What are the signs, indicators, outputs of an open educator who does their work in a global context? Can you help us define this?
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Open education, by default, is open globally. Open licenses used to enable sharing, reuse, revision, remix, and distribution make the resulting resources open to everyone around the world. Sharing outward is a one aspect.
But what about creating open educational content or practicing open educational practices that are guided by, influence, connected to other people and places in the world? And what are the ways that these attributes can be seen in the world?
Simply, help us in these three days aim to focus on developing some criteria that help define a Global Open Educator. Participate when it works for you.
We are timing this to coincide with the OE Global 2021 online conference, when educators from 40+ countries will be here in OEG Connect to discuss and develop ideas how to implement the UNESCO OER Recommendation into action.
But this Three Days of Focus event is not limited to conference attendees. It will open for your responses Tuesday September 28. Reply here or start a new topic. Invite others to participate.
Background on the Focus Topic
- Review Professionalism of the Open Educator (RLOE) The skills that are mapped in the matrices from this project might be a starting point. How do they map to global perspectives?
- Consider the UNESCO OER Recommendation - what actions under the five action areas are signals of a global educator’s practice?
- Also Consider how the DOERS3 Contributions in OER matrix includes suggestions for evidence to back the contribution. What might we add for a global perspective?
- Explore the Open Educators Factory for a format of questionnaires to self-assess one’s open education capacity. What questions should be asked of a global open educator?
- Listen to the OEG Voices podcast with Montgomery College’s Shinta Hernandez and Michael Mills to understand how the Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Fellowships are global in perspective and local in action.
- Share examples you know that demonstrate open pedagogy with a global context, such as ones aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Explore the topics of the webinar presentations, pre-recorded presentations, and asynchronous activities taking place at the OE Global 2021 conference (they are open to read, participation there is for registered attendees)
What to Do in Advance
- Read Opening replies from our guest experts that will be posted here before we open the space for responses.
- Join OEG Connect: If you do not have an account, create one in advance via the Join button in the top right
- Browse OEG Connect: Say hello in our Welcome Area in the Plaza. Explore other topics.
- Prepare Draft some questions, comments, examples to share for posting on Day 1. Look for new prompts (or make your own) for Days 2 and 3.
How to Participate
Our Three Days of Focus opens with this general prompt. All activity will appear in the main Three Days of Focus area .
Reply with comments, counter arguments, relevant resources that support your statement (including web links, videos, documents). We are looking for constructive discussions that can lead to some summary, recommended course of action, or clarity on this topic.
If you have something new to state or pose as a question, create a New Topic.