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Talis launches angel fund for Open Education
30 September 2009
Talis, a sponsoring member of the Association for Learning Technology
(ALT), has launched the Talis Incubator for Open Education. The scheme
provides funding of up to £15,000 to help individuals or small groups
who have “big ideas about furthering the cause of Open Education”.
Talis says supported projects will be required "to 'open source' the
results and return the intellectual property back to the community".
Potential projects that could be funded under the scheme include:
- creation and publication of Open Education Resources for others
to use;
- creation of a new (or extension of an existing) open source
software tool allowing educators to author content;
- creation of datasets related to the field of Open Education —
for example, you could curate or publish data relating to all open
syllabi as linked open data;
- conducting a research study of how Open Assessment could be
applied to a particular subject area and submitting this to a
relevant conference; and
- working towards the creation and adoption of open standards and
frameworks that support the adoption of Open Education.
The scheme runs for 12 months, and awards will be made to successful
applicants in two rounds during the year. Talis is currently pulling
together a review board of people from the Open Education community to
review submitted project proposals, ensuring the community has a
significant voice in choosing successful applicants.
Further information
For further information on the Incubator for Open Education see:
www.talis.com/education/incubator.
About ALT
ALT (the Association for Learning Technology) is a professional and
scholarly association which brings together all those with an interest
in the use of learning technology. There are over 200 organisational
members from higher and further education institutions, private and
public sector organisations and over 500 individual members. Sponsoring
members include Becta, JISC, HEFCE, Sun, the Scottish Funding Council,
Adobe, and the Learning and Skills Council.
For further information see www.alt.ac.uk
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