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Grantee Proposals

 

Date Grantee Brief Description Proposal
7/21/2008 Commonwealth of Learning for OER designed to provide professional development of teachers Click to View
7/21/2008 IssueLab for an open online archive of nonprofit research Click to View
7/21/2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the LINC project to support an OER learning video modules for high school math and science Click to View
7/21/2008 National Academy of Sciences for a project exploring the connections between science learning, computer games and simulations Click to View
4/10/2008 Maine International Center for Digital Education for a study on the transformational use of OER for middle school Algebra education Click to View
3/17/2008 Creative Commons for general support of Creative Commons and ccLearn Click to View
3/17/2008 Ithaka for examining the development of the OpenCourseWare initiative at MIT Click to View
3/17/2008 Gulf of Maine Research Institute for general support of Vital Signs, an open education resource for middle school science education Click to View
3/17/2008 Monterey Institute for Technology and Education for general support Click to View
3/17/2008 Rice University for general support of the Connexions program Click to View
3/17/2008 University of California at Berkeley for general support for the Educational Technology Services Program Click to View
3/17/2008 University of Michigan for general support of the Internal/General Medicine program Click to View
9/11/2007 Yale University for support of the Open Educational Resources Video Lecture Project Click to View
8/29/2007 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization for an internal community of practice on Open Educational Resources Click to View
2/26/2007 Coastline Community College for development of Chengo, an open online language learning system Click to View
2/26/2007 Creative Commons for the launch of Learning Commons, a project focused on the use and reuse of educational materials worldwide Click to View
5/21/2007 Foothill DeAnza Community College for implementing SAKAI open source software across California community colleges and  for contributing to the development and enhancement of tools to support online learning Click to View
10/16/2006 Utah State University for support for Utah State University’s Center for Open and Sustainable Learning to build open source tools in support of Open Educational Resources and conduct an analysis of the feasibility of creating a portal to organize full courses Click to View
10/16/2006 Rice University for general support for the Connexions Program Click to View
10/16/2006 Fantasy Foundation for general support of Opensource Opensourceware Prototype System  to support a volunteer effort to break language barriers and widen access to knowledge, disseminate OER concepts and stimulate OER use in the Great China Region, and encourage original Chinese contributions of OER Click to View
10/16/2006 Carnegie Mellon University for support of the Open Learning Initiative Click to View
10/16/2006 Alexandria Archive for general support for the Alexandria Archive Institute to facilitate open access by creating powerful, generalized tools for sharing primary field data across multiple disciplines Click to View
6/19/2006 Yale University for support for creation of digitized audio-visual content for undergraduate liberal arts instruction, to be offered freely through the Internet Click to View
6/19/2006 Open Universiteit Nederland for the OpenER project to introduce OER to Dutch higher education by focusing on high-quality independent self-study learning materials in an open resource format Click to View
6/19/2006 One Economy for improving content on an online education website and to support a youth technology program benefitting the residents of affordable housing developments in San Francisco and San Jose Click to View
6/19/2006 Meraka Institute for support of the development of a collection of papers describing the use of OER in tertiary education, in primary and secondary schools, and within communities in South Africa Click to View
6/19/2006 Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education for continuation of a project to build a website about open educational resources (OER) to help users find material that meet their needs, and to provide tools for gathering user evaluations of the materials Click to View
6/19/2006 Columbia University for a project to increase the understanding of educators, technologists, video producers, and other stakeholders about uses of video and open content Click to View
6/19/2006 African Virtual University for support of a comprehensive Open Educational Resources Architecture to ensure the efficient application of the open content movement in African higher education and training institutions Click to View
6/19/2006 Academy for Educational Development for the Global Learning Portal project, a website designed for supporting educators in developing countries Click to View
5/19/2006 European Association of Distance Teaching Universities for the first stage of an effort by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities to explore using free web-based courses to stimulate learning among all people Click to View
3/20/2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology for support to promote the adoption and diffusion of Open Educational Resources as part of a national knowledge strategy in India to advance access and quality education  Click to View
3/3/2006 Consortium for School Networking for partial support of a consensus study to summarize research about test-based accountability for federal and state policymakers Click to View
2/27/2006 WGBH for developing new science teaching resources in WGBH's Teachers' Domain and making them openly available online Click to View
2/27/2006 University of Southern California Annenberg Center, to explore a variety of social software tools and technologies to facilitate the uptake of Open Educational Resources Click to View
2/27/2006 University of Iowa/WiderNet to continue to enhance its services for delivering Open Educational Resources to African institutions by loading a hard drive with digital content and distributing the drive to remote locations. Click to View
2/27/2006 Tufts University for support of Tufts OpenCourseWare to continue publishing its content which focuses on routine, dental, and veterinary medicine, as well as international affairs Click to View
2/27/2006 Open University (UK) to make its higher education learning resources freely available on the internet, and provide users with tools to help them manage their learning and develop supported collaborative learning communities. Click to View
2/27/2006 Monterey Institute for Technology and Education for a study to assess the need for an organization to promote Open Source Software projects Click to View
2/27/2006 Ithaka for a study to assess the need for an organization to promote Open Source Software projects Click to View
2/27/2006 Internet Archive to provide core support for free unlimited storage and bandwidth to content contributors who are willing to allow others to share, use and re-use the content on the Archive Click to View
2/27/2006 Creative Commons (fiscal sponsor) for writing, editing, publishing and distributing an Open Educational Resources Policy Guidebook for Higher Education Governance Officials Click to View
2/27/2006 Commonwealth of Learning to provide targeted support for Open Educational Resources activities and core support to infuse the principles of Open Educational Resources into its wide array of activities Click to View

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