Open Education Week: A COL video podcast series. Eps 2. Dr Rajiv Jhangiani.
Open Education Week (OE Week) is an annual celebration and opportunity for those working in Open Education to actively share their achievements and learn about what others are achieving worldwide.
OE Week was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year, OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide and provides practitioners, educators, and students with an opportunity to build a greater understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wonderful work being developed by the community around the world.
From 3-7 March 2025, Dr Jako Olivier, Adviser: Higher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) @COL4D, will interview open education experts on various timely and topical subjects.
In Episode 2 of the COL video podcast series, Dr Olivier sits down with Dr Rajiv Jhangiani, Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning, Brock University, Canada, to discuss Open Educational Practices. In this episode, Dr Jhangiani highlights the importance of open educational practices (OEP) in democratising learning. He advocates for student-centred pedagogies, including co-creating course policies and assessments, to enhance engagement and agency. Additionally, he stresses the growing focus on social justice within OEP, particularly in redistributive, recognitive, and representational justice, while also addressing critical concerns like accessibility and student intellectual property rights.
Click here for the full interview: youtu.be/MXY2QmQthm4
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Open Education Week: A COL video podcast series. Eps. 1. Dr Glenda Cox.
Open Education Week (OE Week) is an annual celebration and opportunity for those working in Open Education to actively share their achievements and learn about what others are achieving worldwide.
OE Week was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year, OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide. It provides practitioners, educators, and students with an opportunity to build a greater understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wonderful work being developed by the community around the world.
From 3 to 7 March 2025, Dr Jako Olivier, Adviser: Higher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) @COL4D, will present a series of interviews with open education experts on various timely and topical subjects.
In Episode 1 of the COL video podcast series, Dr Olivier discusses Open Education Resources and social justice with Dr Glenda Cox, UNESCO chair in open education and social justice, University of Cape Town, South Africa. The interview highlights the intersections of open education and social justice, emphasising the potential and challenges posed by generative AI. While AI can exacerbate the digital divide by benefiting higher-income countries with better infrastructure, open education remains a critical tool for ensuring equitable access to learning materials through open educational resources (OER). Additionally, the interview emphasises the importance of student co-creation in knowledge production while noting the need for government policies that promote transformational justice by integrating open education into national frameworks.
Watch the streaming video below or click here: youtu.be/nMY0U_-FmDM
#COL4D #OpenEducationWeek #OER #openeducation #edtech #onlinelearning #educationforall #digitallearning #podcast #COL4D #lifelonglearning #EdInnovation #highered #inclusiveeducation
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