learning materials, fosters deeper engagement among students, and contributes to research on enhancing educational outcomes using OER. This grant supports the OpenStax AmazEd initiative to deepen their library with corequisite and skill-based content; to support educators and students through an equity-centered platform with interactive, AI-supported experiences; and to enable research to understand student motivation, engagement, and persistence. (Substrategy: Content, Tools, and Services)
for support of OpenStax
Building upon 25 years as the world’s leading publisher of open education resources (OER), OpenStax, an educational initiative of Rice University, advances equitable access to learning materials, fosters deeper engagement among students, and contributes to research on enhancing educational outcomes using OER. This grant supports the OpenStax AmazEd initiative to deepen their library with corequisite and skill-based content; to support educators and students through an equity-centered platform with interactive, AI-supported experiences; and to enable research to understand student motivation, engagement, and persistence. (Substrategy: Content, Tools, and Services)
for building the field for partnership research
The National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships at Rice University is a professional learning community supporting collaboration among researchers and practitioners working in education. The group will work with Stanford University; the University of Colorado, Boulder; and the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice to build capacity in the field for partnership research. The goal is to make educational research more useful and impactful and ultimately to support equitable outcomes in education. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
