Disclaimer: I've been clawing my way through what seems like an endless
tidal wave of end-of-semester work, so the presence of this email should
be taken as a "Mel desperately thrashes to the surface and flings
something to the list before being dragged into the undertow of
WORKDEATH again!" rather than "hurrah, her appearance here is indicative
that she has free time and is TOTALLY on top of email and other ongoing
conversations!"
The NSF is going to come out with a solicitation Real Soon Now that
POSSE (and other TOS projects) might fit quite well into:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12060/nsf12060.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
In particular, see
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf11587, which is
a solicitation for Cyberlearning research.
"Research supported by the Cyberlearning program will... explore the
opportunities for promoting and assessing learning made possible by new
technologies, ways to help learners capitalize on those opportunities,
new practices that are made possible by learning technologies, and ways
of using technology to promote deep and lasting learning of content,
practices, skills, attitudes, and/or dispositions needed for engaged and
productive citizenship. Cyberlearning research will marry what is known
about the processes by which people learn with advances in information
and communications technologies to advance understanding of how to
cultivate a citizenry that engages productively in learning both in and
out of school and throughout a lifetime; and that possesses the
knowledge and capabilities to make informed decisions and judgments
about problems ranging from their immediate lives to ethics, privacy,
and security concerns to global issues such as war and peace, economics,
health and wellbeing, and the environment... Cyberlearning innovations
will not effect transformations unless they are substantively integrated
into authentic learning environments..."
POSSE seems like it's in the 2nd stage (Development and Implementation,
or DIP). The deadline for a DIP proposal is January 16, 2013, and it
grants $1,350,000 over 4-5 years, which would be MORE than enough to do
POSSEs for that time period.
The purpose of this stage of research is to ascertain the potential of
ideas, develop guidelines for use of an innovation, and answer research
questions about learning with technology. (Sounds like POSSE, yep.)
Prerequisites are the "same as [the previous phase]", which means a
"team with a shared vision that takes into account what is known about
how people learn, learning in the targeted domain, use of technology for
such learning, and challenges for technology use." Additionally, DIP
proposals need "completed work equivalent to one or more Cyberlearning
EXP projects," which are supposed to be exploratory and 2-3 years in
length... exactly the amount of time we've been doing POSSEs for.
I'm not particularly experienced with this "how to identify and apply
for appropriate grants" thing, so -- is this something that seems like
it might fit for The Future Of POSSE? Or other TOS projects! I feel like
we've been monopolizing the conversation with POSSE talk lately and
would love to hear more about HFOSS and UCOSP and such as well, but
that's me. :)
--Mel
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