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Open Pedagogy Assignment Grants
Applications open!
Are you a faculty member at a PALNI-supported institution interested in Open Pedagogy? If so, PALNI invites you to apply for a $500 PALSave Open Pedagogy Assignment Grant. This grant offers support and recognition for creating or redesigning a course assignment that embraces open pedagogy—an approach that empowers students and makes learning more impactful. Your work will not only benefit your current students but also provide a valuable resource for future educators and learners. Please note: participation involves a meaningful time commitment to ensure success.
Applicants will be notified on a rolling basis. Please add amanda@palni.edu and patti@palni.edu to your email contacts to prevent important information regarding your grant application from going to spam. Faculty must reside in the United States, set up a Bill.com account to receive electronic payments, and submit a completed W-9 form to obtain grants.
Open pedagogy assignments
Open pedagogy assignments, also called renewable or public-facing assignments, include student-generated content such as:
- Ancillaries (test banks, slides, learning objects)
- Blog posts
- Crowdsourced content
- Multimedia projects
- Open review and annotation
- Portfolios
- Textbooks
- Videos
- Websites
- Wikipedia articles
- Other examples from the Open Pedagogy Portal
If selected, PALNI will provide:
- An Open Pedagogy Learning Guide on open pedagogy and related assignments
- Support for the assignment design process through email consultation and/or web office hours
- A $500 stipend
To receive the stipend, participants will be expected to:
- Review the Open Pedagogy Learning Guide
- Create and submit an open pedagogy assignment featuring an authentic learning opportunity and renewable/public-facing option. (See here for more information about requirements.)
- Agree to share the assignment with an open license in the PALSave Repository
- Implement the assignment in your course
- Agree to provide evaluative data about the program via:
- Student Perception Survey
- Faculty Evaluation Survey
If you have any questions, please direct them to Amanda Hurford.