POSE: PHASE I: AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM FOR THE CREATION AND USE OF ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEE…

Assistance award details

Assistance award identifier

ASST_NON_2230153_049

FAIN

2230153

Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Awarding agency

National Science Foundation

Funding agency

National Science Foundation

Assistance listing (CFDA)

47.084

Total obligated

$267,268

Period

Sep 15, 2022 – Aug 31, 2023

Fiscal year

2022

Place of performance state

AL

Source file

FY2022_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip

Description

POSE: PHASE I: AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM FOR THE CREATION AND USE OF ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES -THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY PATHWAYS TO ENABLE OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEMS (POSE) PROGRAM WHICH SEEKS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF OPEN-SOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CREATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL AND SOCIETAL IMPORTANCE. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT ARE OPEN-SOURCED AND MADE FREELY AVAILABLE TO LEARNERS AND EDUCATORS, KNOWN AS OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER), REQUIRE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXCEEDS THE QUALITY OF COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVES. THIS PROJECT SCOPES THE CREATION OF AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM (OSE) CONSISTING OF TWO EXISTING OPEN-SOURCE PRODUCTS: PRETEXT FOR AUTHORING SCHOLARLY DOCUMENTS AND TEXTBOOKS SUITABLE FOR ALL AREAS OF STEM, AND THE RUNESTONE LEARNING ENGINEERING AND ANALYTICS PORTAL FOR PUBLISHING OER TEXTBOOKS THAT SUPPORT BOTH INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH IN K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THE LONG-TERM SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF THIS OSE ARE OPEN-SOURCE TEXTBOOKS THAT ARE MADE FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE NATION?S STEM CLASSROOMS AND STUDENTS THROUGH THE OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM?S SUPPORT OF INSTRUCTORS, AUTHORS, AND RESEARCHERS. FURTHERMORE, THE OER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REFLECT CUTTING-EDGE ADVANCEMENTS IN STEM EDUCATION RESEARCH BY REMOVING THE BARRIERS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, AUTHORS, INSTRUCTORS, AND STUDENTS. PRETEXT-AUTHORED WORKS CAN BE CONVERTED INTO HTML, PRINT, AND BRAILLE FORMATS, ENABLING THE RESULTING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO A WIDE RANGE OF LEARNERS AT NO COST, AN EQUITABLE APPROACH TO ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO EDUCATION. THE SCOPING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CURATING METHODS TO CREATE MULTIFACETED, ACCESSIBLE, AND INTERACTIVE STEM EDUCATION CONTENT, AND PROVIDING MECHANISMS FOR STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS, CONTENT AUTHORS, AND RESEARCHERS TO SEAMLESSLY INTERACT WITH TEXTBOOK MATERIALS TO PRO