Epilogue – As the month of March is not over yet, we still have one more article to offer you. Open education is an important topic for the EUniWell European Alliance, which is sharing this operation. Beatrix Busse (University of Cologne, Germany) and Arnaud Guével (Nantes Université, France) have agreed to join me in trying…

In 2019, UNESCO enabled Open Educational Resources to become a shared goal of the international community, by having its Recommendation adopted. Among the authors of the twenty-three reasons, several participated in the work leading up to this essential document, and some hold UNESCO Chairs whose subject is open education. It is therefore with pleasure that…

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Jeremy Kidwell gives us an overview on how open education (OE) allows teachers and learners to ensure wide and democratic access to learning. OE can provide cultural and digital infrastructure to open up universal learning as a common good not limited exclusively to…

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Catherine Lachaîne leads the charge against open washing. Catherine shows how, especially in the North American context, costs are strong and only OER propose a truly free model. Catherine Lachaîne works as a librarian at Ottawa University, Canada and is also working on…

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Christian Lachapelle and Paul Lyonnaz investigate the relationship between openness and creativity. As they put it, “OER are all designated as tools for engaging students in their learning, due to their adaptability, openness and accessibility qualities”. Christian Lachapelle and Paul Lyonnaz work in…

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Jacques Dang talks about authorship and defending the author’s legitimate rights. Recognizing authorship matters and open educational resources offers a number of features which allow this. Jacques occupies several positions in the Francophone world relating to open education. He is currently the secretary…

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Lilia Cheniti argues in favour of open assessment. She has explored a variety of open schemes and explains here how to go open for assessment. Lilia teaches at Sousse University, Tunisia and represents her university in the UNOE UNITWIN network.

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Dorothy Laubscher explains how open practices allow agency to be exercised. And Dorothy advocates that this is particularly important in the Global South. Dorothy holds the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER at North-West University, in South Africa.

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Javiera Atenas reflects on what a sustainable educational system could be like. This leads her to take a holistic approach and Javiera covers here the entire spectrum of openness. Born in Chile and having worked in Spain and Germany, today, Javiera is a…

In today’s entry to the 23 good reasons for Open Education series, Djaine Damiati, Débora Sebriam and Isabela Campos Menezes give us a historical background to creative thinking and argue that open education gives the right setting for this to happen. Djaine Damiati, Débora Sebriam and Isabela Campos Menezes are researchers at the Universidade Nacional…