OLC is the leading professional organization devoted to advancing quality online learning by providing professional development, instruction, best practice publications and guidance to educators, online learning professionals and organizations around the world.
Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization that works side by side with consumers to create a fairer, safer, and healthier world. For 80 years, Consumer Reports has provided evidence-based product testing and ratings, rigorous research, hard-hitting investigative journalism, public education, and steadfast policy action on behalf of consumers' interests. Unconstrained by advertising or other commercial influences, Consumer Reports has exposed landmark public health and safety issues and have strived to be a catalyst for pro-consumer changes in the marketplace. From championing responsible auto safety standards, to winning food and water protections, to enhancing healthcare quality, to fighting back against predatory lenders in the financial markets, Consumer Reports has always been on the front lines, raising the voices of consumers.
Spelman College is a prestigious private liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, it was renamed Spelman College in 1924 and has since become a global leader in the education of women of African descent. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is a proud member of the Atlanta University Center Consortium. With a diverse student body of over 2,100 students from 41 states and 15 countries, Spelman is committed to fostering academic excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The institution emphasizes the intellectual, creative, ethical, and leadership development of its students, achieving a notable 76 percent graduation rate. Beyond academics, Spelman cultivates a strong global alumnae network that supports graduates as they embark on their professional journeys, reinforcing its mission to empower women to engage with various cultures and inspire positive social change.
rOpenSci is a transforming science through open data and softwarer. OpenSci fosters a culture that values open and reproducible research using shared data and reusable software.
hackNY is a nonprofit organization founded in February 2010. The mission statement of hackNY is to federate (as in create a federation of) the next generation of hackers for New York City's innovation community.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit company focused on empowering and engaging people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free content license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
The Wikimedia Foundation's most prestigious project is Wikipedia, however, they are involved in others such as Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiversity.
Hypothes.is is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California. It offers an open-source platform designed for collaborative evaluation of information, allowing users to engage in sentence-level critique, discussion, and note-taking across a variety of content, including news articles, scientific papers, and legislation. The platform aims to enhance the quality of information available on the Internet by fostering community interaction and promoting interoperability through software development and adherence to annotation standards set by the W3C Web Annotation Working Group. Hypothes.is is funded by various foundations, including the Knight, Mellon, Shuttleworth, Sloan, and Helmsley Foundations, as well as individual contributions. By partnering with developers, publishers, academic institutions, and researchers, Hypothes.is seeks to advance the next generation of read-write web applications, encouraging participation through its tools and community initiatives.
The Center for Open Science (COS) is a non-profit startup building free tools for open scientific practices, including its flagship infrastructure The Open Science Framework (osf.io).
The Center for Open Science (COS) is a non-profit startup building free tools for open scientific practices, including its flagship infrastructure The Open Science Framework (osf.io).
Mendeley is a global research collaboration and networking platform that facilitates the organization, sharing, and discovery of academic knowledge. Launched in 2009, it has attracted over 3 million users across 180 countries, including prominent institutional clients such as Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. Mendeley's platform enables users to collaborate in numerous groups, fostering a community dedicated to advancing research. With over 500 million documents uploaded, it has established one of the largest research databases worldwide. The data accessible through the Mendeley API supports more than 200 third-party applications aimed at promoting open and social scientific engagement.