As open education continues to gain traction across educational institutions, we’ve heard from the community about the need for more professional development focused on foundational concepts—especially for those stepping into open education work for the first time.| SPARC
Open Education encompasses resources, tools and practices that can be fully used, shared and adapted in the digital environment. Open Education maximizes the power of the Internet to make education more affordable, accessible and effective.| SPARC
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Effective June 1, 2025, SPARC will officially transition from operating as a fiscally sponsored project of the New Venture Fund to an independent nonprofit organization. We have successfully incorporated SPARC as a charitable nonprofit organization in Washington, DC., and have filed for our 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. We expect that an IRS determination will take ~6-8 months; however, while we wait for final approval, SPARC can fully operate as a nonprofit organization with our tax-exempt st...| SPARC
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SPARC is pleased to announce Emily Ford has been selected as the new Director of the Open Research Funders Group (ORFG). In this role, she will oversee the coalition of nearly two dozen philanthropic organizations around the globe involved with charitable, educational, or other activities serving the public good and committed to open sharing of research outputs.| SPARC
SPARC is excited to announce a second round of our Open Access 101 series, building on the significant response from the community to the first series hosted last year. These upcoming OA 101 sessions will deepen the conversation around key topics related to open access, including visibility and impact, problematizing “predatory” publishing, and authors rights. See full details below.| SPARC
SPARC has hired Gabby Hernandez for a newly created position at SPARC as Open Education Community Manager. She works across SPARC’s open education portfolio to conduct outreach, develop programming, and foster community engagement to advance open educational resources and practices. Gabby started on March 3, 2025.| SPARC