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Open Education Solutions for Complex Times
Tue March 3, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm GMT
Join the University of Regina for this special Open Education Week presentation, “Open Education Solutions for Complex Times” with Anne-Marie Scott, Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver, BC.
Abstract: Post-secondary institutions across Canada are facing a complex and uncertain future as they rapidly adjust to economic scarcity, and it is clear that business-as-usual operating models will not support us to meet the challenges ahead. Compounding this is a tendency towards historical amnesia and constant reinvention; often the answers we need are already out there waiting to be discovered. The Commonwealth of Learning has a long history of working in contexts where complexity and uncertainty are the norm and has successfully used open education as an effective innovation toolkit. Drawing on examples, this talk will outline the ways in which various elements of the open education ecosystem could be used to meet some of these big challenges in Canada head-on, and (I hope) provide some inspiration to keep us moving forward.
Presenter bio: Anne-Marie Scott is the Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver, Canada where she supports COL’s mission and work in open learning for sustainable development across fifty-six countries. She is an internationally recognized expert in digital, online, and open education, with leadership experience across higher education and the non-profit sector. She previously served as Deputy Provost of Athabasca University in Canada, and before that spent nearly two decades at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. She serves on the Board of the Open Source Initiative and continues to teach in the Masters in Learning and Technology at Royal Roads University in Canada.
