Rice University
For Sponsorship Of The Open Education Conference
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Amount$135,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/1/2020
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
The Open Education Conference is an annual convening for sharing and learning about open education. This dynamic gathering celebrates the core values of open education that strive to realize education ecosystems that are accessible, affordable, equitable, and inclusive to everyone, regardless of their background. Building on a 16-year history, the conference will be redesigned through a community-driven planning process, guided by a steering committee and organizing partnership including: Rice University’s OpenStax, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Colorado Department of Higher Education-OER Council, and the University System of Maryland Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation. (Substrategy: Field Building)
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)
