Well, the Dept. of Education's Office of Educational Technology website is totally gone and now redirects to ed.gov.

I believe that call had a rolling deadline basis. The target recipient would be a primarily undergraduate institution. The reviewer information is completely gone. Learned about the status change from a faculty member at a SLAC who intended to apply soon.

NSF's funding for Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) is now showing as an "Archived funding opportunity". Screenshot of the page below (see link here: new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...)

Kennesaw State University is still accepting applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology faculty position. The priority deadline is January 15, 2025. Please visit bit.ly/KSU-2025 for the job description. Share the opportunity with your networks. Thank you!

CSforALL is suspending operations and all programs will cease starting Dec. 20.

CSforALL states funders are more focused on AI education, job placement, career readiness, etc. See announcement from CSforALL below.

This is a nine-month contracted position. This position is for work to be performed in the State of Georgia. For a full description of this position, application deadlines, and application procedures, visit hr.kennesaw.edu/careers.php. Search for Job ID 279691.

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty position as Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology in the School of Instructional Technology and Innovation with a preferred start date of August 2025. bit.ly/KSU-2025

Students overwhelmingly indicated more motivation for courses and more perceived warmth and competence of faculty described as teaching with OER compared to commercial textbooks. Women faculty may be perceived more negatively if they teach with commercial textbooks. openpraxis.org/articles/10....

A funding opportunity -- Educators and students are invited to design solutions addressing the Sustainable Development Goals in their communities using Challenge-Based Learning. Educators can receive $3,000 to sustain/scale student projects. Deadline March 6. www.cienachallenge.org/en/page/abou...

The U.S. Department of Education has an upcoming Digital Well-Being Challenge (apply by Jan. 9). The aim is for school/district teams to co-design (with students) innovative approaches for addressing digital citizenship and well-being issues facing their school community. tech.ed.gov/digital-well...

If Yasmin Kafai shares it, you know it is worth attending! Check out a free webinar focused on Envisioning Learning Futures with Creating AI (to be hosted on December 13, 2024, from 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM (EST).
www.createai-workshop.com

Academic friends - Have you explored www.undermind.ai/home/? Thoughts? I haven't used it previously and was curious if others found it valuable. Share your thoughts!

New report from US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights details 21 illustrative examples of discriminatory AI use in schools - link below seems broken but this works www.ed.gov/laws-and-pol...

My invite to Bluesky came from my former doc student in instructional technology. The circle is now complete.