Based in: Open Universiteit, Netherlands – see below for update. Passionate about: Intercultural Learning, Open Virtual Mobility, Virtual Exchanges, Collaborative Open Learning, and Open Educational Practices Open network: My channels Recommends: Trying connecting courses through virtual exchange with an international course. Instructors and administration learn so much about themselves, students, the educational systems in both countries, […] View Article
Based in: University of Warwick School of Modern Languages and Cultures Passionate about: Learning through connected practice, languages and communication, fixing copyright, the open web, opening doors! Open network: My channels Recommends: Using social media to meet new and interesting folk with a passion for learning. When I first heard about open education at […] View Article
Based in: The Open University, UK Open network: @crumphelen helencrump. Passionate about: critical education, walking and camping. I’m currently in my second year of a PhD. I’m investigating the idea of selfOER that Suzan Koseoglu and Maha Bali proposed at OER16. Basically, it sees openness as a way of being or as a […] View Article
Institution in betweeny Role committee member – temporarily taking a break from Co-Chair role Passionate about being open, medical science, jazz Connect @VivienRolfe vivrolfe.com I’m a gut physiologist who has wandered through my working life looking for new gigs. I’ve worked in hospitals, universities and industry. This blog post finds me at […] View Article
At a time when social media is playing an important role in mediating opportunities for professional development, dissemination of practice and international, intra-institutional collaboration, this tweet chat will share examples of what it means to support learning and collaborate in the open. It will be part of the activities in the #altc winter conference and […] View Article
Message from Teresa The committee members of the Open Education Special Interest group would like to get to know you. In the coming months we will each post a profile to tell you more about who we are and why we support opening up education. Here’s our first fabulous post! Name Debbie Baff Institution Senior […] View Article
2017/18 ( Alphabetical Order) Look out for our new series of blog posts highlighting members of our lovely committee … Coming Soon Debbie Baff ( Co-Chair and Secretary) Terese Bird ( Influencing Champion) Alastair Clark (Advisory Capacity) Helen Crump Teresa MacKinnon (Chair) Ella Mitchell ( Open Practice Champion) Thomas Palmer ( ALT) Paul Richardson Vivien […] View Article
“Destroying open ed” That was the title of the workshop I attended virtually at #opened17 this year. Taking place in California, the timing in the UK was a challenge as it would start at 11.30pm on a Friday night. Would I manage to stay awake sufficiently to take part? The format was experimental based […] View Article
Taken in the 1960’s, this picture shows my dad, Clifford Whitney, talking about products he used in our family hairdressing business Villa Hair Fashions in the Midlands. He was chosen to be the face of L’Oréal’s latest salon professional product line. My parents had little formal education. With financial support from an auntie they were […] View Article
In this post Terry Loane examines what we mean by the 'sharing economy' and asks what the implications of the sharing economy might be for education. View Article
