The Rebus Foundation
For Developing A Platform To Support Collaborative Creation And Publication Of OER
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Amount$700,000
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Program
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Date Awarded8/23/2018
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Rebus Foundation is a Canadian nonprofit whose mission is to develop technologies and communities to promote publication of openly licensed web books and OER. This grant supports the development of the underlying infrastructure for a global, collaborative approach to publishing OER, focusing on specific partnerships to promote equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Key outcomes include designing a robust publishing platform; facilitating an open, inclusive approach to creating OER; implementing an effective infrastructure for open textbook projects at scale; and generating a sustainable model.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
reb.us
Address
407 McGill Street, Suite 501, Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2G3, Canada
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Rebus Foundation is a global nonprofit working to make knowledge freely available in the pursuit of equity, understanding, and the common good. Through the Rebus Community, their open education and professional development arm, the organization seeks to build a movement of leaders leveraging OER to transform higher education. Rebus’ focus on collaboration and equity within the higher education community will help develop an inclusive field that is responsive to diverse educators and learners. (Substrategy: Content, Tools, and Services)
