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 this 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.
- Darrion Letendre is the Land Based Learning Specialist at NorQuest College. He is an advocate for Indigenous education and revitalizing cultural knowledge through Western education systems. He has been a member of the Open Education Steering Committee, providing strategic guidance and wisdom as it relates to Indigenous Peoples’ ways of knowing. Robert Lawson is an Educational Developer at NorQuest College in Edmonton, Canada. He has been […]
- Today’s article is written by Darrion Letendre & Robert Lawson Darrion Letendre is the Land Based Learning Specialist at NorQuest College. He is an advocate for Indigenous education and revitalizing cultural knowledge through Western education systems. He has been a member of the Open Education Steering Committee, providing strategic guidance and wisdom as it relates to Indigenous Peoples’ ways of knowing. Robert Lawson is an Educational […]
- Diminish costs “ Diminish costs ” by Matthieu Cisel is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The post Diminish costs appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Contribute to the reputation of universities “ Contribute to the reputation of the University ” by Katalin Monzéger is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The post Contribute to the reputation of the University appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Katalin Monzéger works as an educational methodology advisor at the Center for Educational Development, Methodology and Organization at Semmelweis University, Budapest. She advises teachers about using digital tools, and participates in preparing handbooks, educational newsletters and student surveys. She graduated in law (ELTE), then completed a degree in digital education. Universities usually share the objective of having a high reputation for many reasons. First, this reputation helps […]
- Obtain a sustainable education “ Obtain a sustainable education ” by Marianne Dubé is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The post Obtain a sustainable education appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Marianne Dubé is a pedagogical advisor at the Université de Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada). As part of her duties, she coordinated the fabriqueREL (Quebec) from 2019 to 2023. It was through the fabriqueREL that she discovered a passion for open education and OER: real ways of embodying knowledge as a common good. Obtain a sustainable education “Achieving sustainable education” by Marianne Dubé is licensed under CC BY […]
- Dr. Robert Farrow (MAODE, SFHEA) is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University (UK) where he leads the research programme Learning in an Open World. He is co-director of the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN), an international network dedicated to supporting doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in open education; and co-editor of the Journal of Interactive Media in Education. The […]
- Mitja Jermol is the holder of the UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning and the member of the board of the International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence under auspices of UNESCO (IRCAI), both at Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia. Read the article on the UNOE blog Separating Fake from Truth in Education “Separate fake from truth” by Mitja Jermol is […]
- Today’s article is written by Mitja Jermol Mitja Jermol is the holder of the UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning and the member of the board of the International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence under auspices of UNESCO (IRCAI), both at Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia. According to a study conducted by Stanford in 2016, more than 80% of middle […]
- Today’s article is written by Loubna Terhzaz Loubna Terhzaz is a lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. She is a member of the ICESCO Chair for Open Education, the UNITWIN network UNOE and Secretary General of the Averroès Foundation for the promotion of scientific research, innovation and sustainable development. Open education is an educational practice that facilitates open access to […]
- Today’s article is written by Paul Stacey Paul Stacey works globally in higher education strategically enabling and connecting open education with open science, and other forms of open. Paul has deep experience in open through his work at Creative Commons and as executive director for five years of Open Education Global. He now works independently as an open researcher and consultant at https://paulstacey.global. As humans we […]
- Respond fast to tech challenges “ Respond fast to tech challenges ” by Belén García-Manrubia is licensed under CC BY 4.0 The post Respond fast to tech challenges appeared first on unitwin-unoe.
- Belén García-Manrubia is a Telecommunications Engineer and professor in the Department of Didactics of Mathematical and Social Sciences in the Faculty of Education at the University of Murcia, and director of the University’s Aula Sénior (Senior Classroom). Today, technology is evolving at a dizzying pace to which all of society must adapt. This scenario poses a significant challenge for education systems, which must respond quickly to […]
- Sophie Depoterre is a pedagogical advisor responsible for open education at the Louvain Learning Lab, UCLouvain. Yves Deville is a professor at the Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain (UCLouvain). Read the article on the UNESCO RELIA Chair blog Access to varied knowledge “ Access to varied knowledge ” by Sophie Depoterre and Yves Deville is licensed under CC BY 4.0