Rice University

For Sponsorship Of The Creator Fest Event

  • Amount
    $25,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    4/11/2018
  • Term
    1.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Program
Overview
Rice University is inviting educators who have adopted their OpenStax chemistry, biology, physics, and math books to participate in a two-day event called Creator Fest. During Creator Fest, educators will have an opportunity to learn how OpenStax books are created, to customize and create open educational resources, and to weigh in on future directions for new OpenStax content. Educators will collaboratively envision and learn new strategies and best practices for implementing the OpenStax resources.
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 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)
for expanding the OpenStax library of OER course materials and tools  
OpenStax at Rice University prepares students for a rapidly changing world by creating free, high-quality OER integrated with learning technologies to personalize education for all students. With this grant, OpenStax will accelerate the expansion of open textbooks for high-enrollment postsecondary courses, while opening new markets in the most sought-after and growing degree programs.This grant serves key goals for the Education Program, including increasing availability of high-quality student learning opportunities, facilitating a strong and growing technology and research partnership ecosystem, and prioritizing principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in course development (Strategy: Open Educational Resources)

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