Join us for today’s live sessions 2025-10-14T04:30:00Z→2025-10-14T06:30:00Z Lightning Talks and Panel
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Watch: live on YouTube
Update: Recording Available!
Session Overview
After a brief welcome and overview of today’s session, we have a first round of “Snapshot” or lightning style talks, then a panel discussion, followed by the second round of Snapshot talks, and a closing message.
Welcome and Opening
- Alan Levine @cogdog Canada, OEGlobal Staff
- Takaya Yamazato @yamazato Nagoya University, Japan, OEGlobal Board Member
- Shironica Karunanayaka, @shironica Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, OEGlobal Board Member
Snapshot Talks Round One (5 minutes each)
- Alan Levine (Moderator)
We have create separate discussion topics tagged snapshot-talks for each Snapshot Talk as a place for presenters to add more information and for participants to ask questions or add comments.
Snapshot Talks Round 1
- Sarah Steen @SarahSteen (Deakin University, Australia), Workplace Role Play Scenarios (OEAward Nominee)
- Yu-Lun Huang (NYCU, Taiwan) Taiwan EL2.0 Project: Building Innovative Open Education Ecosystems (OEG Member)
- Wisal Alim @wisalalim and Dr. Moawia Ahmed Hussein (Sudan) Almayzab Digital Library, OEAward Nominee
- Tony Mays (Commonwealth of Learning, Pacific Islands), Open online courses for the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning, OEAward Nominee
- Nahid Taheri @nahidtaheri (Afghanistan), Darakht-e Danesh Academi, OEGlobal Member
Cross-Regional Panel Discussion
Open Education Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions
Panelists:
- Marian Wan, @wanhsu1234 TOCEC, Taiwan, OEGlobal Board Member
- Haruo Takemura, Osaka University, Japan
- Katsusuke Shigeta, @Katsu Open Education Japan
- Martin Dougiamis, @moodler Moodle, Australia
- Mojito Jione, University of the South Pacific
- Fawzi Baroud, UNESCO Chair OER, Lebanon
- Saida Affouneh, An-Najah National University, Palestine
These are questions we are hoping to address across the OEGlobal 2025 Tour; with the time available in this panel discussion we focus on the ones highlighted and noted with a 
- Is Open Education still relevant in your country or region?
- What are the Open Education Opportunities in your country or region?
- What are the Open Education Challenges in your country or region?
- What is the Future Direction for Open Education?
- What do you think the impact of AI will be in your country or region?
- What are the research priorities in the field? Share any gaps you can see.
- What is being done at the moment? Share the practical steps that have been taken.
Add your own thoughts on any of these questions- keep the conversation continuing.
Snapshot Talks Round 2
- Dr. Hajar Salman Bin Asfour (National eLearning Center, Saudi Arabia), OERx: The National Open Educational Resources Platform, (OEAward Nominee)
- Julia Dehm (La Trobe University, Australia) Becoming a Climate Conscious Lawyer (OEAward Nominee)
* Discuss this Presentation - Mei-Chieh Chen, (Taipei Medical University, Taiwan), Listening to the Whispering of Children, (2025 TOCEC Open Education Excellence Award Winner)
- AbdulSamad Munassar @AbdulSamad (Yemen) , From War‑Torn Classrooms to Open Learning Leaders: A Youthquake from Yemen (OEAward Nominee
- Yasser Tamer Atef and Nadine Aboulmagd (Egypt and beyond), Equity Unbound Mid-Year Festival- MYFest (OEAward Nominee)
Closing Remarks / Comments
- Alan Levine
- Takaya Yamazato
- Shironica Karunanayaka
- Marian Wan
Optional After-Session Conversation
- Stay online to meet and connect with attendees
OEGlobal Tour 2025 Navigation
General Calendar plus links to daily events
Main Space virtual lobby for the Tour
Welcome Greeting and Meeting
Tour Information How to Participate, What to See and Do
Day 1 Middle East, Asia, & Oceania
Day 2 Africa and Europe
Day 3 Latin America and North America
OE Award Winners Ceremony