In alignment with Open Education Week 2025, Chaire UNESCO RELIA, UNOE network and the EUniWell European University of Wellbeing, are collaboratively exploring the arguments why people and institutions should opt for Open Education.
To this end, 23 contributors from 13 countries have agreed to contribute an article to justify one of 23 reasons. Throughout the month of March, we will share with you their thoughts on why we should all adopt Open Education.
Each article will be available in several languages. One version in English, and at least one other version in French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Hungarian, Italian or Portuguese.
Latest Published 23 Reasons

You will find articles published across the three web sites:
- 23 Reasons at Chaire UNESCO RELIA
- 23 Reasons at UNOE Network
- 23 Reasons at EUniWell European University of Wellbeing
The most recent articles published to all three sites are automatically updated here an our RSS feed.
You may note multiple versions of the same story as the reasons are being published across three different sites.
For further interaction, we have added every published post as an entry tagged 23-reasons in OEG Connect, each available there for followup discussion.
- Épilogue. Le mois de mars n’est pas terminé et nous avons encore un article à vous proposer. L’éducation ouverte est un sujet important pour l’Alliance européenne de EUniWell qui partage cette opération. Beatrix Busse (Universite de Cologne, Allemagne) et Arnaud Guével (Nantes Université de Nantes, France) ont accepté se joindre […]
- Beatrix Busse is Professor of English Linguistics and the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Teaching at the University of Cologne, in Germany. Beatrix is also the Chief Development Officer for the EUniWell Alliance. Arnaud Guével is Vice President for Learning, Teaching and Open Education at Nantes Université, France. He is […]
- Advancing Open Learning: The Dubai Declaration and UNESCO Open Education Chairs for Accessible, Adaptable, and Relevant Learning”
- Today’s article is written by Zeynep Varoglu Zeynep Varoglu is a Senior Programme Specialist in UNESCO’s Digital Innovation and Transformation Section, focusing on Open Educational Resources and ICT Competency Framework for Teachers. Zeynep Varoglu has been the key person coordinating, at UNESCO, the efforts on OER. She has agreed to […]
- Faire progresser l’apprentissage ouvert : la Déclaration de Dubaï et les chaires UNESCO d’éducation ouverte pour un apprentissage accessible, adaptable et pertinent
- Jeremy describes himself as an interdisciplinary scholar, trained in ethics and constructive theology based in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham. He is also a member of EUniWell. We live in mixed up times. On the one hand, as EdTech evangelists are keen to […]
- Control commercialization of education “ Control commercialization of education ” by Catherine Lachaîne is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The post Control commercialization of education appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Christian Lachapelle is coordinator and assistant to the director of the fabriqueREL in Quebec at the University of Sherbrooke. Trained as a mathematics and science teacher, he is interested in open education, particularly the implementation of open educational practices and the use of open educational resources (OER). Illustration and wood […]
- https://chaireunescorelia.univ-nantes.fr/droits-d-auteur “ Defend the author’s rights ” par Jacques Dang est sous licence CC BY 4.0 The post Defend the author’s rights appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- مقال اليوم بقلم ليليا الشنيتي بالقاضي الدكتورة المهندسة ليليا الشنيتي بالقاضي، أستاذة محاضرة في هندسة و علوم الكمبيوتر بجامعة سوسة بتونس، وباحثة في تقنيات التعليم والذكاء الاصطناعي. وهي سفيرة المجلس الدولي للتعليم المفتوح والتعليم عن بُعد (ICDE)، وعضو المجلس العلمي الدولي للوكالة الجامعية للفرنكوفونية (AUF) ونائبة رئيس الشبكة الدولية للابتكار […]
- Dorothy Laubscher is an associate professor in the Research Unit Self-Directed Learning at the North-West University, South Africa. She holds the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and Open Educational Resources at the North-West University. Her research interests include mathematics education, technology-enhanced learning, self-directed learning, open education, open educational resources, and […]
- Open education and the power of agency Today’s article is written by Dorothy Laubscher Dorothy Laubscher is an associate professor in the Research Unit Self-Directed Learning at the North-West University, South Africa. She holds the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and Open Educational Resources at the North-West University. Her research […]
- Build a sustainable education system “ Build a sustainable education system ” byJaviera Atenas is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The post Build a sustainable education system appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Javiera Atenas is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Suffolk. She leads the postgraduate certificate in academic practices and data analysis and visualisation for social scientists. Her research focuses in developing critical data literacies amongst academics and supporting the development of open education, open data and science policies as […]
- Djaine Damiati (associate researcher) and Isabela Menezes (designer) are part of the UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Technologies for the Common Good (University of Brasília, UnB) which is part of the Unitwin network UNOE. Debora Sebriam is member of the Open Education Initiative research group at UnB. Read the […]
- Today’s article is written by Djaine Damiati, Isabela Menezes & Debora Sebriam Djaine Damiati (associate researcher) and Isabela Menezes (designer) are part of the UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Technologies for the Common Good (University of Brasília, UnB) which is part of the Unitwin network UNOE. Debora Sebriam is […]
- Contribute to public service “ Contribute to public service ” by Pierre-Antoine Gourraud is licenced under CC BY 4.0 The post Contribute to public service appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Pierre-Antoine Gourraud is a university professor and hospital practitioner in cell biology in Nantes. In 2018, he took charge of the “data clinic” at the Nantes University Hospital, a department dedicated to the secure and transparent use of patient health data. During the COVID crisis, he led makair, an open […]
- Sharing knowledge “ Share knowledge ” by Benedetta Calonaci is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The post Share knowledge appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Benedetta Calonacci is a librarian at Università di Firenze (Italy). Since the dawn of time, the transmission of knowledge has been the driving force behind the evolution of humanity. Knowledge that is handed down from teacher to pupil, from generation to generation, that rises ‘on the shoulders of giants’, that […]