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This Knowledge Equity webinar focuses on advancing knowledge equity through Wikimedia initiatives and open education, with a particular emphasis on South African and UK perspectives. During this session we will explore how collaborative efforts between Wikimedia communities, Open Education and Open Research networks can: • Empower local knowledge creation and representation. • Address systemic barriers […]
This session from Equity Unbound will demonstrate why screen-reader access is important when designing learning materials, especially Open Educational Resources. Have you ever wanted to know how people who are visually impaired or totally blind access your content? Come to this session and I, a visually impaired screen-reader user and an accessibility expert myself, will […]
Join author Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D., editor Judith Sebesta, Ph.D., and contributor James Glapa-Grossklag for an exclusive webinar launching their new volume, Sowing the Seeds of a Global Movement: Stories from California Trailblazers of Open Education. Published in Pressbooks under the auspices of College of the Canyons, which serves as the Technical Assistance Provider for the […]
Open for Antiracism is a special project of OE Global that has been providing professional development programming across California Community colleges on OER and Open Pedagogy for over 6 years. In this 2-part session, you’ll first hear from our program directors, Laura Dunn and James Glapa-Grossklag, on how the antiracism and equity landscape has changed […]
Across the globe, higher education is facing growing authoritarian, exclusionary, and anti-democratic tendencies, not only in politics, but also in digital infrastructures, platform economies, and dominant narratives about technology and innovation. At the same time, Open Education is often framed primarily as a technical or economic solution, i.e., more efficient content production, wider access, lower […]
The International Research Network for Innovative Sustainable and Seamless Education (IRN-ISSE) is a global research partnership that began at mLearn 2018 at Concordia University in Chicago. The vision of IRN-ISSE is to build an international community of practice, inviting researchers and specialists to collaborate for the greater good, with a specific focus on the United […]
Think Scholastic Book Fair vibes — but everything is free. The Open Education Book Fair invites you to browse openly licensed textbooks and course materials, learn how Open Educational Resources (OERs) make learning more affordable and accessible, and explore Vancouver Island University's Zero Textbook Cost Pilot Program. Chat with folks from VIUSU, BCcampus, VIU Librarians, […]
