Newest 23 Good Reason: "Click to discover 23 reasons in favor of Open Education!"

cogdog · March 4, 2025, 10:48am

Just published as part of the Unitwin Network on Open Education 23 good reasons… to adopt Open Education

Click to discover 23 reasons in favor of Open Education! by Colin de la Higuera

This year, we contribute (once again) to OEWeek and the month of Open Education with a brand new initiative.

With the help of our friends at the UNOE network and the EUniWell European University of Wellbeing , we explore 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.

This proposal was made possible thanks to collaborative work . Our warmest thanks to the authors for accepting our invitation and rising to the challenge!

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reason #1

In this article, Glenda Cox discusses the important topic of localisation within the context of open education. The topic is particularly meaningful when you adopt a global perspective and look at education from a variety of points of view.

Glenda work at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and holds the UNESCO chair in Open Education and Social Justice. She is also a member of the UNITWIN network on Open Education: UNOE (2024-2028).

Translation and localisation

French version : Permettre la localisation et la traduction - unitwin-unoe .

Spanish version : Traducción y localización - unitwin-unoe .

reason #2

In this article, Magdalena Spaude gives us five good reasons for which OER improve quality: they serve as inspiration, they can be customized, they enable feedback, they promote cooperation and are sustainable.

Magdalena works in the Prorectorate for Teaching and Studies at the University of Cologne (Germany) as an expert for open education and digital teaching and learning.

Promote quality

French version : Promouvoir la qualité - EUniWell Open Education .

German version : Qualität fördern - EUniWell Open Education .

reason #3