Open is our business: The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) [ID 126]
The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) [1] is an international network of doctoral researchers and alumni who work in the field of open education. The network currently has 179 doctoral researcher and alumni members, an increase of 54% since 2020. Our members’ institutions are based in 28 different countries around the world and approximately 30% of our membership is based in the Global South. The GO-GN network also includes a wider community of several hundred experts, supervisors, mentors and other interested parties who connect to form a community of practice. Open is GO-GN’s business!
GO-GN supports and connects our members, raises the profile of member research and actively promotes and explores openness as a form and function of research. Central to our mission are equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). We achieve these aims in a range of ways, including holding regular online events (such as member research specials, guest speaker events and edit-a-thons), face-to-face workshops, collaborative publication opportunities (e.g. our Open Research Handbook) [2] sprints (e.g. on OEP and AIED) and 1:2:1 sessions. This increased diversity of our offer reflects both our response to the Covid-19 pandemic and our community of care approach [3].
Hosting events to support and connect our doctoral researchers prior to major international open educational conferences are a priority for GO-GN. Last year we celebrated our 10th anniversary in Edmonton, Canada prior to the Open Education Global 2023 conference [4]. Prior to OE Global 2024 we will be holding a two-day symposium and workshop to enable networking, the sharing of research and collaboration. Our symposium on day one will comprise networking and research sharing activities. The focus of day two’s workshop, which will be open for participation from the wider open education community, will be to progress our EDI work, particularly in the Asia and Pacific regions.
We are proposing a presentation session at OE Global 2024 to showcase and amplify the voices and research of our doctoral researcher and alumni members who will be participating in our workshop and this year’s OE Global conference. This session will facilitate and support networking through the sharing of research between GO-GN and the wider OE Global community. The presentation will begin with a very brief overview of GO-GN, followed by a series of short interactive lightening talks from GO-GN members on their research. These lightening talks will provide insights into the diversity of current doctoral research into open education. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions, interaction and feedback in this fast-paced session!
References
[1] http://go-gn.net
[2] The GO-GN Open Research Handbook |
[3] e.g. Weller, M. (21 July 2020) GO-GN community in a time of crisis (GO-GN community in a time of crisis – The Ed Techie) and Weller, M., Farrow, R., Pitt, R. & Iniesto, P. (2021) Care and Community in the GO-GN network. OERXDomains 2021 Conference (Care & Community in the GO-GN Network – Guide to the OERxDomain 2021 Conference)
[4] 10th Anniversary Workshop |
Author Keywords
Open Research, Open Educational Practices, Open Education, Doctoral Research, Community of Practice, Community of Care, Co-creation, Collaboration, Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Session Details
Format: Presentation
Presenter(s): Robert Farrow, Beck Pitt, Carina Bossu
Brisbane Time: November 15, 11:30 AM → 12:00 PM AEST
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Room: P2
Topic Area: Digital Capability
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