[IAEP] Grants for Open Educational Resources

[Rita Freudenberg]

On Aug 5, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Cherry Withers wrote:

> Squeakland's education team would be happy to participate in this endeavor. 
> We have created content in Etoys that are self contained with not just text/content but
> also integrated modeling and guidance for self assessment. Is there a particular format 
> that this program is looking for? 
> 
> Thanks! Let us know how we may be of service. 
> 
> Regards,
> Cherry  
> 
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 13:19, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I intend to apply for creating digital textbook replacements. Anyone
> >> else interested?

Like Cherry said, Squeakland edu team is interested. I do have some questions. Is there a special grant program you plan to apply for using the priorities in the article to have a better chance to get funding? Or will the grant program be announced later when the priorities are final? Do you plan to comment on the priorities?

Greetings,
Rita


> >
> > How about affiliating with Sugar Labs as a Sugar Labs project?
> 
> Certainly. I have several pages on the Sugar Labs Wiki about it. This
> is the place to start.
> 
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education_Team/Creating_textbooks
> 
> >> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/22912
> >>
> >> U.S. Department of Education includes OER in notice of proposed
> >> priorities for grant programs
> >> Timothy Vollmer, August 5th, 2010
> >>
> >> Today the U.S. Department of Education took another big step in
> >> supporting open educational resources (OER). In the Federal Register,
> >> the Department released a notice of proposed priorities (NPP):
> >>
> >>    The Secretary of Education proposes priorities that the Department
> >> of Education (Department) may use for any appropriate discretionary
> >> grant program in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and future years … This action
> >> will permit all offices in the Department to use, as appropriate for
> >> particular discretionary grant programs, one or more of these
> >> priorities in any discretionary grant competition.
> >>
> >> The set of proposed priorities specifically mentions OER. Essentially,
> >> if the priorities are adopted, it could mean that grant seekers who
> >> include open educational resources as a component of an application
> >> for funding from the Department of Education could receive priority.
> >> OER is included in Proposed Priority 13–Improving Productivity:
> >>
> >>    Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in
> >> the use of time, staff, money, or other resources. Such projects may
> >> include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of
> >> school schedules, use of open educational resources (as defined in
> >> this notice), or other strategies that improve results and increase
> >> productivity.
> >>
> >> As mentioned, the NPP includes a definition of open educational resources:
> >>
> >>    Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and
> >> research resources that reside in the public domain or have been
> >> released under an intellectual property license that permits their
> >> free use or repurposing by others.
> >>
> >> Interested parties may submit comments to the notice of proposed
> >> priorities until September 7, 2010. Information about how to submit a
> >> comment is described in the notice.
> >>
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