Hi everyone,
I’m excited to share with you the following opportunity to participate in open education
research from the Open Education
Group<https://openedgroup.org/>g/>:
We are seeking applicants for the next cohort! I would really appreciate it if you would
share the call for applications below in your professional networks.
The Open Education Group thanks to generous support from the Hewlett foundation is seeking
to support early career researchers to conduct studies in open education (what is open
education, click
here<https://sparcopen.org/open-education/>) through the open
education research fellowship. The purpose is to support education professionals to
develop their open education scholarship ideas into published works. Specifically, this
fellowship seeks to provide mentorship, community, and some financial support to carry out
their ideas in open education research. Financial support includes attendance at the Open
Education Conference in 2023 (November 7-9, virtual) and 2024 (in person in the United
States, TBD). The fellowship will also pay for article processing charges to allow for
publications developed in this fellowship to be publicly available (around $3,000). In
addition, fellows will receive a stipend of $1200 per article submitted prior to January
15, 2025, based on their fellowship work.
Applications will be assessed based on its potential contribution to open education,
feasibility, and novelty. In the application, prospective fellows will be asked to explain
how your proposed research project would be relevant to diversity, inclusion, equity, and
access to education. Applicants should have some prior research training and will be asked
to list their previous research coursework.
For the purpose of this fellowship, the following groups are considered early career
researchers: doctoral graduate student (PhD, EdD, PsyD, DSW, DNP, DBA), postdoctoral
researchers, pre-tenure faculty, teaching-track/clinical faculty (including librarians),
and faculty at teaching-intensive institutions (liberal arts, community colleges, regional
institutions, etc.), K-12 administrators and teachers, and public education employees.
Full or part time status applicants are eligible. Tenured faculty at research institutions
(R1 or R2) would generally not be considered early career researchers. Please feel free to
contact Virginia Clinton-Lisell with questions about eligibility at
virginia.clinton@und.edu<mailto:virginia.clinton@und.edu>. Note, due to legal
reasons, we can only offer this fellowship to early career researchers working in the
United States/Canada. If you have a work visa for the United States or Canada, please
check with your visa guidelines regarding payment eligibility from the fellowship prior to
applying. While this fellowship is limited to US and Canadian residents, we strongly
encourage research projects with global perspectives, particularly in the Global South.
Learning more about the fellowship in this video<https://youtu.be/cxFTRH6dPLU>.
https://youtu.be/cxFTRH6dPLU
Applications are due June 15th, 2023, at 11:59 pm Central Daylight Time and may be found
here.<https://byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dj5ITUWTogyKvhr>
https://byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dj5ITUWTogyKvhr
Examples of research projects previously supported for publication in the fellowship
include the following (see a comprehensive list
here<https://openedgroup.org/fellowship/publications-by-oer-research-fel…)s>):
Brandle, S. M. (2020). It’s (not) in the reading: American government textbooks’ limited
representation of historically marginalized
groups<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-…61>.
PS: Political Science & Politics, 53(4), 734-740.
Essmiller, K., Thompson, P. , & Alvarado-Albertorio, F. (2019). Performance
Improvement Technology for Building a Sustainable OER Initiative in an Academic
Library<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-019-00467-2>-2>. TechTrends,
1-10.
Gumb, L. & Cross, W. (2022). In Keeping with Academic Tradition: Copyright Ownership
in Higher Education and Potential Implications for Open
Education<https://www.jcel-pub.org/article/view/14946>46>. Journal of Copyright
Education and Librarianship
Jordan, J. (2023). Compounded labor: Developing OER as a marginalized creator. In the
Library with the Lead Pipe.
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2023/compounded-labor-developin…
Kelly, A.E., Laurin, J.N., Clinton-Lisell, V. (in-press). Making Psychology’s hidden
figures visible using open educational resources: A replication and extension
study<https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00986283221108129>29>. Teaching of Psychology.
Nusbaum, A. T., Cuttler, C., & Swindell, S. (2019). Open Educational Resources as a
Tool for Educational Equity: Evidence from an Introductory Psychology
Class<https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00152/full…ll>. In
Frontiers in Education (Vol. 4, p. 152). Frontiers.
Ozdemir, O., & Bonk, C. (2017). Turkish Teachers’ Awareness and Perceptions of Open
Educational
Resources<http://www.jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/224/273>73>.
Journal of Learning for Development-JL4D, 4(3)Smith, N. D., Grimaldi, P. J., & Basu
Mallick, D. (2020). Impact of Zero Cost Books Adoptions on Student Success at a Large,
Urban Community College. Frontiers in Education, 5.
https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.579580
Tang, H., Lin, Y. J., & Qian, Y. (2020). Understanding K-12 teachers’ intention to
adopt open educational resources: A mixed methods
inquiry<https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12937>37>. British Journal of Educational
Technology.
Wynants, S. A., & Dennis, J. M. (2022, March). Redesigning a research methods course
with personalized, interactive OER: A case study of student perceptions and
performance<https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/articl…06>.
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 22(1).
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Amanda Grey, MLIS (she/her)
Open Education Strategist, Teaching & Learning Commons
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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