Academy/JISC OER Phase 3 Funding Roadmap

Date: 25-July-2011 

JISC has published a funding roadmap for phase 3 of the Academy/JISC Open Educaional Resorces (OER) Programme - Embedding and Sustaining Change.

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) will be inviting institutions to submit funding proposals around OER related work against the following four strands:

  • Postgraduate Certificate development, delivered through an Academy change programme methodology. An additional grant will be made available to those institutions demonstrating the most effective use of the change programme. (12 projects at a total value of £422,800).
  • The release of high quality open educational resources to support HEA accredited programmes or schemes of professional development that meet the UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education (UK PSF). (15 projects, at a maximum of £20,000, Total available: £300,000).
  • Projects enabling whole institutional change, outputting reviewed change strategies addressing the development and use of OERs by teaching staff and students. An additional grant will be made available to those institutions demonstrating the most effective use of the Change Programme. (12 projects, Total available: £406,600).
  • Projects addressing particular identified themes around OER release and collection. All projects will be expected to build links with an identified end-user group to inform the release and collection of materials. (projects funded at between £40,000 and £200,000, a total of £1.6m available).

Eligibility to Bid

Proposals may be submitted by Higher Education (HE) Institutions funded by HEFCE. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate work that supports the HE in FE agenda. HE and FE institutions in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not eligible to bid but may be involved as partners in proposals led by HE institutions funded by HEFCE or FE institutions in England which meet the criteria outlined above.

For more information visit the JISC Website or email funding@jisc.ac.uk 

 

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